Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB5404
Legislation Overview
Title: MACHINE GUN-PENALTIES
Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the penalty for unlawful use of weapons by selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or carrying a machine gun, other than in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle or on one's person if the weapon is loaded, from a Class 2 felony, with a mandatory sentence of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years imprisonment to a Class 1 felony, with a mandatory sentence of not less than 4 years and not more than 15 years imprisonment. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person serving a sentence for this violation shall receive no more than 7.5 days sentence credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment (rather than day for day sentence credit).
Session: 101st General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Rules Committee
Last Action Date: February 18, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Mark Batinick (R); Grant Wehrli (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | First Reading |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 14, 2020 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick |
| House | Feb 14, 2020 | Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 14, 2020 | 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
