103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3061

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Kevin John Olickal

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 68/5-30
720 ILCS 5/24-3  from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

    Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that a certified licensee and any employee of a certified licensee who sells or transfers firearms shall receive at least 2 hours of training annually on how to recognize individuals with mental illness, mental impairment, or mental disease that would make those individuals a clear and present danger to themselves or others if those individuals possessed firearms. Provides that a federally licensed firearm dealer who sells or delivers firearms in the State and is exempt from the certification requirements of the Act is required to receive training on recognizing individuals with mental illness, mental impairment, or mental disease that would make those individuals a clear and present danger to themselves or others if those individuals possessed firearms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes. Defines "clear and present danger".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act is
5amended by changing Section 5-30 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 68/5-30)
7    Sec. 5-30. Training of certified licensees. Any certified
8licensee and any employee of a certified licensee who sells or
9transfers firearms shall receive at least 2 hours of training
10annually regarding legal requirements and responsible business
11practices as applicable to the sale or transfer or firearms
12and how to recognize individuals with mental illness, mental
13impairment, or mental disease that would make those
14individuals a clear and present danger to themselves or others
15if those individuals possessed firearms. The Illinois State
16Police may adopt rules regarding continuing education for
17certified licensees related to legal requirements and
18responsible business practices regarding the sale or transfer
19of firearms and how certified licensees and their employees
20may recognize individuals with mental illness, mental
21impairment, or mental disease that would make those
22individuals a clear and present danger to themselves or others
23if those individuals possessed firearms. In this Section,

 

 

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1"clear and present danger" has the meaning ascribed to it in
2Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
3    A federally licensed firearm dealer under Section 923 of
4the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 who sells or delivers
5firearms in this State and is exempt from the certification
6requirements of this Act is required to receive training on
7recognizing individuals with mental illness, mental
8impairment, or mental disease that would make those
9individuals a clear and present danger to themselves or others
10if those individuals possessed firearms.
11(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
12    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
13changing Section 24-3 as follows:
 
14    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
15    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
16    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
17delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
18following:
19        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
20    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
21    age.
22        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
23    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
24    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.

 

 

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1        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
2        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
3    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
4    other jurisdiction.
5        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
6    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
7    years. In this subsection (e):
8            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
9        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
10        health center, or part thereof, which is used
11        primarily for the care or treatment of persons with
12        mental illness.
13            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
14        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
15        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
16        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
17        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
18        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
19        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
20    person with an intellectual disability.
21        (g) Delivers any firearm, incidental to a sale,
22    without withholding delivery of the firearm for at least
23    72 hours after application for its purchase has been made,
24    or delivers a stun gun or taser, incidental to a sale,
25    without withholding delivery of the stun gun or taser for
26    at least 24 hours after application for its purchase has

 

 

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1    been made. However, this paragraph (g) does not apply to:
2    (1) the sale of a firearm to a law enforcement officer if
3    the seller of the firearm knows that the person to whom he
4    or she is selling the firearm is a law enforcement officer
5    or the sale of a firearm to a person who desires to
6    purchase a firearm for use in promoting the public
7    interest incident to his or her employment as a bank
8    guard, armed truck guard, or other similar employment; (2)
9    a mail order sale of a firearm from a federally licensed
10    firearms dealer to a nonresident of Illinois under which
11    the firearm is mailed to a federally licensed firearms
12    dealer outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) (blank);
13    (4) the sale of a firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal
14    firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
15    Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or
16    sale of any rifle, shotgun, or other long gun to a resident
17    registered competitor or attendee or non-resident
18    registered competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed
19    as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the
20    federal Gun Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting
21    events held at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a
22    national governing body. For purposes of transfers or
23    sales under subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the
24    Department of Natural Resources shall give notice to the
25    Illinois State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to
26    any competitive shooting events at the World Shooting

 

 

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1    Complex sanctioned by a national governing body. The
2    notification shall be made on a form prescribed by the
3    Illinois State Police. The sanctioning body shall provide
4    a list of all registered competitors and attendees at
5    least 24 hours before the events to the Illinois State
6    Police. Any changes to the list of registered competitors
7    and attendees shall be forwarded to the Illinois State
8    Police as soon as practicable. The Illinois State Police
9    must destroy the list of registered competitors and
10    attendees no later than 30 days after the date of the
11    event. Nothing in this paragraph (g) relieves a federally
12    licensed firearm dealer from the requirements of
13    conducting a NICS background check through the Illinois
14    Point of Contact under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of
15    this paragraph (g), "application" means when the buyer and
16    seller reach an agreement to purchase a firearm. For
17    purposes of this paragraph (g), "national governing body"
18    means a group of persons who adopt rules and formulate
19    policy on behalf of a national firearm sporting
20    organization.
21        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
22    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
23    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
24    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
25    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
26    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a

 

 

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1    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
2    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
3    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
4    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
5    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
6    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
7    assembled.
8        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
9    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
10    Owner's Identification Card.
11        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
12    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail
13    without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
14    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
15    U.S.C. 923). In this paragraph (j):
16        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
17    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
18    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
19    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
20    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
21    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
22    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
23        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
24    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
25    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
26    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other

 

 

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1    intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal
2    firearms collection; however, proof of profit shall not be
3    required as to a person who engages in the regular and
4    repetitive purchase and disposition of firearms for
5    criminal purposes or terrorism.
6        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
7    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
8    the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
9    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
10    transferee's name by the Illinois State Police under the
11    provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act;
12    or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
13    firearm that has previously been issued in the
14    transferee's name by the Illinois State Police under the
15    Firearm Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not
16    apply to the transfer of a firearm to a person who is
17    exempt from the requirement of possessing a Firearm
18    Owner's Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm
19    Owners Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this
20    Section, a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
21    Card or license to carry a concealed firearm means receipt
22    of an approval number issued in accordance with subsection
23    (a-10) of Section 3 or Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
24    Identification Card Act.
25            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
26        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally

 

 

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1        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
2        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
3        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
4        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
5            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
6        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
7        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
8        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
9        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
10        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
11        or transferor.
12        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
13    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
14    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses
15    a firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
16    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is
17    stolen or converted.
18        (m) Is a federally licensed firearm dealer under
19    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 and
20    sells or delivers firearms in this State if the federally
21    licensed firearm dealer has not received the training
22    prescribed in Section 30 of the Firearm Dealer License
23    Certification Act on how to recognize individuals with
24    mental illness, mental impairment, or mental disease that
25    would make those individuals a clear and present danger to
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1    firearms. In this paragraph (m), "clear and present
2    danger" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of
3    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
4    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
5firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
678-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
7nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
8purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment
9of Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under
10the provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act
1178-355 shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any
12firearm if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6
13months after the enactment of that Public Act.
14    (C) Sentence.
15        (0.5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
16    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (m) of
17    subsection (A) commits a Class A misdemeanor.
18        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
19    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
20    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
21        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
22    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
23    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
24        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
25    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection
26    (A) commits a Class 2 felony.

 

 

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1        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
2    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
3    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
4    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
5    property comprising a school, at a school related
6    activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance
7    owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school
8    district to transport students to or from school or a
9    school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
10    time of year at which the offense was committed, commits a
11    Class 1 felony. Any person convicted of a second or
12    subsequent violation of unlawful sale or delivery of
13    firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
14    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
15    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
16    property comprising a school, at a school related
17    activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance
18    owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school
19    district to transport students to or from school or a
20    school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
21    time of year at which the offense was committed, commits a
22    Class 1 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
23    imprisonment of no less than 5 years and no more than 15
24    years.
25        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
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1    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
2    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
3    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
4    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
5    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
6    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
7    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
8    on the real property comprising any public park, on the
9    real property comprising any courthouse, or on any public
10    way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
11    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
12    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
13    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
14    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
15        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
16    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection
17    (A) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
18    violation is a Class 4 felony.
19        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
20    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection
21    (A) commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
22    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
23    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
24    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
25    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
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1    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
2    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
3    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
4    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
5    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
6    not to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
7    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
8    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
9        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
10    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection
11    (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
12        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
13    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection
14    (A) commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one
15    firearm. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
16    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection
17    (A) commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
18    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
19    within a one-year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
20    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
21    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
22    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
23    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
24    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
25    firearms at the same time or within a 2-year period. Any
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1    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
2    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
3    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
4    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
5    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a
6    3-year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
7    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
8    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
9    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
10    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
11    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
12    same time or within a 4-year period. Any person convicted
13    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
14    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
15    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
16    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
17    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
18    time or within a 5-year period.
19    (D) For purposes of this Section:
20    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
21school, community college, college, or university.
22    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
23academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
24participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or
25in part by a school or school district.
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1subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
2after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
3violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
4subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
5after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
6paragraph.
7(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
8102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)