Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB2822
Legislation Overview
Title: CRIM CD-UUW--RELICS&REENACTOR
Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statute concerning unlawful use of weapons that prohibits the knowing sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of any rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, deletes "whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches". In the exemption statute, permits an active member of a bona fide, nationally recognized military re-enacting group to have a rifle with a barrel or barrels less than 16 inches in length if the modification is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; and the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current re-enacting group membership credential. Deletes that the overall length of the weapon as modified must be not less than 26 inches. Effective immediately.
Session: 100th General Assembly
Last Action: Motion Tabled
Last Action Date: May 30, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Charles Meier (R); Reginald Phillips (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 30, 2017 | Motion Tabled |
| House | May 30, 2017 | Motion Prevailed |
| House | May 30, 2017 | Motion Discharge Committee Tabled |
| House | May 12, 2017 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips |
| House | Mar 31, 2017 | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Mar 23, 2017 | Motion Filed to Discharge Committee Judiciary - Criminal Committee; Rep. Charles Meier |
| House | Mar 15, 2017 | To Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 22, 2017 | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| House | Feb 9, 2017 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier |
| House | Feb 9, 2017 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 9, 2017 | First Reading |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 9, 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
