Votes: IL SB0037 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the fire chief of a secondary employer shall report any injury, illness, or exposure incurred by a secondary employee during his or her employment to the primary employer's pension fund within 96 hours from the time of the occurrence. Provides that a municipality (instead of a unit of local government) that has established a pension fund under the Downstate Firefighter Article and who employs a full-time firefighter shall be deemed a primary employer with respect to that full-time firefighter. Provides that any municipality (instead of any unit of local government) of 5,000 or more inhabitants that employs or enrolls a firefighter (instead of employs a firefighter) and meets other criteria shall be deemed a secondary employer. Requires a secondary employer to annually prepare a report a report accounting for all hours worked by and wages and salaries (instead of wages and salaries) paid to secondary employee firefighters. Requires a certified copy of the report to be transmitted to the primary employer's pension fund (instead of the primary employer). Removes provisions requiring a secondary employer to make specified contributions to the primary employer's firefighters' pension fund. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0522 [SB0037 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Voting Records

ChamberVoteDateYeaNayNVAbsTotalResultSourceView
SenateConcurrence in Senate2019-05-315702059PassedLinkView
HouseThird Reading in House2019-05-29115010116PassedLinkView
SenateThird Reading in Senate2019-04-11391010059PassedLinkView


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