Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB5475
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: 100th General Assembly
Last Action: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Last Action Date: March 6, 2018
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Barbara Wheeler (R); David Olsen (R); Grant Wehrli (R); Margo McDermed (R); Sheri Jesiel (R); Patricia Bellock (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (6 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 6, 2018 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock |
| House | Feb 28, 2018 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel |
| House | Feb 27, 2018 | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| House | Feb 27, 2018 | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| House | Feb 22, 2018 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
| House | Feb 20, 2018 | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen |
| House | Feb 16, 2018 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler |
| House | Feb 16, 2018 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Feb 16, 2018 | First Reading |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 16, 2018 | 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
