98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB3018

Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she uses a three-dimensional printer to

create a firearm, or any
piece or part of a firearm, unless the person

possesses a license to manufacture firearms
under the federal Gun Control

Act of 1968. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.

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A BILL FOR

SB3018

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding

5 Section 24-2.3 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new)

7 Sec. 24-2.3. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to

8 create a firearm.

9 (a) As used in this Section, "three-dimensional printer"

10 means a computer-driven machine capable of producing a

11 three-dimensional object from a digital model.

12 (b) A person commits unlawful use of a three-dimensional

13 printer to create a firearm when he or she uses a

14 three-dimensional printer to create a firearm, or any piece or

15 part of a firearm, unless the person possesses a license to

16 manufacture firearms under subsection (a) of Section 923 of the

17 federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923(a)).

18 (c) Sentence. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer

19 to create a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.