Relating to sex offender risk assessments.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Court Boice and 5 co-sponsors

The bill appropriates about $1.975 billion in General Revenue to fund the state’s statutory pension contributions for SERS, Judges, and General Assembly retirement systems for FY20

In committee upon adjournment.

HB 3952 — Summary (Introduced 2025)

Sponsor: Rep. Robyn Gabel
Status: In committee upon adjournment (last action 2025-06-28)
Introduced: Filed Feb 21, 2025; first reading Feb 25, 2025 (bill header also shows March 6, 2025)
Effective date (if enacted): July 1, 2025
Companion bill: SB 2064

Important note: the bill title provided to me (“Relating to sex offender risk assessments”) does not match the bill text. The text of HB 3952 as introduced is an appropriations measure for State retirement systems (pension contributions and related operational expenses). This summary reflects the actual text of the bill as introduced.

Purpose / Intent

Appropriate General Revenue Funds to cover the State's required contributions and certain operational expenses for Illinois public retirement systems for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. The bill funds statutorily required pension contributions and makes a targeted additional contribution tied to an earnings limitation adjustment.

Key provisions and dollar amounts

Total General Revenue appropriation shown at top of bill: $1,974,735,420 (aggregate of the items below).

Article 1 — Operational / small items:

Social Security Division operational expenses: $27,400
Central Office — employer-paid employee retirement contributions for prior fiscal years: $10,000

Article 2 — Major system contributions:

State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) — State’s statutory contribution: $1,792,315,020
Judges’ Retirement System — State’s statutory contribution: $151,882,000
General Assembly Retirement System — State’s statutory contribution: $26,501,000
Additional SERS contribution related to adjustments to the earnings limitation in Section 1‑160(b‑5) of the Illinois Pension Code: $4,000,000

Who is affected

Active and retired State employees covered by SERS, judges covered by the Judges’ Retirement System, and members/retirees of the General Assembly Retirement System — by securing the State’s statutory contributions to those systems.

State budget and General Revenue Fund — the appropriations increase near-term General Revenue outlays for FY 2026 (beginning July 1, 2025).

Procedural / timeline notes

Introduced and assigned to committees (Rules, Ways & Means, Judiciary at varying points); read and referred multiple times; most recent status: “in committee upon adjournment” (6/28/2025).

If enacted, the appropriations take effect July 1, 2025, and would fund the State’s FY 2026 retirement-system obligations identified in the bill.

Potential fiscal/operational impact

Provides specified funding to meet statutory pension contribution obligations, which supports cash flow for the retirement systems and may reduce unfunded liability pressure in the fiscal year covered.

The $4.0 million targeted appropriation addresses state costs arising from changes to an earnings limitation provision (Section 1‑160(b‑5)), indicating a policy or administrative adjustment that increases employer costs for SERS in that year.

If you want, I can:
- Compare these amounts to current-year contributions or prior budgets; or
- Pull up SB 2064 to compare companion language.