Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB0704 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0704 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/14-119 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119 Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning widow's annuities. LRB104 04595 RPS 14622 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0704 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/14-119 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119 40 ILCS 5/14-119 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119 Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning widow's annuities. LRB104 04595 RPS 14622 b LRB104 04595 RPS 14622 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0704 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning widow's annuities.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 14-119 as follows:
16	16	6 (40 ILCS 5/14-119) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119)
17	17	7 Sec. 14-119. Amount of widow's annuity.
18	18	8 (a) The The widow's annuity shall be 50% of the amount of
19	19	9 retirement annuity payable to the member on the date of death
20	20	10 while on retirement if an annuitant, or on the date of his
21	21	11 death while in service if an employee, regardless of his age on
22	22	12 such date, or on the date of withdrawal if death occurred after
23	23	13 termination of service under the conditions prescribed in the
24	24	14 preceding Section.
25	25	15 (b) If an eligible widow, regardless of age, has in her
26	26	16 care any unmarried child or children of the member under age 18
27	27	17 (under age 22 if a full-time student), the widow's annuity
28	28	18 shall be increased in the amount of 5% of the retirement
29	29	19 annuity for each such child, but the combined payments for a
30	30	20 widow and children shall not exceed 66 2/3% of the member's
31	31	21 earned retirement annuity.
32	32	22 The amount of retirement annuity from which the widow's
33	33	23 annuity is derived shall be that earned by the member without
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0704 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 regard to whether he attained age 60 prior to his withdrawal
69	69	2 under the conditions stated or prior to his death.
70	70	3 (c) Marriage of a child shall render the child ineligible
71	71	4 for further consideration in the increase in the amount of the
72	72	5 widow's annuity.
73	73	6 Attainment of age 18 (age 22 if a full-time student) shall
74	74	7 render a child ineligible for further consideration in the
75	75	8 increase of the widow's annuity, but the annuity to the widow
76	76	9 shall be continued thereafter, without regard to her age at
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78	78	11 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (d), a
79	79	12 widow's annuity payable on account of any covered employee who
80	80	13 has been a covered employee for at least 18 months shall be
81	81	14 reduced by 1/2 of the amount of survivors benefits to which his
82	82	15 beneficiaries are eligible under the provisions of the Federal
83	83	16 Social Security Act, except that (1) the amount of any widow's
84	84	17 annuity payable under this Article shall not be reduced by
85	85	18 reason of any increase under that Act which occurs after the
86	86	19 offset required by this subsection is first applied to that
87	87	20 annuity, and (2) for benefits granted on or after January 1,
88	88	21 1992, the offset under this subsection (d) shall not exceed
89	89	22 50% of the amount of widow's annuity otherwise payable.
90	90	23 Beginning July 1, 2009, the offset under this subsection
91	91	24 (d) shall no longer be applied to any widow's annuity of any
92	92	25 person who began receiving retirement benefits or a widow's
93	93	26 annuity prior to January 1, 1998.
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104	104	1 Beginning July 1, 2009, the offset under this subsection
105	105	2 (d) shall no longer be applied to the widow's annuity of any
106	106	3 person who began receiving a widow's annuity on or after
107	107	4 January 1, 1998 and before the effective date of this
108	108	5 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
109	109	6 Any person who began receiving retirement benefits after
110	110	7 January 1, 1998 and before the effective date of this
111	111	8 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may, during a
112	112	9 one-time election period established by the System, elect to
113	113	10 reduce his or her retirement annuity by 3.825% in exchange for
114	114	11 not having the offset under this subsection (d) applied to his
115	115	12 or her widow's annuity.
116	116	13 Any employee in service on the effective date of this
117	117	14 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may, at the time of
118	118	15 retirement, elect to reduce his or her retirement annuity by
119	119	16 3.825% in exchange for not having the offset under this
120	120	17 subsection (d) applied to his or her widow's annuity.
121	121	18 If a widow's annuity is payable to the widow of an employee
122	122	19 based on the employee's death in service, then the offset
123	123	20 under this subsection (d) shall no longer be applied to the
124	124	21 widow's annuity.
125	125	22 A retiree who elects to reduce his or her retirement
126	126	23 annuity under this subsection (d) in exchange for not having
127	127	24 the offset applied may make an irrevocable election to
128	128	25 eliminate the reduction of his or her retirement annuity if
129	129	26 there is a change in marital status due to death or divorce,
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140	140	1 but the retiree is not entitled to reimbursement of any
141	141	2 benefit reduction prior to the election.
142	142	3 (e) Upon the death of a recipient of a widow's annuity the
143	143	4 excess, if any, of the member's accumulated contributions plus
144	144	5 credited interest over all annuity payments to the member and
145	145	6 widow, exclusive of the $500 lump sum payment, shall be paid to
146	146	7 the named beneficiary of the widow, or if none has been named,
147	147	8 to the estate of the widow, provided no reversionary annuity
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149	149	10 (f) On January 1, 1981, any recipient of a widow's annuity
150	150	11 who was receiving a widow's annuity on or before January 1,
151	151	12 1971, shall have her widow's annuity then being paid increased
152	152	13 by 1% for each full year which has elapsed from the date the
153	153	14 widow's annuity began. On January 1, 1982, any recipient of a
154	154	15 widow's annuity who began receiving a widow's annuity after
155	155	16 January 1, 1971, but before January 1, 1981, shall have her
156	156	17 widow's annuity then being paid increased by 1% for each full
157	157	18 year which has elapsed from the date the widow's annuity
158	158	19 began. On January 1, 1987, any recipient of a widow's annuity
159	159	20 who began receiving the widow's annuity on or before January
160	160	21 1, 1977, shall have the monthly widow's annuity increased by
161	161	22 $1 for each full year which has elapsed since the date the
162	162	23 annuity began.
163	163	24 (g) Beginning January 1, 1990, every widow's annuity shall
164	164	25 be increased (1) on each January 1 occurring on or after the
165	165	26 commencement of the annuity if the deceased member died while
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