HB 3255 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS-SPOUSES

Summary

Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Provides that, if the injured employee subsequently dies, the employer shall continue to pay the entire health insurance premium for the surviving spouse (rather than the surviving spouse until remarried) and for the dependent children under specified conditions.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 9, 2025 Last action Apr 9, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 2 edits · Apr 8, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to correct formatting inconsistencies and improve readability by standardizing the spacing between words in several sections. These are technical edits that do not alter the bill's legal meaning, funding levels, or eligibility criteria.

TECHNICAL

Added extra spaces between words in lines 12-13, 22, and 8 to fix alignment and formatting issues.

Updated the header on page 2 from 'HB3255' to 'HB3255 Engrossed' to reflect the bill's current status.

Floor votes · House Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

108–0

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 118

Apr 8, 2025

D Democratic78

72 Yea 6

92% Yea

R Republican40

36 Yea 4

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 015-000-000

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Police & Fire Committee

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 20 co-sponsors