Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB2723
Legislation Overview
Title: SAFE GUN STORAGE ACT
Description: Creates the Safe Gun Storage Act. Provides that a firearm owner shall not store or keep any firearm in any premises unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, properly engaged so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. Provides that if the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user, then the firearm is deemed lawfully stored or kept. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 if any person knows or reasonably should know that a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that person and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains the firearm. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and uses it to injure or cause the death of a person or uses the firearm in connection with a crime. Provides that any money received from the collection of a civil penalty shall be deposited in the Mental Health Fund. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the age of a minor from under 14 to under 18 years of age for which it is unlawful, with certain exception, for any person to store or leave, within premises under his or her control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason to believe that a minor who does not have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm.
Session: 103rd General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Last Action Date: March 10, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Maura Hirschauer (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 10, 2023 | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 28, 2023 | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| House | Feb 23, 2023 | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| House | Feb 16, 2023 | First Reading |
| House | Feb 16, 2023 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 15, 2023 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 15, 2023 | 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
