Pritzker said this week language for the bill “is being put together now.” The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council “expressed strong concerns about the recommendations” of the task force in a statement, while the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois said it supports the recommendations. The funds would be consolidated into one each for firefighters and police.

In recent days, a task force formed by Pritzker recommended the state consolidate 649 suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds into just two, saying the move would generate billions of dollars in additional earnings and cut administrative costs over the next 20 years. Pritzker completed virtually his entire first-year legislative agenda earlier this year and vetoed only eight of the 599 bills that passed both chambers, a number of new legislative proposals have surfaced for potential action for the upcoming session. Bruce Rauner and Democrats in the General Assembly in recent years, this year’s installment will feature a Statehouse under complete Democratic control.Īnd since Democratic Gov. While the session had served as a battleground between former Republican Gov. The annual “veto session,” so called because it’s the Legislature’s first opportunity to override the governor’s vetoes each year, will convene Oct. Thursday, OctoLawmakers to mull pension consolidation, Chicago issues, ethylene oxide ban, moreĬapitol News – For the first time since the General Assembly adjourned its historic regular legislative session in early June, lawmakers will be back at the Capitol for more legislative action next week.

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