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HB 3059

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Scot Heckert and 2 co-sponsors

Raises July 2025 pensions for Downstate firefighters retired from July 1, 1977 to January 1, 1986 with a 3% compounded increase, then 3% annually; requires no state reimbursement.

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Bill Summary · HB 3059

Summary — HB 3059 (104th General Assembly)

Title: Relating to the education of youth in residential facilities; declaring an emergency.
Bill number: HB 3059 (introduced by Rep. Eva‑Dina Delgado)
Status: In committee upon adjournment (last action 2025-06-28)
Introduced: February 2025

Note: Though the bill header references “education of youth in residential facilities,” the bill text amends the Illinois Pension Code (Downstate Firefighter Article). This summary describes the pension provisions that are the substantive content of the introduced version.

Purpose / Intent

To increase and recalculates monthly pensions for a specific cohort of Downstate firefighters (those who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986) so that their July 2025 benefit reflects a compounded 3% annual increase for each year they have received pension payments, and to provide ongoing 3% annual increases thereafter.

Key provisions

  • Creates/edits subsection (f-5) to Section 4-109.1 of the Illinois Pension Code (Downstate Firefighter Article).
  • In July 2025, the monthly pension of any firefighter who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986 shall be recalculated and increased to the amount that the firefighter “would have received in July 2025” had the firefighter been receiving a 3% compounded increase for each year after retirement.
  • Beginning the following January (and each January thereafter), that firefighter’s pension will receive an additional increase equal to 3% of the pension amount then being paid (i.e., an annual 3% compounded increase going forward).
  • The provision applies regardless of whether the firefighter is in service on or after the act’s effective date.
  • Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation “without reimbursement” (i.e., no state reimbursement for mandated costs to local units of government).
  • Declares the act effective immediately (emergency clause).

Who is affected

  • Primary: Downstate firefighters who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986 and their surviving beneficiaries as applicable under existing pension rules.
  • Secondary: Downstate firefighter pension funds, contributing employers (municipalities), and potentially the State to the extent it has statutory contribution obligations — because benefit increases raise liabilities and future payout amounts.
  • Local governments may bear increased contribution costs; the bill’s State Mandates Act change indicates those costs would be implemented without state reimbursement.

Fiscal / administrative considerations

  • The bill increases pension benefits for a defined retiree cohort and will increase actuarial liabilities of affected pension funds. The text does not include a fiscal note or a specified source of funding for increased employer or fund contributions.
  • It is not explicit in the introduced text whether any retroactive arrears (past‑due increases) would be paid as lump sums; the provision requires recalculation “to reflect the amount…in July 2025,” which implies an adjustment effective July 2025 but does not clearly mandate retroactive lump-sum payments for earlier months.
  • Local governmental employers and pension boards will need actuarial projections to quantify additional annual and unfunded liabilities.

Legislative status / timeline

  • Filed and first read February 2025 (various filings recorded Feb 6 and Feb 19, 2025).
  • Committee activity: hearings and work sessions in Feb–Apr 2025; recommended “do pass with amendments” April 11, 2025 and referred to Ways & Means by prior reference.
  • As of June 28, 2025: In committee upon adjournment.

Sponsor

  • Rep. Eva‑Dina Delgado (primary)

For a precise determination of legal effect and fiscal impact, review the final engrossed bill text and any fiscal notes prepared by the Illinois Comptroller/legislative staff, and consult affected pension fund actuarial analyses.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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