102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5796

Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/7 from Ch. 38, par. 83-7

Amends the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a licensee is issued to a licensee under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the licensee's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the licensee's 21st birthday, the validity period of the licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.
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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 7 and 13.4 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)
7 Sec. 7. Validity of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
8 (a) Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act or
9elsewhere in this Section, a Firearm Owner's Identification
10Card issued under the provisions of this Act shall be valid for
11the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from
12the date of issuance. Unless the person no longer meets the
13requirements or becomes subject to suspension or revocation
14under this Act, a card issued under an application made as
15provided in subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid
16if the person meets the requirements of subsection (b-5) of
17Section 3.1.
18 (b) If a renewal application is submitted to the
19Department before the expiration date of the applicant's
20current Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Firearm
21Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid, unless the
22person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation under
23this Act. Unless the person no longer meets the requirements

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1or becomes subject to suspension or revocation under this Act,
2a card issued under a renewal application made as provided in
3subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid if the
4person meets the implementation requirements of Section 3.1.
5 (c) Beginning January 1, 2022, if the Firearm Owner's
6Identification Card of a licensee under the Firearm Concealed
7Carry Act expires during the term of the licensee's concealed
8carry license, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the
9license remain valid during the validity of the concealed
10carry license and the licensee does not have to renew his or
11her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if the Firearm
12Owner's Identification Card has not been otherwise renewed as
13provided in this Act. Unless the Illinois State Police has
14reason to believe the licensee is no longer eligible for the
15card, the Illinois State Police may automatically renew the
16licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
17 (d) If a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a licensee
18is issued to a licensee under 21 years of age, then that
19Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the
20licensee's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of
21issuance, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, the expiration and
22term of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be
23governed by subsection (a).
24(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22.)