Illinois House Bill 5232

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if a fireman receiving an occupational disease disability benefit dies on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the fireman's surviving spouse may elect, in a manner prescribed by the Board of the Fund, to receive the deceased fireman's occupational disease disability benefit in lieu of the widow's annuity or Tier 2 surviving spouse annuity, whichever is applicable. Provides that the surviving spouse's eligibility for the deceased fireman's occupational disease disability benefit shall be the same as the eligibility for the widow's annuity or Tier 2 surviving spouse annuity, whichever is applicable. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether the deceased fireman was in service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

PEN CD-CHI FIRE-OCC DISEASE

Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-18	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Pensions & Personnel
2026-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-10	House	First Reading
2026-02-05	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	805	8.50	New Code	See Bill Text
40	5	6-151.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5232&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=208272&DocName=10400HB5232&DocNum=5232&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=166926&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=