SB1185 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

PEN CD-CHI POLICE-DISABILITY
Last Action

1/27/2026 - Senate: Assigned to Labor
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a policeman who applies for disability benefits under the Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman by his or her employer because of a physical or mental incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is used in the Article. Provides that no policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty position. Provides that any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position after the effective date of the amendatory Act is entitled to disability benefits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Actions

DateChamberAction
1/24/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Robert F. Martwick
1/24/2025SenateFirst Reading
1/24/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
1/27/2026SenateAssigned to Labor