Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB0050
Legislation Overview
Title: FOID CARD-REVOCATION-SILENCER
Description: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides the annual training of police chiefs must include at least one course on the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, and firearms investigations. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Permits the State Police to notify the FBI if a person on the Terrorist Watchlist applies for a FOID card. Requires the State Police to provide notice and reason for the disqualification of a firearm purchase or a FOID card revocation to all law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction to assist with the seizure of the person's FOID card. Adds as grounds to deny an application for or to revoke or seize the person's FOID card that the person is charged with making a terrorist threat or soliciting or providing material support for terrorism. Makes other changes. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a person may not carry a concealed handgun equipped with a silencer. Amends the Wildlife Code. Removes the prohibition on using a silencer to mute the sound resulting from firing a gun. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of unlawful use of weapons includes knowingly: using, or possessing with the intent to use, a silencer on a handgun, except at a shooting range; or possessing any silencer for firearms, other than handguns, not in compliance with the National Firearms Act. Provides that the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms includes knowingly transferring a silencer to a person not authorized to possess the silencer under federal law. Effective immediately.
Session: 100th General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: May 19, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: William Haine (D); Neil Anderson (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (2 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 19, 2017 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | May 9, 2017 | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| Senate | May 9, 2017 | Re-assigned to Criminal Law |
| Senate | May 9, 2017 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017 |
| Senate | May 5, 2017 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | May 3, 2017 | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| Senate | Apr 26, 2017 | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| Senate | Apr 7, 2017 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017 |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2017 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017 |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2017 | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2017 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2017 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2017 | Referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2017 | First Reading |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 11, 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
