Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB2956
Legislation Overview
Title: UNSERIAL FIREARM SERIALIZATION
Description: Creates the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain a database of each firearm possessed in the State that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer. Provides that within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, the owner of a firearm that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer shall submit an application to register the firearm with the Illinois State Police. Provides that upon the filing of the application, the Illinois State Police shall assign a unique serial number and conditionally register the firearm pending confirmation that the serial number has been imprinted on the firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to provide criminal penalties for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued under the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act or by a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms, unless the person selling and the person receiving or purchasing the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer. Provides other exceptions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Contains a severability provision.
Session: 102nd General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: December 15, 2021
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Jacqueline Collins (D); Ann Gillespie (D); Christopher Belt (D); Julie Morrison (D); Mike Simmons (D);Patricia Vanpelt-Watkins (D); William Cunningham (D); Laura Murphy (D); Doris Turner (D); Adriane Johnson (D)
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 17% (10 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Dec 15, 2021 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| Senate | Dec 15, 2021 | Referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Dec 15, 2021 | First Reading |
| Senate | Nov 16, 2021 | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| Senate | Nov 16, 2021 | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner |
| Senate | Nov 16, 2021 | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson |
| Senate | Nov 10, 2021 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons |
| Senate | Nov 10, 2021 | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| Senate | Nov 10, 2021 | Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| Senate | Nov 8, 2021 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie |
| Senate | Nov 8, 2021 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| Senate | Nov 8, 2021 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 15, 2021 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
