Patrick J. Joyce, Illinois Senate from the 40th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/senPatrickjoyce40/
Patrick J. Joyce, Illinois Senate from the 40th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/senPatrickjoyce40/
According to the Illinois General Assembly site, the legislature summarized the bill's official text as follows: "Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of a firefighters' pension fund."
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, this bill amends the Illinois Pension Code by making a technical change to a section regarding the creation of a firefighters' pension fund. It mandates that each municipality, through its city council or board of trustees, establish and administer such a fund for the benefit of firefighters and their dependents, including surviving spouses and children. However, this duty is suspended if the pension fund is dissolved as per subsection (c) of Section 4-106.1 of the Code. The amendment appears to clarify the responsibilities of municipalities in establishing and administering firefighter pension funds.
Joyce graduated from Illinois State University with a BA.
Patrick Joyce is currently serving in the Illinois State Senate, representing the state's 40th Senate District. He replaced previous state senator Toi Hutchinson in 2019.
Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.
You can read more about bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| SB0154 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of a firefighters' pension fund. |
| SB0151 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0152 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0153 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0155 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an elected or appointed member of a public body of a township may satisfy specified training requirements of the Act by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by an organization that represents townships created under the Township Code. Specifies the contents of the course of training. Provides that if an organization that represents townships provides a course of training, it must provide a certificate of course completion to each elected or appointed member of a public body who successfully completes that course of training. |
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