101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1881

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-3 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
7 Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
8 (A) A person commits the the offense of unlawful sale or
9delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
10following:
11 (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
12 concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
13 age.
14 (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
15 years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
16 than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
17 (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
18 (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
19 been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
20 other jurisdiction.
21 (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
22 been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
23 years. In this subsection (e):

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1 "Mental institution" means any hospital,
2 institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
3 health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
4 for the care or treatment of persons with mental
5 illness.
6 "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
7 was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
8 a mental institution for mental health treatment,
9 unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
10 alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
11 substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
12 (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
13 person with an intellectual disability.
14 (g) Delivers any firearm, incidental to a sale, without
15 withholding delivery of the firearm for at least 72 hours
16 after application for its purchase has been made, or
17 delivers a stun gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without
18 withholding delivery of the stun gun or taser for at least
19 24 hours after application for its purchase has been made.
20 However, this paragraph (g) does not apply to: (1) the sale
21 of a firearm to a law enforcement officer if the seller of
22 the firearm knows that the person to whom he or she is
23 selling the firearm is a law enforcement officer or the
24 sale of a firearm to a person who desires to purchase a
25 firearm for use in promoting the public interest incident
26 to his or her employment as a bank guard, armed truck

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1 guard, or other similar employment; (2) a mail order sale
2 of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer to a
3 nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
4 to a federally licensed firearms dealer outside the
5 boundaries of Illinois; (3) (blank); (4) the sale of a
6 firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer
7 under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968
8 (18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
9 shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
10 competitor or attendee or non-resident registered
11 competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal
12 firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
13 Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at
14 the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national
15 governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales under
16 subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the Department of
17 Natural Resources shall give notice to the Department of
18 State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any
19 competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex
20 sanctioned by a national governing body. The notification
21 shall be made on a form prescribed by the Department of
22 State Police. The sanctioning body shall provide a list of
23 all registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours
24 before the events to the Department of State Police. Any
25 changes to the list of registered competitors and attendees
26 shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as

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1 soon as practicable. The Department of State Police must
2 destroy the list of registered competitors and attendees no
3 later than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing in
4 this paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed firearm
5 dealer from the requirements of conducting a NICS
6 background check through the Illinois Point of Contact
7 under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
8 "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
9 agreement to purchase a firearm. For purposes of this
10 paragraph (g), "national governing body" means a group of
11 persons who adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a
12 national firearm sporting organization.
13 (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
14 manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
15 Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
16 unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
17 or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
18 other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
19 temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
20 purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
21 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
22 "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
23 fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
24 combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
25 assembled.
26 (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person

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1 under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
2 Owner's Identification Card.
3 (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
4 business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
5 being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
6 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
7 In this paragraph (j):
8 A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
9 devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
10 activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
11 principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
12 include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
13 or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
14 trigger mechanisms to firearms.
15 "With the principal objective of livelihood and
16 profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
17 disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
18 livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
19 such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
20 collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
21 as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
22 purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
23 or terrorism.
24 (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
25 person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
26 the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's

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1 Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
2 transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
3 the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
4 Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
5 firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's
6 name by the Department of State Police under the Firearm
7 Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to
8 the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from
9 the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's
10 Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
11 Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section,
12 a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
13 means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has
14 not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance
15 with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of
16 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof
17 that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
18 (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
19 paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
20 licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
21 subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
22 Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
23 a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
24 (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
25 with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
26 paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any

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1 civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
2 transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
3 willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
4 or transferor.
5 (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
6 delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
7 converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
8 firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
9 removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
10 or converted.
11 (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
12firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
1378-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
14nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
15purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
16Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
17provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
18shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
19if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
20after the enactment of that Public Act.
21 (C) Sentence.
22 (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
23 of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
24 or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
25 (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
26 of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of

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1 subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
2 (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
3 of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
4 commits a Class 2 felony.
5 (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
6 of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
7 subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
8 comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
9 comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
10 within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
11 contracted by a school or school district to transport
12 students to or from school or a school related activity,
13 regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
14 offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
15 convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
16 sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
17 (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
18 property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
19 property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
20 or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
21 or contracted by a school or school district to transport
22 students to or from school or a school related activity,
23 regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
24 offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
25 the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
26 than 5 years and no more than 15 years.

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1 (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
2 of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
3 subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
4 managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
5 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
6 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
7 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
8 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
9 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
10 the real property comprising any public park, on the real
11 property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
12 within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
13 public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
14 operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
15 by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
16 mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
17 (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
18 of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
19 commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
20 violation is a Class 4 felony.
21 (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
22 of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
23 commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
24 subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
25 not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
26 subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of

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1 subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
2 (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
3 unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
4 paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
5 that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
6 age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
7 forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
8 to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
9 forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
10 under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
11 (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
12 of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
13 commits a Class 3 felony.
14 (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
15 of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
16 commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
17 Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
18 firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
19 commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
20 than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
21 within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
22 sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
23 of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
24 she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
25 less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
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1 firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
2 person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
3 in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
4 Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
5 term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
6 than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
7 not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
8 year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
9 delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
10 subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
11 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
12 than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
13 of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
14 same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
15 of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
16 paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
17 for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
18 imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
19 years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
20 time or within a 5 year period.
21 (D) For purposes of this Section:
22 "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
23school, community college, college, or university.
24 "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
25academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
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1part by a school or school district.
2 (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
3subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
4after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
5violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
6subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
7after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
8paragraph.
9(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15;
1099-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-606, eff. 1-1-19.)