102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2740

Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 68/5-20

Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred by a certified licensee shall bear a label containing a specified warning statement. Contains requirements for the warning statement. Requires certified licensees to post conspicuously within the licensed premises an additional notice regarding suicide.
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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 Dealer License Certification Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 68/5-20)
7 Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements.
8 (a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a
9buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card
10whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place. The photo
11copy shall be attached to the documentation detailing the
12record of sale.
13 (b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous
14position on the premises where the licensee conducts business
15a sign that contains the following warning in block letters
16not less than one inch in height:
17 "With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners
18 Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:
19 (A) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place
20 where a child can obtain access to it;
21 (B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else
22 without receiving approval for the transfer from the
23 Department of State Police, or

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1 (C) fail to report the loss or theft of your
2 firearm to local law enforcement within 72 hours.".
3This sign shall be created by the Department and made
4available for printing or downloading from the Department's
5website.
6 (c) No retail location established after the effective
7date of this Act shall be located within 500 feet of any
8school, pre-school, or day care facility in existence at its
9location before the retail location is established as measured
10from the nearest corner of the building holding the retail
11location to the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care
12facility building nearest the retail location at the time the
13retail location seeks licensure.
14 (d) The packaging of any firearm and any descriptive
15materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in
16this State, or delivered for sale in this State, by a certified
17licensee shall bear a label containing the following warning
18statement:
19
"WARNING
20
Firearms must be handled responsibly and securely stored to
21
prevent access by children and other unauthorized users.
22
Illinois has strict laws pertaining to firearms, and you may
23
be fined or imprisoned if you fail to comply with them.
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Prevent child access by always keeping guns locked away and

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1
unloaded when not in use. If you keep a loaded firearm where a
2
child obtains and improperly uses it, you may be fined or sent
3
to jail.
4
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please
5
call the national suicide prevention lifeline at
6
1-800-273-TALK (8255)."
7 A yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark shall
8appear immediately before the word "Warning" on the label.
9 If the firearm is sold or transferred without accompanying
10packaging, the warning label or notice shall be affixed to the
11firearm itself by a method to be prescribed by the Illinois
12State Police.
13 The warning statement required under this subsection shall
14satisfy both of the following requirements:
15 (1) It shall be displayed in its entirety on the
16 principal display panel of the firearm's package, and on
17 any descriptive materials that accompany the firearm.
18 (2) It shall be displayed in both English and Spanish,
19 in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography,
20 layout, or color with other printed matter on that package
21 or descriptive materials, in a manner consistent with 16
22 CFR 1500.121, or successor regulations thereto.
23 (e) A certified licensee shall post conspicuously within
24the licensed premises, in block letters not less than one inch
25in height, an additional notice, including, but not limited

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1to, a notice provided by a suicide prevention program,
2containing the following statement:
3
"IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE
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CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT
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1-800-273-TALK (8255)."
6(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)