HB 79104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 79
PEN CD-IMRF-RETURN TO SERVICE
Sent to Governor Last action August 15, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0163
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 14
- Prime sponsors
- Jackie Haas, Neil Anderson
- Cosponsors (12)
- Amy Elik, Brad Stephens, Bradley Fritts, Chris Balkema, Dale Fowler, Dan Swanson, Jeff Keicher, Li Arellano, Jr., Michael J. Coffey, Jr., Nicole La Ha, Norine K. Hammond, Wayne A. Rosenthal
Status
Sent to Governor as of August 15, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Personnel and Pensions, Senate Pensions (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 4
May 22, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed58-0
yes (58) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Anderson, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Arellano, L., Syverson, Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, Hunter, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Jones, E., Ellman
not voting (1) Loughran Cappel
April 30, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed7-0
yes (7) Arellano Jr., Li, Anderson, Neil, Balkema, Chris, Feigenholtz, Sara, Holmes, Linda, Walker, Mark L, Martwick, Robert F
not voting (3) Cervantes, Javier L, Harris III, Napoleon, Hunter, Mattie
April 7, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed107-0
yes (107) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Niemerg, Haas, Avelar, Olickal, Halbrook, Ortíz, Aarón, Hammond, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hanson, Briel, Reick, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Hauter, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Barbara, Cabello, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Hirschauer, Chung, Schmidt, Coffey, Schweizer, Huynh, Costa Howard, Severin, Jacobs, Crawford, Sheehan, Crespo, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Katz Muhl, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Davis, Will, Stephens, Deering, Stuart, La Ha, Delgado, Swanson, LaPointe, DeLuca, Syed, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Tipsword, Manley, Du Buclet, Ugaste, Mason, Elik, Vella, Evans, Walsh, McCombie, Faver Dias, McLaughlin, Ford, Weber, Meier, Friess, West, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Wilhour, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Windhorst, Morgan, González, Edgar, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grant, Grasse
excused (11) Ammons, Benton, Scherer, Hoffman, Jiménez, Jones, Kelly, Kifowit, Lilly, Mayfield, Weaver
March 6, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed10-0
yes (10) Avelar, Dagmara, Kelly, Michael J, Deuter, Martha, Moore, Kyle, Kifowit, Stephanie A, Reick, Steven, Morris, Yolonda, Weaver, Travis, Vella, Dave, Yang Rohr, Janet
not voting (2) Ammons, Carol, Wilhour, Blaine
Timeline 38
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0163 |
| August 15, 2025 | House | Effective Date August 15, 2025 |
| August 15, 2025 | House | Governor Approved |
| June 20, 2025 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| May 30, 2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema |
| May 22, 2025 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| May 22, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| May 21, 2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler |
| May 20, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** |
| May 1, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| April 30, 2025 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr. |
| April 30, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 |
| April 30, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Pensions; 007-000-000 |
| April 23, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Pensions |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 |
| March 25, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 25, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| March 6, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. |
| March 6, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 6, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 010-000-000 |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts |
| March 3, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik |
| February 26, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal |
| February 4, 2025 | House | Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
| January 9, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| January 9, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| December 16, 2024 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jackie Haas |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.