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Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB0271

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: CRIM CD-HANDGUN AMMO-SERIALIZE

Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, all handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, imports into the State for sale or personal use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, any person who possesses in any public place any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides exceptions. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, the Department of State Police shall maintain a centralized registry of all reports of handgun ammunition transactions reported to the Department in a manner prescribed by the Department. Provides that information in the registry, upon proper application for that information, shall be furnished to peace officers and authorized employees of the Department of State Police or to the person listed in the registry as the owner of the particular handgun ammunition. Provides that the Department of State Police shall adopt rules relating to the assessment and collection of end-user fees in an amount not to exceed $0.005 per round of handgun ammunition or per bullet, in which the accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost to pay for the infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future development costs of these provisions. Effective January 1, 2019, except some provisions effective immediately.

Session: 100th General Assembly

Last Action: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis

Last Action Date: April 28, 2017

Sponsors

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10 sponsors: Sonya Harper (D); Mary Flowers (D); William Davis (D); Theresa Mah (D); Louis Lang (D); Camille Lilly (D); Emanuel Welch (D); Natalie Manley (D); Martin Moylan (D); Michelle Mussman (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (10 of 118)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 28, 2017 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
House Apr 3, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
House Mar 31, 2017 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Mar 23, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
House Mar 10, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
House Feb 27, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
House Feb 24, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
House Feb 21, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
House Feb 16, 2017 To Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcommittee
House Jan 25, 2017 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
House Jan 24, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
House Jan 23, 2017 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
House Jan 11, 2017 Referred to Rules Committee
House Jan 11, 2017 First Reading
House Dec 28, 2016 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 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

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