Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB5374
Legislation Overview
Title: FIREARMS RESTRAINING ORDER
Description: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel, equipment, reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying records concerning a school employee's determination about whether an individual poses a clear and present danger, a school district's report of a threat to law enforcement, or an action by a school district under the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, it shall determine whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, the Illinois State Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Provides that any information disclosed under this provision shall remain privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required under the provisions reporting a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files or for the purpose of an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that a school district board of directors or board of education may by policy or resolution authorize a designee or designees to file petitions for firearms restraining orders on its behalf with or without prior board approval of a specific petition. Provides that for any petition filed by a designee without prior board approval, the board must approve a resolution ratifying the specific petition as soon as possible after the filing of the petition, but no later than 30 days after the filing of the petition.
Session: 102nd General Assembly
Last Action: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
Last Action Date: July 14, 2022
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Daniel Didech (D); Margaret Croke (D); Maura Hirschauer (D); Joyce Mason (D); Gregory Harris (D); Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D); Sam Yingling (D); Kelly Cassidy (D); Jonathan Carroll (D); Michelle Mussman (D); Rita Mayfield (D); Mark Walker (D); Denyse Wang Stoneback (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 11% (13 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jul 14, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback |
| House | Jul 8, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| House | Jul 8, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker |
| House | Jul 8, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| House | Jul 8, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| House | Jul 8, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| House | Jul 7, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris |
| House | Jul 7, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| House | Jul 7, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| House | Jul 7, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling |
| House | Jul 6, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| House | May 27, 2022 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke |
| House | Feb 18, 2022 | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 9, 2022 | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| House | Jan 31, 2022 | First Reading |
| House | Jan 31, 2022 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Jan 28, 2022 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 28, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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Link: link to state bill page
