Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB2287
Legislation Overview
Title: CORRECTIONAL OFFICER-FIREARMS
Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Deletes provision exempting from the unlawful use of weapons statute and the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statute athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in connection with such athlete's training for and participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Session: 100th General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: May 3, 2018
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Dan McConchie (R); William Cunningham (D); Scott Bennett (D); Laura Murphy (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 7% (4 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 3, 2018 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Apr 27, 2018 | Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018 |
| Senate | Apr 13, 2018 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018 |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2018 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2018 | Assigned to Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2018 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan McConchie |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2018 | Referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2018 | First Reading |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 10, 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
