101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5423

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Swanson - Terri Bryant - Avery Bourne - Darren Bailey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/2  from Ch. 38, par. 83-2
430 ILCS 65/4  from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8  from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
430 ILCS 66/25

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the age at which a person may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card from 21 to 18 and provides that a person who is under that age may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental consent required if he or she is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall issue a concealed carry license to an applicant who is at least 18 (currently, 21) years of age or is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces.


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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 2, 4, and 8 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
7    Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
8exceptions.
9    (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun
10gun, or taser within this State without having in his or her
11possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously
12issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police
13under the provisions of this Act.
14    (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
15within this State without having in his or her possession a
16Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
17her name by the Department of State Police under the provisions
18of this Act.
19    (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession
20of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not
21apply to:
22        (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
23    operation of their official duties;

 

 

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1        (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
2    the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their
3    official duties;
4        (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
5    while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
6        (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which
7    receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the
8    United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial
9    purposes with blank ammunition;
10        (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
11    valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area
12    where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times and
13    in all other places these persons must have their firearms
14    unloaded and enclosed in a case;
15        (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
16    license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
17    Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
18    Resources owned or managed sites;
19        (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range
20    recognized by the Department of State Police; however,
21    these persons must at all other times and in all other
22    places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
23        (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display
24    recognized by the Department of State Police; however, at
25    all other times and in all other places these persons must
26    have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;

 

 

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1        (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and
2    enclosed in a case;
3        (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or
4    registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
5        (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and
6    immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or
7    other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or
8    legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
9    minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
10    Card;
11        (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations
12    or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using
13    firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
14        (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does
15    not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a
16    firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting
17    licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned
18    by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
19    Identification Card and while in an area within a
20    commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where
21    hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance
22    upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
23    Resources;
24        (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to
25    hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a
26    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area

 

 

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1    within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code
2    where hunting is permitted and controlled;
3        (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
4    Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
5    under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
6    Owner's Identification Card who is 18 21 years of age or
7    older while the person is on a firing or shooting range or
8    is a participant in a firearms safety and training course
9    recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national,
10    statewide shooting sports organization; and
11        (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition
12    firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic
13    Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
14    International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting
15    in connection with such athletes' training for and
16    participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic
17    and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up
18    to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
19    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
20acquisition and possession of firearms, firearm ammunition,
21stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
22of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the
23operation of their official duties.
24    (c-5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
25subsection (a) of this Section regarding the possession of
26firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply to the holder of a

 

 

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1valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm
2Concealed Carry Act who is in physical possession of the
3concealed carry license.
4    (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is
5not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using a
6firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have a
7Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or
8firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she
9obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois
10Identification Card.
11(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
12    (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
13    Sec. 4. Application for Firearm Owner's Identification
14Cards.
15    (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
16Card must:
17        (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
18    furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
19    the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
20    and when made available by the Department of State Police;
21    and
22        (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
23    that:
24            (i) This subparagraph (i) applies through the
25        180th day following the effective date of this

 

 

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

 

 

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1        provided, however, that such parent or legal guardian
2        is not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
3        Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
4        with the Department as prescribed by the Department
5        stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
6        from having a Card or the active duty member of the
7        United States Armed Forces under 18 21 years of age
8        annually submits proof to the Department of State
9        Police, in a manner prescribed by the Department;
10            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
11        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
12            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
13            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
14        health facility within the past 5 years or, if he or
15        she has been a patient in a mental health facility more
16        than 5 years ago submit the certification required
17        under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;
18            (v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual
19        disability;
20            (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
21        present in the United States under the laws of the
22        United States;
23            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
24        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
25        firearm;
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1        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
2        violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
3        similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
4        firearm was used or possessed;
5            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
6        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
7        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
8        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
9        effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant
10        knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an
11        offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury,
12        and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
13        conviction for an offense in which a domestic
14        relationship is not a required element of the offense
15        but in which a determination of the applicability of 18
16        U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the
17        Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the
18        court of a judgment of conviction for that offense
19        shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm
20        Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
21            (x) (Blank);
22            (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
23        admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
24        visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
25        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
26        1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has

 

 

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

 

 

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1            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
2        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
3        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
4        if committed by an adult would be a felony;
5            (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of
6        Illinois;
7            (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person
8        with a mental disability;
9            (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily admitted
10        into a mental health facility; and
11            (xvii) He or she is not a person with a
12        developmental disability; and
13        (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
14    sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
15    State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
16    requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
17    of limited mental health institution admission information
18    from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
19    territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
20    concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
21    determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
22    mental health institution and disqualified because of that
23    status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
24    Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
25    requested. The information received shall be destroyed
26    within one year of receipt.

 

 

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1    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
2Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
3of State Police either his or her Illinois driver's license
4number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as
5provided in subsection (a-10).
6    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
7Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed
8security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military
9permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois
10resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
11or her driver's license number or state identification card
12number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
13State Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this
14subsection (a-10).
15    (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's
16Identification Card moves from the residence address named in
17the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form
18and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that
19change of address.
20    (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
21Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her
22photograph. An applicant who is 18 21 years of age or older
23seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
24must furnish with the application an approved copy of United
25States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form
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1seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
2shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner prescribed by
3the Department with his or her application.
4    (b) Each application form shall include the following
5statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
6information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
7Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
8accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
9Owners Identification Card Act.".
10    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
11paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
12consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
13applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
14(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
15    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
16    Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department
17of State Police has authority to deny an application for or to
18revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
19previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds
20that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued
21is or was at the time of issuance:
22        (a) A person under 18 21 years of age who has been
23    convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
24    adjudged delinquent;
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1    following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2    101st General Assembly. A person under 18 21 years of age
3    who is not an active duty member of the of the United
4    States Armed Forces and does not have the written consent
5    of his parent or guardian to acquire and possess firearms
6    and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or guardian has
7    revoked such written consent, or where such parent or
8    guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
9    Identification Card;
10        (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the
11    181st day following the effective date of this amendatory
12    Act of the 101st General Assembly. A person under 18 21
13    years of age who is not an active duty member of the United
14    States Armed Forces and does not have the written consent
15    of his or her parent or guardian to acquire and possess
16    firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
17    guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such
18    parent or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm
19    Owner's Identification Card;
20        (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
21    this or any other jurisdiction;
22        (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
23        (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health
24    facility within the past 5 years or a person who has been a
25    patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago
26    who has not received the certification required under

 

 

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1    subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement
2    officer employed by a unit of government who is denied,
3    revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification
4    Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as
5    described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if
6    the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the
7    officer, another person, or the public as determined by the
8    treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the
9    officer seeks mental health treatment;
10        (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
11    that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
12    any other person or persons or the community;
13        (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;
14        (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
15    in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
16        (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
17    States under the laws of the United States;
18        (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
19    States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
20    in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
21    Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
22    (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
23    admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
24    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 Government
4            or the Government's mission to an international
5            organization having its headquarters in the United
6            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 friendly
13        foreign government entering the United States on
14        official business; or
15            (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
16        General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
17        922(y)(3);
18        (j) (Blank);
19        (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
20    years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
21    of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
22    offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
23    used or possessed;
24        (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
25    battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
26    similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,

 

 

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1    on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
2    Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
3    previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
4    under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
5    to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
6    a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
7    conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
8    is not a required element of the offense but in which a
9    determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
10    is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
11    Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
12    conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
13    application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
14    Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
15    person under this Act;
16        (m) (Blank);
17        (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
18    possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
19    State statute or by federal law;
20        (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
21    5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
22    minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
23    offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
24        (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
25    minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
26    commission of an offense that if committed by an adult

 

 

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

 

 

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1    professionally liable for making or not making the
2    certification required under this subsection, except for
3    willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not
4    apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been
5    restored through administrative or judicial action under
6    Section 10 or 11 of this Act.
7    Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
8Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall
9provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with
10Section 9.5 of this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
12    Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
13changing Section 25 as follows:
 
14    (430 ILCS 66/25)
15    Sec. 25. Qualifications for a license.
16    The Department shall issue a license to an applicant
17completing an application in accordance with Section 30 of this
18Act if the person:
19        (1) is at least 18 21 years of age or is an active duty
20    member of the United States Armed Forces;
21        (2) has a currently valid Firearm Owner's
22    Identification Card and at the time of application meets
23    the requirements for the issuance of a Firearm Owner's
24    Identification Card and is not prohibited under the Firearm

 

 

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1    Owners Identification Card Act or federal law from
2    possessing or receiving a firearm;
3        (3) has not been convicted or found guilty in this
4    State or in any other state of:
5            (A) a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of
6        physical force or violence to any person within the 5
7        years preceding the date of the license application; or
8            (B) 2 or more violations related to driving while
9        under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
10        intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
11        thereof, within the 5 years preceding the date of the
12        license application;
13        (4) is not the subject of a pending arrest warrant,
14    prosecution, or proceeding for an offense or action that
15    could lead to disqualification to own or possess a firearm;
16        (5) has not been in residential or court-ordered
17    treatment for alcoholism, alcohol detoxification, or drug
18    treatment within the 5 years immediately preceding the date
19    of the license application; and
20        (6) has completed firearms training and any education
21    component required under Section 75 of this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)