Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB1514
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: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: April 7, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Paul Schimpf (R); Dale Fowler (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (2 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 7, 2017 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2017 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017 |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2017 | To Subcommittee on Firearms |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2017 | Assigned to Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Schimpf |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | Referred to Assignments |
| Senate | 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
