104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3122
 
Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Blaine Wilhour
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/2-101  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101
40 ILCS 5/2-105  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105
    Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the General Assembly to persons who become participants before January 1, 2026 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the General Assembly. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
HB3122LRB104 10025 RPS 20096 b

1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 
5changing Sections 2-101 and 2-105 as follows: 
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/2-101)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101)
7    Sec. 2-101. Creation of system.  A retirement system is 
8created to provide retirement annuities, survivor's annuities 
9and other benefits for certain members of the General 
10Assembly, certain elected state officials, and their 
11beneficiaries. 
12    The system shall be known as the "General Assembly 
13Retirement System". All its funds and property shall be a 
14trust separate from all other entities, maintained for the 
15purpose of securing payment of annuities and benefits under 
16this Article. 
17    Participation in the retirement system created under this 
18Article by members of the General Assembly is restricted to 
19persons who become participants before January 1, 2026. 
20Beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new 
21participants who are members of the General Assembly. 
22(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
 
 
 
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1    (40 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105)
2    Sec. 2-105. Member.  "Member": Members of the General 
3Assembly of this State, including persons who enter military 
4service while a member of the General Assembly, and any person 
5serving as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, 
6Treasurer, Comptroller, or Attorney General for the period of 
7service in such office. 
8    Any person who has served for 10 or more years as Clerk or 
9Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary or 
10Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or any combination thereof, 
11may elect to become a member of this system while thenceforth 
12engaged in such service by filing a written election with the 
13board. Any person so electing shall be deemed an active member 
14of the General Assembly for the purpose of validating and 
15transferring any service credits earned under any of the funds 
16and systems established under Articles 3 through 18 of this 
17Code. 
18    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
19Article, a member of the General Assembly shall not be deemed a 
20member for the purposes of this Article unless he or she became 
21a participant of the System before January 1, 2026. 
22(Source: P.A. 85-1008.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.