Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB1828
Legislation Overview
Title: FIREARMS-FINGERPRINTS
Description: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the bill, each applicant for the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a full set of his or her fingerprints in electronic format to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity verification, unless the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under this Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the fingerprints must be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or a criminal justice agency authorized by the Department to submit fingerprints under the Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that these fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases, including all available state and local criminal history record information files, including records of juvenile adjudications. Provides that the Department shall charge applicants a fee for conducting the criminal history record check, which shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the State and national criminal history record check. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a license application for a concealed carry license shall contain a full set of fingerprints submitted to the Department in electronic format for the purpose of verification of identity in a form and manner prescribed by the Department, unless the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that an applicant for renewal need not resubmit a full set of his or her fingerprints if the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under the Act or the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
Session: 100th General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: March 17, 2017
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: John Mulroe (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2017 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Mar 1, 2017 | To Subcommittee on Firearms |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2017 | Assigned to Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | First Reading |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2017 | Referred to Assignments |
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
