The Illinois Pension White/Green List: Senators and Representatives who voted “NO” on SB 1

“No State shall…pass any…ex post facto law or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts…” (The Constitution of the United States, Article 1—Limitations on Powers of States, Section 10). 

“No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts…shall be passed” (The Constitution of the State of Illinois, Article I—Bill of Rights, Section 16). 

“Membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired” (The Constitution of the State of Illinois, Article XIII—Pension and Retirement Rights, Section 5).

“Each prospective holder of a State office or other State position created by this Constitution, before taking office, shall take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: ‘I do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of…to the best of my ability’” (The Constitution of the State of Illinois, Article XIII—Oath or Affirmation of Office, Section 3).  

There were 24 “NO” votes for Senate Bill 1 in the Senate: 

Barickman*

Bertino-Tarrant*

Bivins*

Bush*

Cullerton, T.*

Delgado*

Dillard (voted “Yes” spring 2013)

Duffy*

Forby*

Frerichs*

Haine*

Holmes*

Hutchinson*

Koehler*

Lightford*

Link*

Luechtefeld*

Manar*

McCann*

McCarter*

Noland*

Righter*

Rose*

Sullivan*

*Note: these 23 senators also voted “NO” on SB 1 last spring.

There were 53 "NO" votes for Senate Bill 1 in the House: 

Beiser

Berrios

Bost*

Brady*

Brauer*

Brown*

Cabello

Cavaletto

Cloonen

Costello*

Cross

Davidsmeyer

Davis, W.

DeLuca

Ford

Fortner

Franks

Halbrook

Hammond*

Harms

Harris, D.

Hays*

Ives

Jackson

Jakobsson*

Jefferson

Kay

Lilly

Martwick

Mautino

Mayfield

McSweeney

Meier

Mitchell, B.*

Moffitt*

Morrison

Phelps*

Pihos

Poe*

Pritchard

Reis

Riley

Rita

Rosenthal*

Scherer*

Sims

Smiddy*

Smith

Sommer

Sosnowski

Stewart

Tryon

Unes

  

*Note: only 15 representatives from the above-mentioned voted “NO” on HB 1154 (Cap public employees' pensionable salary), HB 1165 (Freeze and reduce public employees' COLA), and HB 1166 (Increase public employees' retirement age) last spring.