Rep. Maura Hirschauer

Filed: 4/1/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5065

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5065 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe
5Gun Storage Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "At-risk person" means a person who has made statements or
8exhibited behavior that indicates to a reasonable person there
9is a likelihood that the person is at risk of attempting
10suicide or causing physical harm to oneself or others.
11    "Minor" means a person under 18 years of age.
12    "Prohibited person" means a person ineligible under
13federal or State law to possess a firearm.
 
14    Section 10. Storage of firearms. A firearm owner shall not
15store or keep any firearm in any premises where the firearm

 

 

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1owner knows or reasonably should know a minor, an at-risk
2person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to the
3firearm unless the firearm is secured in a locked container,
4properly engaged so as to render the firearm inaccessible or
5unusable to any person other than the owner or other lawfully
6authorized user. If the firearm is carried by or under the
7control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user, then
8the firearm is deemed lawfully stored or kept.
 
9    Section 15. Penalties; violations.
10    (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and
11(3) of this subsection (a), a violation of Section 10
12constitutes a civil penalty not to exceed $500.
13    (2) If any person knows or reasonably should know that a
14minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to
15gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of
16that person, and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited
17person obtains the firearm, the civil penalty shall not exceed
18$1,000.
19    (3) If a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person
20obtains a firearm and uses it to injure or cause the death of a
21person or uses the firearm in connection with a crime, the
22civil penalty shall not exceed $10,000.
23    (b) The court may order a person who is found in violation
24of Section 10 to perform community service or pay restitution
25in lieu of the civil penalties imposed under this Section if

 

 

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1good cause is shown.
2    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude
3civil liabilities for violations of this Act.
4    (d) A violation of this Act is prima facie evidence of
5negligence per se in any civil proceeding if a minor, an
6at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and
7causes personal injury to the death of oneself or another or
8uses the firearm in the commission of a crime.
9    (e) An action to collect a civil penalty under this Act may
10be brought by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of
11the county in which the violation occurred. Any money received
12from the collection of a civil penalty under this Act shall be
13deposited in the Mental Health Fund.
 
14    Section 90. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
15changing Section 24-9 as follows:
 
16    (720 ILCS 5/24-9)
17    Sec. 24-9. Firearms; Child Protection.
18    (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
19for any person to store or leave, within premises under his or
20her control, a firearm if the person knows or reasonably
21should know has reason to believe that a minor under the age of
2218 14 years who does not have a Firearm Owners Identification
23Card is likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful
24permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having

 

 

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1charge of the minor, and the minor causes death or great bodily
2harm with the firearm, unless the firearm is:
3        (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the
4    firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily
5    inoperable; or
6        (2) placed in a securely locked box or container. ; or
7        (3) placed in some other location that a reasonable
8    person would believe to be secure from a minor under the
9    age of 14 years.
10    (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
11of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than
12$1,000. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a
13Class A misdemeanor.
14    (c) Subsection (a) does not apply:
15        (1) if the minor under 18 14 years of age gains access
16    to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or
17    defense of another; or
18        (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of
19    14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the
20    minor or another person.
21    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the
22meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
23Identification Card Act.
24(Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)".