Illinois Senate Bill 3198

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-02 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the General Provisions and State Employee Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity under the State Employee Article applies to a security employee of the Department of Human Services subject to the Tier 2 provisions. Provides that a security employee of the Department of Human Services subject to the Tier 2 provisions may convert up to 8 years of service credit established before the effective date of the amendatory Act as a security employee of the Department of Human Services under the State Employee Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written election with the Board under that Article, accompanied by a specified payment. Excludes a benefit increase resulting from the amendatory Act from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.

PEN CD-SERS-ALTERNATE ANNUITY

Sen. Terri Bryant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-02	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-02-02	Senate	First Reading
2026-02-02	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terri Bryant

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	5	1-160	Amended Code	Citation Text
40	5	14-110	Amended Code	Citation Text
40	5	14-152.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3198&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=165878&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=207224&DocName=10400SB3198&DocNum=3198&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=165878&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=