101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3030

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Dale Fowler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the minimum age in which a person who is not an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental or legal guardian consent from 21 years of age to 18 years of age. Provides that an applicant who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement must furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029.
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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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7 Sec. 4. Application for Firearm Owner's Identification
8Cards.
9 (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
10Card must:
11 (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
12 furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
13 the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
14 and when made available by the Department of State Police;
15 and
16 (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
17 that:
18 (i) (Blank); This subparagraph (i) applies through
19 the 180th day following the effective date of this
20 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. He or she
21 is 21 years of age or over, or if he or she is under 21
22 years of age that he or she has the written consent of
23 his or her parent or legal guardian to possess and

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1 acquire firearms and firearm ammunition and that he or
2 she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other
3 than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent,
4 provided, however, that such parent or legal guardian
5 is not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
6 Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
7 with the Department as prescribed by the Department
8 stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
9 from having a Card;
10 (i-4) If he or she is under 21 years of age he or
11 she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other
12 than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent;
13 (i-5) This subparagraph (i-5) applies on and after
14 the 181st day following the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. He or she
16 is 18 21 years of age or over, or if he or she is under
17 18 21 years of age that he or she has never been
18 convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense
19 or adjudged delinquent and is an active duty member of
20 the United States Armed Forces or has the written
21 consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to
22 possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition,
23 provided, however, that such parent or legal guardian
24 is not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
25 Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
26 with the Department as prescribed by the Department

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1 stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
2 from having a Card or the active duty member of the
3 United States Armed Forces under 18 21 years of age
4 annually submits proof to the Department of State
5 Police, in a manner prescribed by the Department;
6 (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
7 under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
8 (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
9 (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
10 health facility within the past 5 years or, if he or
11 she has been a patient in a mental health facility more
12 than 5 years ago submit the certification required
13 under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;
14 (v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual
15 disability;
16 (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
17 present in the United States under the laws of the
18 United States;
19 (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
20 of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
21 firearm;
22 (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
23 past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
24 violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
25 similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
26 firearm was used or possessed;

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1 (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
2 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
3 substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
4 committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
5 effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant
6 knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an
7 offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury,
8 and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
9 conviction for an offense in which a domestic
10 relationship is not a required element of the offense
11 but in which a determination of the applicability of 18
12 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the
13 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the
14 court of a judgment of conviction for that offense
15 shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm
16 Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
17 (x) (Blank);
18 (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
19 admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
20 visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
21 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
22 1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
23 been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
24 non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
25 (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
26 hunting or sporting purposes;

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1 (2) an official representative of a foreign
2 government who is:
3 (A) accredited to the United States
4 Government or the Government's mission to an
5 international organization having its
6 headquarters in the United States; or
7 (B) en route to or from another country to
8 which that alien is accredited;
9 (3) an official of a foreign government or
10 distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
11 designated by the Department of State;
12 (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
13 friendly foreign government entering the United
14 States on official business; or
15 (5) one who has received a waiver from the
16 Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
17 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
18 (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
19 petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
20 Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
21 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
22 if committed by an adult would be a felony;
23 (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
24 adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
25 Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
26 if committed by an adult would be a felony;

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1 (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of
2 Illinois;
3 (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person
4 with a mental disability;
5 (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily admitted
6 into a mental health facility; and
7 (xvii) He or she is not a person with a
8 developmental disability; and
9 (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
10 sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
11 State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
12 requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
13 of limited mental health institution admission information
14 from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
15 territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
16 concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
17 determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
18 mental health institution and disqualified because of that
19 status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
20 Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
21 requested. The information received shall be destroyed
22 within one year of receipt.
23 (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
24Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
25of State Police either his or her Illinois driver's license
26number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as

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1provided in subsection (a-10).
2 (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
3Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed
4security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military
5permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois
6resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
7or her driver's license number or state identification card
8number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
9State Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this
10subsection (a-10).
11 (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's
12Identification Card moves from the residence address named in
13the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form
14and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that
15change of address.
16 (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
17Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her
18photograph. An applicant who is 18 21 years of age or older
19seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
20must furnish with the application an approved copy of United
21States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form
224029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of age
23seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
24shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner prescribed by
25the Department with his or her application.
26 (b) Each application form shall include the following

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1statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
2information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
3Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
4accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
5Owners Identification Card Act.".
6 (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
7paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
8consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
9applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
10(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)
11 (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
12 Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department
13of State Police has authority to deny an application for or to
14revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
15previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds
16that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued
17is or was at the time of issuance:
18 (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
19 convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
20 adjudged delinquent;
21 (b) (Blank); This subsection (b) applies through the
22 180th day following the effective date of this amendatory
23 Act of the 101st General Assembly. A person under 21 years
24 of age who does not have the written consent of his parent
25 or guardian to acquire and possess firearms and firearm

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1 ammunition, or whose parent or guardian has revoked such
2 written consent, or where such parent or guardian does not
3 qualify to have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
4 (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the
5 181st day following the effective date of this amendatory
6 Act of the 101st General Assembly. A person under 18 21
7 years of age who is not an active duty member of the United
8 States Armed Forces and does not have the written consent
9 of his or her parent or guardian to acquire and possess
10 firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
11 guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such
12 parent or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm
13 Owner's Identification Card;
14 (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
15 this or any other jurisdiction;
16 (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
17 (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health
18 facility within the past 5 years or a person who has been a
19 patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago
20 who has not received the certification required under
21 subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement
22 officer employed by a unit of government who is denied,
23 revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification
24 Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as
25 described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if
26 the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the

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1 officer, another person, or the public as determined by the
2 treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the
3 officer seeks mental health treatment;
4 (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
5 that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
6 any other person or persons or the community;
7 (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;
8 (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
9 in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
10 (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
11 States under the laws of the United States;
12 (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
13 States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
14 in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
16 (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
17 admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
18 that alien is:
19 (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
20 hunting or sporting purposes;
21 (2) an official representative of a foreign
22 government who is:
23 (A) accredited to the United States Government
24 or the Government's mission to an international
25 organization having its headquarters in the United
26 States; or

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1 (B) en route to or from another country to
2 which that alien is accredited;
3 (3) an official of a foreign government or
4 distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
5 designated by the Department of State;
6 (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
7 foreign government entering the United States on
8 official business; or
9 (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
10 General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
11 922(y)(3);
12 (j) (Blank);
13 (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
14 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
15 of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
16 offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
17 used or possessed;
18 (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
19 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
20 similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
21 on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
22 Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
23 previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
24 under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
25 to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
26 a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a

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1 conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
2 is not a required element of the offense but in which a
3 determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
4 is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
5 Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
6 conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
7 application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
8 Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
9 person under this Act;
10 (m) (Blank);
11 (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
12 possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
13 State statute or by federal law;
14 (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
15 5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
16 minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
17 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
18 (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
19 minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
20 commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
21 would be a felony;
22 (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
23 Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
24 Section 4;
25 (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with
26 a mental disability;

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1 (s) A person who has been found to have a developmental
2 disability;
3 (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental
4 health facility; or
5 (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's
6 Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e)
7 of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of subsection
8 (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she was a
9 patient in a mental health facility as provided in
10 subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to
11 obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the
12 5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a
13 mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical
14 psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are
15 defined in the Mental Health and Developmental
16 Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he
17 or she is not a clear and present danger to himself,
18 herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist,
19 or qualified examiner making the certification and his or
20 her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
21 professionally liable for making or not making the
22 certification required under this subsection, except for
23 willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not
24 apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been
25 restored through administrative or judicial action under
26 Section 10 or 11 of this Act.

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1 Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
2Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall
3provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with
4Section 9.5 of this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)