Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB6615
Legislation Overview
Title: CRIM CD-HANDGUN AMMO-SERIALIZE
Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2018, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, except some provisions effective immediately.
Session: 99th General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Last Action Date: January 3, 2017
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Sonya Harper (D); Mary Flowers (D); Cynthia Soto (D); Linda LaVia (D); Monique Davis (D); Will Guzzardi (D); Emanuel Welch (D); Litesa Wallace (D); Kenneth Dunkin (D); Elizabeth Hernandez (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (10 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 3, 2017 | Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Nov 22, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin |
| House | Nov 16, 2016 | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| House | Nov 15, 2016 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis |
| House | Nov 15, 2016 | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| House | Nov 9, 2016 | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| House | Nov 2, 2016 | Referred to Rules Committee |
| House | Nov 2, 2016 | First Reading |
| House | Oct 17, 2016 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 17, 2016 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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Link: link to state bill page
