102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5859

 

Introduced 1/4/2023, by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback and Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider specified actions to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to require a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner to determine whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act under specified circumstances, and amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act to make a corresponding change. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that a petitioner may request a one-year (rather than 6-month) firearms restraining order, and makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police may disseminate educational brochures containing information regarding firearms restraining orders created by the Attorney General's office and other materials concerning firearms restraining orders created by the Department of Public Health to any law enforcement agency in the State, who may in turn disseminate the brochure to persons as the law enforcement agency determines. Subject to appropriation, establishes the Office of Firearms Restraining Order Coordination within the Department of Human Services. Provides that a lawful owner of a firearm may not knowingly, recklessly, or negligently allow the subject of a firearms restraining order to access the firearms of the lawful owner, and that the court may award a person aggrieved by such a violation actual and punitive damages, as well as attorney's fees and other costs. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver's license shall be suspended and the motor vehicle registration shall not be renewed until a person fully complies with an order to surrender firearms. Amends various other Acts to make conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.


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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Prevent A Gun
5Tragedy Act.
 
6    Section 2. Findings; intent.
7    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
8        (1) Members of the General Assembly are elected by the
9    people of Illinois to debate and pass meaningful
10    legislation in the best interests of the public.
11        (2) In the light of gun tragedies, it behooves us to
12    reexamine the status quo and decide how we can improve
13    State laws to prevent another tragedy from occurring.
14        (3) It is imperative not only to mourn victims of gun
15    violence, but honor the victims with action, and shine a
16    light on the devastating epidemic of gun violence.
17        (4) The ripple effect that each gun homicide has on
18    each victim's family, friends, and community is
19    astounding. The victim's family and friends bear the grief
20    and shock of the violent death of their loved one. If law
21    enforcement is not able to obtain evidence that leads to
22    an arrest, the perpetrator escapes accountability.
23        (5) December 14, 2022 is the 10-year mark of the Sandy

 

 

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1    Hook tragedy, during which 20 children between 6 and 7
2    years old and 6 adult staff members were fatally shot in an
3    elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
4        (6) In the days following the Sandy Hook shooting, the
5    appalling lack of action by lawmakers who failed to pass
6    background checks outraged the nation and has led to
7    repercussions in terms of gun injuries and deaths.
8        (7) By December 2022, over 1,000,000 Americans will
9    have been killed or injured by guns since the Sandy Hook
10    shooting tragedy.
11        (8) Gun violence is the number one cause of death for
12    children in the United States. Nationally, guns kill twice
13    as many children and young people than cancer. United
14    States children and teens are 17 times more likely to die
15    from a gun than their peers in 25 other high-income
16    countries combined. Gun violence affects all children, but
17    children of color are at greatest risk.
18        (9) During the pandemic, Illinois led the nation in
19    gun sales. With many people obtaining guns for the first
20    time, the risk for gun tragedies has dramatically
21    increased.
22        (10) As of December 2022, there have been 55 mass
23    shootings in Illinois and 620 nationwide in the year 2022,
24    according to the Gun Violence Archive.
25        (11) There is an urgent need to address gun violence
26    through legislative change.

 

 

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1        (l2) Extreme Risk Protection Orders, also known as red
2    flag laws, exist in 19 states and the District of
3    Columbia, allowing petitioners to ask a judge to issue a
4    civil order for the temporary removal of firearms and
5    barring of new purchases for individuals who are deemed at
6    risk of harming themselves or others.
7        (13) Research suggests that red flag laws have
8    prevented gun suicides, domestic-violence-related
9    shootings, homicides, and mass shootings.
10        (14) Illinois' red flag law, the Firearms Restraining
11    Order Act, has been in effect since January 1, 2019.
12        (15) On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in
13    Highland Park, Illinois, in which a man with a history of
14    threatening violence and posting violent gun-related
15    images online allegedly opened fire, killing 7 people and
16    wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade,
17    turning a cherished parade into a scene of fear and death.
18    Despite the alleged shooter's history and online postings
19    about violence, there is no record that anyone pursued a
20    firearms restraining order petition against him.
21        (16) On October 31, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in
22    East Garfield Park in Chicago, Illinois in which 14
23    people, including 3 children, were shot. Ten of the
24    victims were from the same family.
25        (17) As of August 2022, fewer than 250 firearms
26    restraining orders had been filed in Illinois, while in

 

 

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1    other states, such as Florida, thousands had been filed,
2    showing that the firearms restraining order in Illinois is
3    underused compared with other states.
4        (18) The first recommendation of a report by
5    researchers and experts at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun
6    Violence Solutions, released in the fall of 2022,
7    recommends strengthening Illinois' Firearms Restraining
8    Order to address flaws identified by experts and
9    lawmakers. The Hopkins report makes specific
10    recommendations, including investing in firearms
11    restraining order training and education, hiring state
12    firearms restraining order coordinators who can assist
13    petitioners and the courts with firearms restraining order
14    petitions, and expanding petitioners to include licensed
15    healthcare providers.
16        (19) State legislators must take steps to prevent
17    future mass shootings and gun tragedies based on
18    evidence-based data and research and policy suggestions by
19    experts.
20    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide
21needed improvements to the Firearms Restraining Order Act and
22corresponding laws.
 
23    Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
24Section 2 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
2    Sec. 2. Open meetings.
3    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
4be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
5closed in accordance with Section 2a.
6    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
7in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
8public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
9are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
10clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do
11not require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a
12subject included within an enumerated exception.
13    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
14consider the following subjects:
15        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
16    discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
17    employees, specific individuals who serve as independent
18    contractors in a park, recreational, or educational
19    setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or
20    legal counsel for the public body, including hearing
21    testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a
22    specific individual who serves as an independent
23    contractor in a park, recreational, or educational
24    setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against
25    legal counsel for the public body to determine its
26    validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in

 

 

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1    compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
2    is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
3    Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
4    public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
5        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
6    body and its employees or their representatives, or
7    deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
8    classes of employees.
9        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
10    as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
11    office, when the public body is given power to appoint
12    under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
13    removal of the occupant of a public office, when the
14    public body is given power to remove the occupant under
15    law or ordinance.
16        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing,
17    or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law,
18    to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act,
19    provided that the body prepares and makes available for
20    public inspection a written decision setting forth its
21    determinative reasoning.
22        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
23    of the public body, including meetings held for the
24    purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should
25    be acquired.
26        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of

 

 

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1    property owned by the public body.
2        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments,
3    or investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to
4    the investment of assets or income of funds deposited into
5    the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
6        (8) Security procedures, school building safety and
7    security, and the use of personnel, and equipment,
8    reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond
9    to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential
10    danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the
11    public, or public property.
12        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
13        (10) The placement of individual students in special
14    education programs and other matters relating to
15    individual students.
16        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
17    on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
18    is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
19    when the public body finds that an action is probable or
20    imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
21    recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
22    meeting.
23        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
24    claims as provided in the Local Governmental and
25    Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
26    disposition of a claim or potential claim might be

 

 

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1    prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
2    risk management information, records, data, advice or
3    communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
4    public body or any intergovernmental risk management
5    association or self insurance pool of which the public
6    body is a member.
7        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
8    the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
9    authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair
10    housing practices and creating a commission or
11    administrative agency for their enforcement.
12        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
13    undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
14    future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
15    body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
16        (15) Professional ethics or performance when
17    considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
18    licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
19    advisory body's field of competence.
20        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
21    professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
22    a statewide association of which the public body is a
23    member.
24        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
25    formal peer review of physicians or other health care
26    professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected

 

 

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1    under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
2    Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
3    including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
4    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
5    1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
6    including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a
7    hospital, or other institution providing medical care,
8    that is operated by the public body.
9        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
10    Review Board.
11        (19) Review or discussion of applications received
12    under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
13    Act.
14        (20) The classification and discussion of matters
15    classified as confidential or continued confidential by
16    the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
17        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
18    under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
19    body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes
20    as mandated by Section 2.06.
21        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
22    Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
23        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
24    utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or
25    municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
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1    of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
2    conclusions of load forecast studies.
3        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
4    resident sexual assault and death review team or the
5    Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
6    Act.
7        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under
8    Brian's Law.
9        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
10    under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
11    Team Act.
12        (27) (Blank).
13        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
14    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
15    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
16    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
17        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
18    and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and
19    their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
20    control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk
21    areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
22    conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
23    standards of the United States of America.
24        (30) Those meetings or portions of meetings of a
25    fatality review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team
26    Advisory Council during which a review of the death of an

 

 

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1    eligible adult in which abuse or neglect is suspected,
2    alleged, or substantiated is conducted pursuant to Section
3    15 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
4        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
5    Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
6    Concealed Carry Act.
7        (32) Meetings between the Regional Transportation
8    Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion
9    involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority
10    Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the
11    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
12    3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
13        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
14    advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
15    under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
16    Act during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
17    dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
18        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform
19    Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
20    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
21        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
22    Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
23    Illinois Public Aid Code.
24        (36) Those deliberations or portions of deliberations
25    for decisions of the Illinois Gaming Board in which there
26    is discussed any of the following: (i) personal,

 

 

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1    commercial, financial, or other information obtained from
2    any source that is privileged, proprietary, confidential,
3    or a trade secret; or (ii) information specifically
4    exempted from the disclosure by federal or State law.
5        (37) Deliberations for decisions of the Illinois Law
6    Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Certification
7    Review Panel, and the Illinois State Police Merit Board
8    regarding certification and decertification.
9        (38) Meetings of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic
10    Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois
11    Criminal Justice Information Authority Board that occur in
12    closed executive session under subsection (d) of Section
13    35 of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act.
14        (39) Meetings of the regional review teams under
15    subsection (a) of Section 75 of the Domestic Violence
16    Fatality Review Act.
17        (40) Meetings of the Firearm Owner's Identification
18    Card Review Board under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners
19    Identification Card Act.
20    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
21    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
22relationship with the public body constitutes an
23employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
24rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
25    "Public office" means a position created by or under the
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1charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
2power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
3members of the public body, but it shall not include
4organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
5established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
6assist the body in the conduct of its business.
7    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
8charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
9hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
10determinations based thereon, but does not include local
11electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
12challenges.
13    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
14meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
15the nature of the matter being considered and other
16information that will inform the public of the business being
17conducted.
18(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-459, eff. 8-23-19;
19101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff.
208-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
21    Section 11. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
22Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
232605-51.1 as follows:
 
24    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1)

 

 

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1    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2026)
2    Sec. 2605-51.1. Commission on Implementing the Firearms
3Restraining Order Act.
4    (a) There is created the Commission on Implementing the
5Firearms Restraining Order Act composed of at least 12 members
6to advise on the strategies of education and implementation of
7the Firearms Restraining Order Act. The Commission shall be
8appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his
9or her designee and shall include a liaison or representative
10nominated from the following:
11        (1) the Office of the Attorney General, appointed by
12    the Attorney General;
13        (2) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his
14    or her designee;
15        (3) at least 3 State's Attorneys, nominated by the
16    Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
17    Prosecutor;
18        (4) at least 2 municipal police department
19    representatives, nominated by the Illinois Association of
20    Chiefs of Police;
21        (5) an Illinois sheriff, nominated by the Illinois
22    Sheriffs' Association;
23        (6) the Director of Public Health or his or her
24    designee;
25        (7) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
26    Board, nominated by the Executive Director of the Board;

 

 

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1        (8) a representative from a public defender's office,
2    nominated by the State Appellate Defender;
3        (9) a circuit court judge, nominated by the Chief
4    Justice of the Supreme Court;
5        (10) a prosecutor with experience managing or
6    directing a program in another state where the
7    implementation of that state's extreme risk protection
8    order law has achieved high rates of petition filings
9    nominated by the National District Attorneys Association;
10    and
11        (11) an expert from law enforcement who has experience
12    managing or directing a program in another state where the
13    implementation of that state's extreme risk protection
14    order law has achieved high rates of petition filings
15    nominated by the Director of the Illinois State Police;
16    and
17        (12) a circuit clerk, nominated by the President of
18    the Illinois Association of Court Clerks.
19    (b) The Commission shall be chaired by the Director of the
20Illinois State Police or his or her designee. The Commission
21shall meet, either virtually or in person, to discuss the
22implementation of the Firearms Restraining Order Act as
23determined by the Commission while the strategies are being
24established.
25    (c) The members of the Commission shall serve without
26compensation and shall serve 3-year terms.

 

 

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1    (d) An annual report shall be submitted to the General
2Assembly by the Commission that may include summary
3information about firearms restraining order use by county,
4challenges to Firearms Restraining Order Act implementation,
5and recommendations for increasing and improving
6implementation.
7    (e) The Commission shall develop a model policy with an
8overall framework for the timely relinquishment of firearms
9whenever a firearms restraining order is issued. The model
10policy shall be finalized within the first 4 months of
11convening. In formulating the model policy, the Commission
12shall consult counties in Illinois and other states with
13extreme risk protection order laws which have achieved a high
14rate of petition filings. Once approved, the Illinois State
15Police shall work with their local law enforcement agencies
16within their county to design a comprehensive strategy for the
17timely relinquishment of firearms, using the model policy as
18an overall framework. Each individual agency may make small
19modifications as needed to the model policy and must approve
20and adopt a policy that aligns with the model policy. The
21Illinois State Police shall convene local police chiefs and
22sheriffs within their county as needed to discuss the
23relinquishment of firearms.
24    (f) The Commission shall be dissolved June 1, 2025 (3
25years after the effective date of Public Act 102-345).
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1the effective date of Public Act 102-345).
2(Source: P.A. 102-345, eff. 6-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
3    Section 12. The Counties Code is amended by changing
4Section 3-9005 as follows:
 
5    (55 ILCS 5/3-9005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005)
6    Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's Attorney.
7    (a) The duty of each State's Attorney shall be:
8        (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits,
9    indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the
10    circuit court for the county, in which the people of the
11    State or county may be concerned.
12        (2) To prosecute all forfeited bonds and
13    recognizances, and all actions and proceedings for the
14    recovery of debts, revenues, moneys, fines, penalties and
15    forfeitures accruing to the State or the county, or to any
16    school district or road district in the county; also, to
17    prosecute all suits in the county against railroad or
18    transportation companies, which may be prosecuted in the
19    name of the People of the State of Illinois.
20        (3) To commence and prosecute all actions and
21    proceedings brought by any county officer in the county
22    officer's official capacity.
23        (4) To defend all actions and proceedings brought
24    against the county, or against any county or State

 

 

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1    officer, in the county or State officer's official
2    capacity, within the county.
3        (5) To attend the examination of all persons brought
4    before any judge on habeas corpus, when the prosecution is
5    in the county.
6        (6) To attend before judges and prosecute charges of
7    felony or misdemeanor, for which the offender is required
8    to be recognized to appear before the circuit court, when
9    in the State's Attorney's power so to do.
10        (7) To give the State's Attorney's opinion, without
11    fee or reward, to any county officer in the county, upon
12    any question or law relating to any criminal or other
13    matter, in which the people or the county may be
14    concerned.
15        (8) To assist the Attorney General whenever it may be
16    necessary, and in cases of appeal from the county to the
17    Supreme Court, to which it is the duty of the Attorney
18    General to attend, the State's Attorney shall furnish the
19    Attorney General at least 10 days before such is due to be
20    filed, a manuscript of a proposed statement, brief and
21    argument to be printed and filed on behalf of the people,
22    prepared in accordance with the rules of the Supreme
23    Court. However, if such brief, argument or other document
24    is due to be filed by law or order of court within this
25    10-day period, then the State's Attorney shall furnish
26    such as soon as may be reasonable.

 

 

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1        (9) To pay all moneys received by the State's Attorney
2    in trust, without delay, to the officer who by law is
3    entitled to the custody thereof.
4        (10) To notify, by first class mail, complaining
5    witnesses of the ultimate disposition of the cases arising
6    from an indictment or an information.
7        (11) To perform such other and further duties as may,
8    from time to time, be enjoined on the State's Attorney by
9    law.
10        (12) To appear in all proceedings by collectors of
11    taxes against delinquent taxpayers for judgments to sell
12    real estate, and see that all the necessary preliminary
13    steps have been legally taken to make the judgment legal
14    and binding.
15        (13) To notify, by first-class mail, the State
16    Superintendent of Education, the applicable regional
17    superintendent of schools, and the superintendent of the
18    employing school district or the chief school
19    administrator of the employing nonpublic school, if any,
20    upon the conviction of any individual known to possess a
21    certificate or license issued pursuant to Article 21 or
22    21B, respectively, of the School Code of any offense set
23    forth in Section 21B-80 of the School Code or any other
24    felony conviction, providing the name of the certificate
25    holder, the fact of the conviction, and the name and
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1    certificate holder must also be contemporaneously sent a
2    copy of the notice.
3    (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall have
4authority to appoint one or more special investigators to
5serve subpoenas and summonses, make return of process, and
6conduct investigations which assist the State's Attorney in
7the performance of the State's Attorney duties. In counties of
8the first and second class, the fees for service of subpoenas
9and summonses are allowed by this Section and shall be
10consistent with those set forth in Section 4-5001 of this Act,
11except when increased by county ordinance as provided for in
12Section 4-5001. In counties of the third class, the fees for
13service of subpoenas and summonses are allowed by this Section
14and shall be consistent with those set forth in Section
154-12001 of this Act. A special investigator shall not carry
16firearms except with permission of the State's Attorney and
17only while carrying appropriate identification indicating the
18special investigator's employment and in the performance of
19the special investigator's assigned duties.
20    Subject to the qualifications set forth in this
21subsection, special investigators shall be peace officers and
22shall have all the powers possessed by investigators under the
23State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
24    No special investigator employed by the State's Attorney
25shall have peace officer status or exercise police powers
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1basic police training course mandated and approved by the
2Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or such
3board waives the training requirement by reason of the special
4investigator's prior law enforcement experience or training or
5both. Any State's Attorney appointing a special investigator
6shall consult with all affected local police agencies, to the
7extent consistent with the public interest, if the special
8investigator is assigned to areas within that agency's
9jurisdiction.
10    Before a person is appointed as a special investigator,
11the person's fingerprints shall be taken and transmitted to
12the Department of State Police. The Department shall examine
13its records and submit to the State's Attorney of the county in
14which the investigator seeks appointment any conviction
15information concerning the person on file with the Department.
16No person shall be appointed as a special investigator if the
17person has been convicted of a felony or other offense
18involving moral turpitude. A special investigator shall be
19paid a salary and be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred
20in performing the special investigator's assigned duties. The
21county board shall approve the salary and actual expenses and
22appropriate the salary and expenses in the manner prescribed
23by law or ordinance.
24    (c) The State's Attorney may request and receive from
25employers, labor unions, telephone companies, and utility
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1noncustodial parents for the purpose of establishing a child's
2paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child
3support obligation. In this subsection, "location information"
4means information about (i) the physical whereabouts of a
5putative father or noncustodial parent, (ii) the putative
6father or noncustodial parent's employer, or (iii) the salary,
7wages, and other compensation paid and the health insurance
8coverage provided to the putative father or noncustodial
9parent by the employer of the putative father or noncustodial
10parent or by a labor union of which the putative father or
11noncustodial parent is a member.
12    (d) (Blank).
13    (e) The State's Attorney shall have the authority to enter
14into a written agreement with the Department of Revenue for
15pursuit of civil liability under subsection (E) of Section
1617-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 against persons who have
17issued to the Department checks or other orders in violation
18of the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (B) of
19Section 17-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012, with the Department
20to retain the amount owing upon the dishonored check or order
21along with the dishonored check fee imposed under the Uniform
22Penalty and Interest Act, with the balance of damages, fees,
23and costs collected under subsection (E) of Section 17-1 of
24the Criminal Code of 2012 or under Section 17-1a of that Code
25to be retained by the State's Attorney. The agreement shall
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1criminal prosecution.
2    (f) In a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, and
3only upon receipt of a written request by the superintendent
4of the county Veterans Assistance Commission for the county in
5which the State's Attorney is located, the State's Attorney
6shall have the discretionary authority to render an opinion,
7without fee or reward, upon any question of law relating to a
8matter in which the county Veterans Assistance Commission may
9be concerned. The State's Attorney shall have the discretion
10to grant or decline such a request.
11    (g) Within 60 days after the effective date of any
12amendatory changes to the Firearms Restraining Order Act, it
13is the duty of each State's Attorney to update law enforcement
14agencies within the State's Attorney's jurisdiction of those
15changes to the Firearms Restraining Order Act.
16(Source: P.A. 101-275, eff. 8-9-19; 102-56, eff. 7-9-21.)
 
17    Section 15. The Mental Health and Developmental
18Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 6-103.3 as
19follows:
 
20    (405 ILCS 5/6-103.3)
21    Sec. 6-103.3. Clear and present danger; notice.
22    (a) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present
23danger to himself, herself, or to others by a physician,
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1by the State, by any public or private mental health facility
2or part thereof, or by a law enforcement official or a school
3administrator, then the physician, clinical psychologist,
4qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human
5Services and a law enforcement official or school
6administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police, within
724 hours of making the determination that the person poses a
8clear and present danger. The Department of Human Services
9shall immediately update its records and information relating
10to mental health and developmental disabilities, and if
11appropriate, shall notify the Illinois State Police in a form
12and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. If a
13person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger
14under this subsection, the physician, clinical psychologist,
15or qualified examiner shall determine whether to file an
16action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act naming that
17person as the respondent.
18    (b) Information disclosed under this Section shall remain
19privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed,
20except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of the
21Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or for the purpose of
22an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act, nor used
23for any other purpose. The method of providing this
24information shall guarantee that the information is not
25released beyond that which is necessary for the purposes
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1rule by the Department of Human Services. The identity of the
2person reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to
3the subject of the report. The physician, clinical
4psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement official, or
5school administrator making the determination and his or her
6employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
7professionally liable for making or not making the
8notification required under this Section, except for willful
9or wanton misconduct. This Section does not apply to a law
10enforcement official, if making the notification under this
11Section will interfere with an ongoing or pending criminal
12investigation.
13    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
14        "Clear and present danger" has the meaning ascribed to
15    it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification
16    Card Act.
17        "Determined to pose a clear and present danger to
18    himself, herself, or to others by a physician, clinical
19    psychologist, or qualified examiner" means in the
20    professional opinion of the physician, clinical
21    psychologist, or qualified examiner, a person poses a
22    clear and present danger.
23        "School administrator" means the person required to
24    report under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental
25    Health Clear and Present Danger Determinations Law.
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1    Section 20. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
2amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 
3    (430 ILCS 65/8.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)
4    Sec. 8.1. Notifications to the Illinois State Police.
5    (a) The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner
6required by the Supreme Court, notify the Illinois State
7Police of all final dispositions of cases for which the
8Department has received information reported to it under
9Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Criminal Identification Act.
10    (b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a person with a
11mental disability as defined in Section 1.1 of this Act or a
12finding that a person has been involuntarily admitted, the
13court shall direct the circuit court clerk to immediately
14notify the Illinois State Police, Firearm Owner's
15Identification (FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of
16the court order to the Department.
17    (b-1) Beginning July 1, 2016, and each July 1 and December
1830 of every year thereafter, the circuit court clerk shall, in
19the form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police,
20notify the Illinois State Police, Firearm Owner's
21Identification (FOID) department if the court has not directed
22the circuit court clerk to notify the Illinois State Police,
23Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department under
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1because no person has been adjudicated as a person with a
2mental disability by the court as defined in Section 1.1 of
3this Act or if no person has been involuntarily admitted. The
4Supreme Court may adopt any orders or rules necessary to
5identify the persons who shall be reported to the Illinois
6State Police under subsection (b), or any other orders or
7rules necessary to implement the requirements of this Act.
8    (c) The Department of Human Services shall, in the form
9and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police, report all
10information collected under subsection (b) of Section 12 of
11the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
12Confidentiality Act for the purpose of determining whether a
13person who may be or may have been a patient in a mental health
14facility is disqualified under State or federal law from
15receiving or retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card,
16or purchasing a weapon.
17    (d) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present
18danger to himself, herself, or to others:
19        (1) by a physician, clinical psychologist, or
20    qualified examiner, or is determined to have a
21    developmental disability by a physician, clinical
22    psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by
23    the State or privately, then the physician, clinical
24    psychologist, or qualified examiner shall, within 24 hours
25    of making the determination, notify the Department of
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1    danger or has a developmental disability; or
2        (2) by a law enforcement official or school
3    administrator, then the law enforcement official or school
4    administrator shall, within 24 hours of making the
5    determination, notify the Illinois State Police that the
6    person poses a clear and present danger.
7    The Department of Human Services shall immediately update
8its records and information relating to mental health and
9developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify
10the Illinois State Police in a form and manner prescribed by
11the Illinois State Police. When the Illinois State Police is
12notified pursuant to this subsection that a person has been
13determined to pose a clear and present danger, the The
14Illinois State Police shall determine whether to revoke the
15person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 8
16of this Act. The person reporting or alleging under this
17subsection that another person poses a clear and present
18danger to himself, herself, or to others shall determine
19whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order
20Act naming that person as the respondent. Any information
21disclosed under this subsection shall remain privileged and
22confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required
23under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of this Act or for the
24purpose of an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act,
25nor used for any other purpose. The method of providing this
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1released beyond what is necessary for the purposes provided by
2purpose of this Section and shall be provided by rule by the
3Department of Human Services. The identity of the person
4reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to the
5subject of the report. The physician, clinical psychologist,
6qualified examiner, law enforcement official, or school
7administrator making the determination and his or her employer
8shall not be held criminally, civilly, or professionally
9liable for making or not making the notification required
10under this subsection, except for willful or wanton
11misconduct.
12    (e) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules to
13implement this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
15    Section 25. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended
16by changing Sections 5, 10, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, and 80
17and by adding Sections 57, 57.5, 58, and 63 as follows:
 
18    (430 ILCS 67/5)
19    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
20    "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former
21spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in
22common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any
23other person related by blood or present marriage to the
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1respondent.
2    "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the
3court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in
4his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
5receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm
6parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
7    "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person
8with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in
9common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a
10dating or engagement relationship.
11    "Petitioner" means:
12        (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in
13    this Act; or
14        (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition
15    alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing
16    personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having
17    in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing,
18    or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that
19    could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing
20    firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
21    firearm ; or .
22        (3) a physician, psychologist, clinical social worker,
23    licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical nurse
24    specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing,
25    psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical marriage
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1    health officer who has examined a respondent.
2    "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to
3pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself,
4or another by having in his or her custody or control,
5purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or
6firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
7firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to
8make an operable firearm.
9(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
10    (430 ILCS 67/10)
11    Sec. 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
12    (a) An action for a firearms restraining order is
13commenced by filing a verified petition for a firearms
14restraining order in any circuit court.
15    (b) A petition for a firearms restraining order may be
16filed in: (1) any county where the respondent resides or (2)
17any county where an incident occurred that involved the
18respondent posing a significant an immediate and present
19danger of causing personal injury to the respondent or another
20by having in his or her custody or control, or purchasing,
21possessing, or receiving, a firearm, ammunition, or firearm
22parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm. A
23firearms restraining order may be issued against any
24respondent, including, but not limited to, a respondent who,
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1restraining order, is under the age of 21, does not have a
2valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or does not hold or
3have a right to possess a firearm.
4    (c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for filing,
5amending, vacating, certifying, printing, or photocopying
6petitions or orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any
7related filing service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff
8or other law enforcement for service by the sheriff or other
9law enforcement of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an
10action commenced under this Section.
11    (d) The court shall provide, through the office of the
12clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical assistance
13to help with the writing and filing of a petition under this
14Section by any person not represented by counsel. In addition,
15that assistance may be provided by the State's Attorney.
16    (e) The State's Attorney of the county where the petition
17is filed may act as a friend of the court in any action filed
18under this Act. An Assistant State's Attorney of the county
19where the petition is filed may also be appointed as a friend
20of the court to assist a petitioner in court regarding
21firearms restraining orders.
22    (f) If the petitioner is a law enforcement officer, the
23law enforcement officer does not have to witness threatening
24behavior or other facts at issue from the respondent firsthand
25in order to file a petition under this Act. A law enforcement
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1affidavit asserting to the reliability of the evidence
2presented to the court upon the filing of the petition.
3(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
4    (430 ILCS 67/35)
5    Sec. 35. Ex parte orders and emergency hearings.
6    (a) A petitioner may request an emergency firearms
7restraining order by filing a an affidavit or verified
8pleading alleging that the respondent poses a significant an
9immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to
10himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or
11control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm,
12ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make
13an operable firearm. The petition shall also describe the type
14and location of any firearm or firearms, ammunition, or
15firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
16firearm presently believed by the petitioner to be possessed
17or controlled by the respondent.
18    (b) If the respondent is alleged to pose a significant an
19immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to an
20intimate partner, or an intimate partner is alleged to have
21been the target of a threat or act of violence by the
22respondent, the petitioner shall make a good faith effort to
23provide notice to any and all intimate partners of the
24respondent who are a target or under threat. A law enforcement
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1or threatened intimate partner if necessary to provide notice.
2The notice must include that the petitioner intends to
3petition the court for an emergency firearms restraining
4order, and, if the petitioner is a law enforcement officer,
5referral to relevant domestic violence or stalking advocacy or
6counseling resources, if appropriate. The petitioner shall
7attest to having provided the notice in the filed affidavit or
8verified pleading. If, after making a good faith effort, the
9petitioner is unable to provide notice to any or all intimate
10partners, the affidavit or verified pleading should describe
11what efforts were made.
12    (c) Every person who files a petition for an emergency
13firearms restraining order, knowing the information provided
14to the court at any hearing or in the affidavit or verified
15pleading to be false, is guilty of perjury under Section 32-2
16of the Criminal Code of 2012.
17    (d) An emergency firearms restraining order shall be
18issued on an ex parte basis, that is, without notice to the
19respondent.
20    (e) An emergency hearing held on an ex parte basis shall be
21held the same day that the petition is filed or the next day
22that the court is in session.
23    (f) If a circuit or associate judge finds probable cause
24to believe that the respondent poses a significant an
25immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to
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1control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm,
2ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make
3an operable firearm, the circuit or associate judge shall
4issue an emergency order. For purposes of this subsection, a
5firearm, ammunition, or any firearm parts that could be
6assembled to make an operable firearm need not be in a
7respondent's physical possession in order to be considered in
8the respondent's custody or control.
9    (f-5) If the court issues an emergency firearms
10restraining order, it shall, upon a finding of probable cause
11that the respondent possesses firearms, ammunition, or firearm
12parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm,
13issue a search warrant directing a law enforcement agency to
14seize the respondent's firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts
15that could be assembled to make an operable firearm. The court
16may, as part of that warrant, direct the law enforcement
17agency to search the respondent's residence and other places
18where the court finds there is probable cause to believe he or
19she is likely to possess the firearms, ammunition, or firearm
20parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm. A
21return of the search warrant shall be filed by the law
22enforcement agency within 4 days thereafter, setting forth the
23time, date, and location that the search warrant was executed
24and what items, if any, were seized.
25    (g) An emergency firearms restraining order shall require:
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1    her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
2    receiving additional firearms, ammunition, or firearm
3    parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm,
4    or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to make
5    an operable firearm for the duration of the order under
6    Section 8.2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act;
7    and
8        (2) the respondent to comply with Section 9.5 of the
9    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and subsection (g)
10    of Section 70 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
11    (h) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h-5) of
12this Section, upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, if
13the firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
14assembled to make an operable firearm or Firearm Owner's
15Identification Card and concealed carry license cannot be
16returned to the respondent because the respondent cannot be
17located, fails to respond to requests to retrieve the
18firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to possess a firearm,
19ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make
20an operable firearm, upon petition from the local law
21enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
22enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, ammunition, and
23firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
24firearm, use the firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that
25could be assembled to make an operable firearm for training
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1that could be assembled to make an operable firearm for any
2other application as deemed appropriate by the local law
3enforcement agency.
4    (h-5) On or before January 1, 2022, a respondent whose
5Firearm Owner's Identification Card has been revoked or
6suspended may petition the court, if the petitioner is present
7in court or has notice of the respondent's petition, to
8transfer the respondent's firearm, ammunition, and firearm
9parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm to a
10person who is lawfully able to possess the firearm,
11ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
12an operable firearm if the person does not reside at the same
13address as the respondent. Notice of the petition shall be
14served upon the person protected by the emergency firearms
15restraining order. While the order is in effect, the
16transferee who receives the respondent's firearms, ammunition,
17and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
18firearm must swear or affirm by affidavit that he or she shall
19not transfer the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
20could be assembled to make an operable firearm to the
21respondent or to anyone residing in the same residence as the
22respondent.
23    (h-6) If a person other than the respondent claims title
24to any firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
25assembled to make an operable firearm surrendered under this
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1present in court or has notice of the petition, to have the
2firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
3to make an operable firearm returned to him or her. If the
4court determines that person to be the lawful owner of the
5firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
6to make an operable firearm, the firearm, ammunition, and
7firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
8firearm shall be returned to him or her, provided that:
9        (1) the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
10    could be assembled to make an operable firearm are removed
11    from the respondent's custody, control, or possession and
12    the lawful owner agrees to store the firearm, ammunition,
13    and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an
14    operable firearm in a manner such that the respondent does
15    not have access to or control of the firearm, ammunition,
16    and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an
17    operable firearm; and
18        (2) the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
19    could be assembled to make an operable firearm are not
20    otherwise unlawfully possessed by the owner.
21    The person petitioning for the return of his or her
22firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
23to make an operable firearm must swear or affirm by affidavit
24that he or she: (i) is the lawful owner of the firearm,
25ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
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1ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
2an operable firearm to the respondent; and (iii) will store
3the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
4assembled to make an operable firearm in a manner that the
5respondent does not have access to or control of the firearm,
6ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
7an operable firearm; and (iv) does not reside in the same
8household as the respondent.
9    (i) In accordance with subsection (e) of this Section, the
10court shall schedule a full hearing as soon as possible, but no
11longer than 14 days from the issuance of an ex parte firearms
12restraining order, to determine if a one-year 6-month firearms
13restraining order shall be issued. The court may extend an ex
14parte order as needed, but not to exceed 14 days, to effectuate
15service of the order or if necessary to continue protection.
16The court may extend the order for a greater length of time by
17mutual agreement of the parties.
18(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
19102-345, eff. 6-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
205-13-22.)
 
21    (430 ILCS 67/40)
22    Sec. 40. One-year Six-month orders.
23    (a) A petitioner may request a one-year 6-month firearms
24restraining order by filing an affidavit or verified pleading
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1causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the
2near future by having in his or her custody or control,
3purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition,
4and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
5firearm. The petition shall also describe the number, types,
6and locations of any firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts
7that could be assembled to make an operable firearm presently
8believed by the petitioner to be possessed or controlled by
9the respondent.
10    (b) If the respondent is alleged to pose a significant
11danger of causing personal injury to an intimate partner, or
12an intimate partner is alleged to have been the target of a
13threat or act of violence by the respondent, the petitioner
14shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to any and all
15intimate partners of the respondent who are a target or under
16threat. A law enforcement agency shall assist the petitioner
17with locating the targeted or threatened intimate partner if
18necessary to provide notice. The notice must include that the
19petitioner intends to petition the court for a one-year
206-month firearms restraining order, and, if the petitioner is
21a law enforcement officer, referral to relevant domestic
22violence or stalking advocacy or counseling resources, if
23appropriate. The petitioner shall attest to having provided
24the notice in the filed affidavit or verified pleading. If,
25after making a good faith effort, the petitioner is unable to
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1or verified pleading should describe what efforts were made.
2    (c) Every person who files a petition for a one-year
36-month firearms restraining order, knowing the information
4provided to the court at any hearing or in the affidavit or
5verified pleading to be false, is guilty of perjury under
6Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
7    (d) Upon receipt of a petition for a one-year 6-month
8firearms restraining order, the court shall order a hearing
9within 30 days.
10    (e) In determining whether to issue a firearms restraining
11order under this Section, the court shall consider evidence
12including, but not limited to, the following:
13        (1) The unlawful and reckless use, display, or
14    brandishing of a firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts
15    that could be assembled to make an operable firearm by the
16    respondent.
17        (2) The history of use, attempted use, or threatened
18    use of physical force by the respondent against another
19    person.
20        (3) Any prior arrest of the respondent for a felony
21    offense.
22        (4) Evidence of the abuse of controlled substances or
23    alcohol by the respondent.
24        (5) A recent threat of violence or act of violence by
25    the respondent directed toward himself, herself, or
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1        (6) A violation of an emergency order of protection
2    issued under Section 217 of the Illinois Domestic Violence
3    Act of 1986 or Section 112A-17 of the Code of Criminal
4    Procedure of 1963 or of an order of protection issued
5    under Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
6    1986 or Section 112A-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
7    of 1963.
8        (7) A pattern of violent acts or violent threats,
9    including, but not limited to, threats of violence or acts
10    of violence by the respondent directed toward himself,
11    herself, or another.
12    (f) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the burden
13of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the
14respondent poses a significant danger of personal injury to
15himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or
16control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm,
17ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
18an operable firearm.
19    (g) If the court finds that there is clear and convincing
20evidence to issue a firearms restraining order, the court
21shall issue a firearms restraining order that shall be in
22effect for one year 6 months subject to renewal under Section
2345 of this Act or termination under that Section.
24    (g-5) If the court issues a one-year 6-month firearms
25restraining order, it shall, upon a finding of probable cause
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1firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
2firearm, issue a search warrant directing a law enforcement
3agency to seize the respondent's firearms, ammunition, and
4firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
5firearm. The court may, as part of that warrant, direct the law
6enforcement agency to search the respondent's residence and
7other places where the court finds there is probable cause to
8believe he or she is likely to possess the firearms,
9ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
10an operable firearm. A return of the search warrant shall be
11filed by the law enforcement agency within 4 days thereafter,
12setting forth the time, date, and location that the search
13warrant was executed and what items, if any, were seized.
14    (h) A one-year 6-month firearms restraining order shall
15require:
16        (1) the respondent to refrain from having in his or
17    her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
18    receiving additional firearms, ammunition, and firearm
19    parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm
20    for the duration of the order under Section 8.2 of the
21    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and
22        (2) the respondent to comply with Section 9.5 of the
23    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and subsection (g)
24    of Section 70 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
25    (i) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i-5) of
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1the firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
2assembled to make an operable firearm or Firearm Owner's
3Identification Card cannot be returned to the respondent
4because the respondent cannot be located, fails to respond to
5requests to retrieve the firearms, ammunition, and firearm
6parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm, or
7is not lawfully eligible to possess a firearm, ammunition, and
8firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
9firearm, upon petition from the local law enforcement agency,
10the court may order the local law enforcement agency to
11destroy the firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could
12be assembled to make an operable firearm, use the firearms,
13ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
14an operable firearm for training purposes, or use the
15firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
16assembled to make an operable firearm for any other
17application as deemed appropriate by the local law enforcement
18agency.
19    (i-5) A respondent whose Firearm Owner's Identification
20Card has been revoked or suspended may petition the court, if
21the petitioner is present in court or has notice of the
22respondent's petition, to transfer the respondent's firearm,
23ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
24an operable firearm to a person who is lawfully able to possess
25the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
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1reside at the same address as the respondent. Notice of the
2petition shall be served upon the person protected by the
3emergency firearms restraining order. While the order is in
4effect, the transferee who receives the respondent's firearms,
5ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
6an operable firearm must swear or affirm by affidavit that he
7or she shall not transfer the firearm, ammunition, and firearm
8parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm to
9the respondent or to anyone residing in the same residence as
10the respondent.
11    (i-6) If a person other than the respondent claims title
12to any firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
13assembled to make an operable firearm surrendered under this
14Section, he or she may petition the court, if the petitioner is
15present in court or has notice of the petition, to have the
16firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
17to make an operable firearm returned to him or her. If the
18court determines that person to be the lawful owner of the
19firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
20to make an operable firearm, the firearm, ammunition, and
21firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
22firearm shall be returned to him or her, provided that:
23        (1) the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
24    could be assembled to make an operable firearm are removed
25    from the respondent's custody, control, or possession and
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1    and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an
2    operable firearm in a manner such that the respondent does
3    not have access to or control of the firearm, ammunition,
4    and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an
5    operable firearm; and
6        (2) the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
7    could be assembled to make an operable firearm are not
8    otherwise unlawfully possessed by the owner.
9    The person petitioning for the return of his or her
10firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled
11to make an operable firearm must swear or affirm by affidavit
12that he or she: (i) is the lawful owner of the firearm,
13ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
14an operable firearm; (ii) shall not transfer the firearm,
15ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
16an operable firearm to the respondent; and (iii) will store
17the firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
18assembled to make an operable firearm in a manner that the
19respondent does not have access to or control of the firearm,
20ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
21an operable firearm.
22    (j) If the court does not issue a firearms restraining
23order at the hearing, the court shall dissolve any emergency
24firearms restraining order then in effect.
25    (k) When the court issues a firearms restraining order
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1he or she is entitled to one hearing during the period of the
2order to request a termination of the order, under Section 45
3of this Act, and shall provide the respondent with a form to
4request a hearing.
5    (l) A firearms restraining order issued under this
6subsection shall also include an order to surrender firearms,
7ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
8an operable firearm. The order to surrender firearms,
9ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make
10an operable firearm shall require the respondent to surrender
11all firearms, ammunition, and firearm parts that could be
12assembled to make an operable firearm on the day the
13respondent is served with the firearms restraining order. Upon
14the respondent surrendering all firearms, ammunition, and
15firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
16firearm to the appropriate law enforcement agency, the law
17enforcement agency shall provide a statement of receipt of any
18and all firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be
19assembled to make an operable firearm with a description of
20any and all firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could
21be assembled to make an operable firearm surrendered, to the
22respondent and the court. This statement of receipt shall be
23considered proof of compliance with a firearms restraining
24order and may be presented as proof at a hearing.
25    The failure to surrender any firearm within 24 hours to
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1surrender firearms under this subsection may constitute
2contempt of court for the violation of the terms of the
3firearms restraining order.
4    Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory
5Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Supreme Court may adopt
6a form for an order to surrender firearms and update any
7existing forms for a firearms restraining order to reflect the
8changes made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
9Assembly. The form for an order to surrender firearms shall
10also include forms for a declaration of surrender of firearms,
11proof of surrender, declaration of nonsurrender, and order to
12release firearms.
13    (m) After issuing a firearms restraining order under this
14Section, the court shall hold a hearing within 3 days to
15determine whether the respondent is complying with the
16firearms restraining order. If compliance has already been
17established and the disposition record is on file with the
18court, the court may waive the compliance hearing. Nothing in
19this subsection shall preclude the court from setting
20additional compliance hearings.
21(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
22102-345, eff. 6-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
235-13-22.)
 
24    (430 ILCS 67/45)
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1    (a) A person subject to a firearms restraining order
2issued under this Act may submit one written request at any
3time during the effective period of the order for a hearing to
4terminate the order.
5        (1) The respondent shall have the burden of proving by
6    a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent does
7    not pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself,
8    herself, or another in the near future by having in his or
9    her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
10    receiving a firearm, ammunition, and firearm parts that
11    could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
12        (2) If the court finds after the hearing that the
13    respondent has met his or her burden, the court shall
14    terminate the order.
15    (b) A petitioner may request a renewal of a firearms
16restraining order at any time within the 3 months before the
17expiration of a firearms restraining order.
18        (1) A court shall, after notice and a hearing, renew a
19    firearms restraining order issued under this part if the
20    petitioner proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that
21    the respondent continues to pose a danger of causing
22    personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the
23    near future by having in his or her custody or control,
24    purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm,
25    ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to
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1        (2) In determining whether to renew a firearms
2    restraining order issued under this Act, the court shall
3    consider evidence of the facts identified in subsection
4    (e) of Section 40 of this Act and any other evidence of an
5    increased risk for violence.
6        (3) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the
7    burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that
8    the respondent continues to pose a danger of causing
9    personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the
10    near future by having in his or her custody or control,
11    purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm,
12    ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to
13    make an operable firearm.
14        (4) The renewal of a firearms restraining order issued
15    under this Section shall be in effect for one year 6
16    months, subject to termination by further order of the
17    court at a hearing held under this Section and further
18    renewal by further order of the court under this Section.
19(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
20    (430 ILCS 67/50)
21    Sec. 50. Notice of orders.
22    (a) Entry and issuance. Upon issuance of any firearms
23restraining order, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next
24court day if an emergency firearms restraining order is issued
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1restraining order): (i) enter the order on the record and file
2it in accordance with the circuit court procedures and (ii)
3provide a file-stamped file stamped copy of the order to the
4respondent, if present, and to the petitioner.
5    (b) Filing with sheriff. The clerk of the issuing judge
6shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that a firearms
7restraining order is issued, file a file-stamped certified
8copy of that order with the sheriff or other law enforcement
9officials charged with maintaining Illinois State Police
10records or charged with serving the order upon the respondent.
11If the order was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this
12Act (emergency firearms restraining order), the clerk shall,
13on the next court day, file a file-stamped certified copy of
14the order with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials
15charged with maintaining Illinois State Police records.
16    (c) Service by sheriff. Unless the respondent was present
17in court when the order was issued, the sheriff or other law
18enforcement official shall promptly serve that order upon the
19respondent and file proof of the service, in the manner
20provided for service of process in civil proceedings. Instead
21of serving the order upon the respondent, however, the
22sheriff, other law enforcement official, or other persons
23defined in Section 112A-22.10 of the Code of Criminal
24Procedure of 1963 may serve the respondent with a short form
25notification as provided in that Section. If process has not
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1the order or short form notification if the service is made by
2the sheriff, or other law enforcement official.
3    (d) Any order renewing or terminating any firearms
4restraining order shall be promptly recorded, issued, and
5served as provided in this Section.
6(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
7    (430 ILCS 67/55)
8    Sec. 55. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.
9    (a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Illinois State
10Police, daily, in the form and detail the Illinois State
11Police Department requires, copies of any recorded firearms
12restraining orders issued by the court, and any foreign orders
13of protection filed by the clerk of the court, and transmitted
14to the sheriff by the clerk of the court under Section 50. Each
15firearms restraining order shall be entered in the Law
16Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) on the same day it is
17issued by the court. If an emergency firearms restraining
18order was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act, the
19order shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data
20System (LEADS) as soon as possible after receipt from the
21clerk.
22    (b) The Illinois State Police shall maintain a complete
23and systematic record and index of all valid and recorded
24firearms restraining orders issued or filed under this Act.
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1enforcement officers at the scene of a violation of a firearms
2restraining order of the effective dates and terms of any
3recorded order of protection.
4    (c) The data, records, and transmittals required under
5this Section shall pertain to any valid emergency or one-year
66-month firearms restraining order, whether issued in a civil
7or criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another
8state, tribe, or United States territory.
9(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
10    (430 ILCS 67/57 new)
11    Sec. 57. Educational brochure; law enforcement agencies.
12The Illinois State Police may disseminate educational
13brochures containing information regarding firearms
14restraining orders created by the Attorney General's office
15and other materials concerning firearms restraining orders
16created by the Department of Public Health to any law
17enforcement agency in this State, who may in turn disseminate
18the brochure to persons as the law enforcement agency
19determines.
 
20    (430 ILCS 67/57.5 new)
21    Sec. 57.5. Firearms restraining order training. The
22Attorney General, or another appropriate entity, may develop
23and offer training to judges, State's Attorneys, Assistant
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1circuit court. The training shall include information
2concerning how to understand when both an order of protection
3and a firearms restraining order are appropriate remedies or
4when only an order of protection is sufficient.
 
5    (430 ILCS 67/58 new)
6    Sec. 58. Centralized State database; Department of Public
7Health. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department
9of Public Health shall create, in coordination with the
10Department of Human Services' Office of Firearm Violence
11Prevention, a centralized State database to provide access to
12data regarding firearms restraining orders for research and
13policy purposes. The database shall include, but shall not be
14limited to, all of the following information:
15        (1) Information regarding the petitioner for each
16    case, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
17            (A) The relationship of the petitioner to the
18        respondent.
19            (B) The type of petitioner as identified under
20        Section 5.
21            (C) The demographic information of the petitioner,
22        including the petitioner's age, gender identity, and
23        racial or ethnic identity.
24            (D) For law enforcement petitioners, the specific
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1        (2) Information regarding the respondent for each
2    case, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
3            (A) The demographic information of the respondent,
4        including the respondent's age, gender identity, and
5        racial or ethnic identity.
6            (B) Whether the respondent is or has been a
7        respondent to any current or previous order of
8        protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence
9        Act of 1986, firearms restraining order issued under
10        this Act, protective order issued under Article 112A
11        of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, stalking no
12        contact order issued under the Stalking No Contact
13        Order Act, or civil no contact order issued under the
14        Civil No Contact Order Act.
15            (C) Whether the respondent is a suspect or
16        defendant in a criminal matter at the time the
17        petition is filed.
18        (3) Information regarding the firearms restraining
19    order and the conditions surrounding it, including, but
20    not limited to, all of the following:
21            (A) The city and county where a petition is filed,
22        the date a petition is filed, and the date that a
23        firearms restraining order is issued.
24            (B) The expiration date of the petition.
25            (C) Whether the respondent is alleged in the
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1        personal injury only to himself or herself, only to
2        another, or to both himself or herself and another.
3            (D) A brief synopsis of the events precipitating
4        and giving rise to the petition.
5            (E) The eventual legal outcome of a petition,
6        including:
7                (i) whether an emergency firearms restraining
8            order was granted, denied, or renewed under
9            Section 35 and the reasons for the determination;
10                (ii) whether a one-year firearms restraining
11            order was granted, denied, or renewed under
12            Section 40 and the reasons for the determination;
13                (iii) whether the case surrounding the
14            petition was dismissed and, if so, the reasons for
15            the dismissal; and
16                (iv) whether the respondent contested the
17            issuance of a firearms restraining order.
18            (F) Whether a respondent was served with notice of
19        a firearms restraining order and, if so, the date he or
20        she was served.
21            (G) Whether the respondent was arrested,
22        hospitalized, or referred for psychiatric services for
23        the respondent's actions leading to the petition.
24            (H) Whether a search warrant was issued to
25        determine whether the respondent had in his or her
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1        any firearms or ammunition or firearm parts that could
2        be assembled to make an operable firearm.
3        (4) Information regarding any firearms at issue,
4    including, but not limited to, all of the following:
5            (A) The number and type of firearms in the
6        respondent's possession or that are accessible to the
7        respondent.
8            (B) The number and type of firearms recovered,
9        seized, or transferred from the respondent as a result
10        of a petition.
11            (C) The number of possible firearms in the
12        respondent's possession or that are accessible to the
13        respondent and that are unaccounted for.
14            (D) Whether a respondent complied with a firearms
15        restraining order issued under this Act.
16    The information in the database shall be public, but
17information disclosed to the public from the database shall
18not contain any personal identifying information.
 
19    (430 ILCS 67/60)
20    Sec. 60. Filing of a firearms restraining order issued by
21another state.
22    (a) A person who has sought a firearms restraining order
23or similar order to temporarily remove firearms issued by the
24court of another state, tribe, or United States territory may
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1order with the clerk of the court in a judicial circuit in
2which the person believes that enforcement may be necessary.
3    (b) The clerk shall:
4        (1) treat the foreign firearms restraining order in
5    the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court for any
6    county of this State in accordance with the provisions of
7    the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, except
8    that the clerk shall not mail notice of the filing of the
9    foreign order to the respondent named in the order; and
10        (2) on the same day that a foreign firearms
11    restraining order is filed, file a file-stamped certified
12    copy of that order with the sheriff in the county in which
13    it is filed or other law enforcement officials charged
14    with maintaining Illinois State Police records as set
15    forth in Section 55 of this Act.
16    (c) Neither residence in this State nor filing of a
17foreign firearms restraining order shall be required for
18enforcement of the order by this State. Failure to file the
19foreign order shall not be an impediment to its treatment in
20all respects as an Illinois firearms restraining order.
21    (d) The clerk shall not charge a fee to file a foreign
22order of protection under this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    (430 ILCS 67/63 new)
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1Coordination.
2    (a) Subject to appropriation from State and federal funds,
3there is established within the Department of Human Services
4the Office of Firearms Restraining Order Coordination. The
5Office shall consist of a Director and 5 Coordinators,
6appointed by the Secretary of Human Services. One Coordinator
7shall be selected from each of the 5 Illinois Appellate Court
8Districts and shall serve as a liaison between petitioners,
9State's Attorney offices, and the courts within that Appellate
10District in matters concerning firearms restraining orders.
11The Department of Human Services shall adopt any rules it
12deems necessary to implement this Section.
13    (b) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
14program funds received by the State of Illinois from the
15federal government may be used to hire county Firearms
16Restraining Order coordinators, train law enforcement and
17other collaborators about implementing this Act, fund the
18establishment and maintenance of the centralized State
19database created under Section 58, including, but not limited
20to, the collection of data and the hiring of personnel to
21operate and maintain the database, and fund other methods of
22implementation of this Act.
 
23    (430 ILCS 67/65)
24    Sec. 65. Enforcement; sanctions for violation of order.
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1restraining order is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
2Prosecution for a violation of a firearms restraining order
3shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
4including any crime that may have been committed at the time of
5the violation of the firearms restraining order.
6    (b) The lawful owner of a firearm may not knowingly,
7recklessly, or negligently allow the subject of a firearms
8restraining order to access the firearms of the lawful owner.
9The court may award a person aggrieved by a violation of this
10subsection actual and punitive damages, as well as attorney's
11fees and other costs.
12(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
13    (430 ILCS 67/80)
14    Sec. 80. Expungement or sealing of order. If the court
15denies issuance of a firearms restraining order against the
16respondent, all records of the proceeding shall be immediately
17expunged from the court records. If the firearms restraining
18order is granted, all records of the proceeding shall, 3 years
19after the expiration of the order, be sealed.
20(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
21    Section 30. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
22changing Section 3-415 as follows:
 
23    (625 ILCS 5/3-415)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415)

 

 

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1    Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.
2    (a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
3registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
4required to be registered on a calendar registration year, not
5later than December 1 of each year, upon proper application
6and by payment of the registration fee and tax for such
7vehicle, as provided by law except that application for
8renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
9required to be registered on a staggered calendar year basis,
10shall be made by the owner in the form and manner prescribed by
11the Secretary of State.
12    (b) Fiscal year. Application for renewal of a vehicle
13registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
14required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not
15later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by
16payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as
17provided by law, except that application for renewal of a
18vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
19registered on a staggered fiscal year basis, shall be made by
20the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
21State.
22    (c) Two calendar years. Application for renewal of a
23vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
24vehicles required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not
25later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of
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1renewal of a vehicle registration, as to those vehicles
2required to be registered for 2 years on a staggered
3registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and
4manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.
5    (d) Two fiscal years. Application for renewal of a vehicle
6registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles
7required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than
8June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year
9registration period, except that application for renewal of a
10vehicle registration, as to those vehicles required to be
11registered for 2 fiscal years on a staggered registration
12basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner
13prescribed by the Secretary of State.
14    (d-5) Three calendar years. Application for renewal of a
15vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
16vehicles required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not
17later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of
18the 3-year registration period.
19    (d-10) Five calendar years. Application for renewal of a
20vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those
21vehicles required to be registered for 5 calendar years, not
22later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of
23the 5-year registration period.
24    (e) Time of application. The Secretary of State may
25receive applications for renewal of registration and grant the
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1registration stickers at any time prior to expiration of
2registration. No person shall display upon a vehicle, the new
3registration plates or registration stickers prior to the
4dates the Secretary of State in his discretion may select.
5    (f) Verification. The Secretary of State may further
6require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be
7accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois
8Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.
9    (g) (Blank).
10    (h) Returning combat mission veterans. Beginning in
11registration year 2017, the application for renewal, and
12subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the
13active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed
14Forces returning from a combat mission shall not be required
15for that service member's next scheduled renewal. Proof of
16combat mission service shall come from the service member's
17hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay documentation received
18any time in the 12 months preceding the registration renewal.
19Nothing in this subsection is applicable to the additional
20fees incurred by specialty, personalized, or vanity license
21plates.
22    (i) If an applicant for renewal of motor vehicle
23registration is ordered to surrender the applicant's Firearm
24Owner's Identification Card, firearms, and firearm ammunition
25to a law enforcement agency under the Illinois Domestic
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1Procedure of 1963, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,
2or the Firearms Restraining Order Act and fails to complete
3the transfer at the time of application for renewal of
4registration, the Secretary of State shall not renew the
5registration until the applicant fully complies with the
6order. Upon the court finding that the respondent is not in
7compliance with an order to surrender the applicant's Firearm
8Owner's Identification Card, firearms, and firearm ammunition
9to a law enforcement agency under the Illinois Domestic
10Violence Act of 1986, Article 112A of the Code of Criminal
11Procedure of 1963, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,
12or the Firearms Restraining Order Act, the circuit court shall
13report to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the
14Secretary, the respondent's noncompliance. If the respondent
15complies with the order, the circuit court shall make a
16similar report to the Secretary within 3 days of the
17respondent's compliance.
18    (j) The Secretary of State shall not renew the motor
19vehicle registration of any person with a revoked Firearm
20Owner's Identification Card or a revoked concealed carry
21license who has not surrendered the person's firearms to a law
22enforcement agency as provided in the Illinois Domestic
23Violence Act of 1986, Article 112A of the Code of Criminal
24Procedure of 1963, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,
25or the Firearms Restraining Order Act.
26(Source: P.A. 98-539, eff. 1-1-14; 98-787, eff. 7-25-14;

 

 

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199-32, eff. 7-10-15; 99-80, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff.
27-28-16.)
 
3    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
4changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
5that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
6represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
7not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
8made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
9Public Act.
 
10    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
11severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 120/2from Ch. 102, par. 42
4    20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1
5    55 ILCS 5/3-9005from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005
6    405 ILCS 5/6-103.3
7    430 ILCS 65/8.1from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1
8    430 ILCS 67/5
9    430 ILCS 67/10
10    430 ILCS 67/35
11    430 ILCS 67/40
12    430 ILCS 67/45
13    430 ILCS 67/50
14    430 ILCS 67/55
15    430 ILCS 67/57 new
16    430 ILCS 67/57.5 new
17    430 ILCS 67/58 new
18    430 ILCS 67/60
19    430 ILCS 67/63 new
20    430 ILCS 67/65
21    430 ILCS 67/80
22    625 ILCS 5/3-415from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415