101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5664

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 67/5

Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that the defined term "petitioner" includes a respondent's employer, coworker, or an employee or teacher of a specified school that a respondent has attended in the previous 6 months.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 67/5)
7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent,
9child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person
10related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a
11person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent.
12 "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the
13court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in
14his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
15receiving any firearms.
16 "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person
17with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in
18common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a
19dating or engagement relationship.
20 "Petitioner" means:
21 (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in
22 this Act; or
23 (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition

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1 alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing
2 personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having
3 in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing,
4 or receiving a firearm; .
5 (3) an employer of the respondent;
6 (4) a coworker of the respondent, if the coworker has
7 had substantial and regular interactions with the
8 respondent for at least one year and has obtained the
9 approval of the employer; or
10 (5) an employee or teacher of a secondary or
11 postsecondary school that the respondent has attended in
12 the previous 6 months, if the employee or teacher has
13 obtained the approval of a school administrator or a school
14 administration staff member with a supervisory role.
15 "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to
16pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself,
17or another by having in his or her custody or control,
18purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
19(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)