SB2805sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Jil Tracy

Filed: 2/29/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2805

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2805 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(430 ILCS 67/5)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent.

"Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.

"Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a dating or engagement relationship.

"Petitioner" means:

(1) a family member of the respondent as defined in this Act; or

(2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.

If the petitioner is a law enforcement officer, the petitioner shall be referred to as the law enforcement agency in which the officer is employed on all public indexes concerning the petition and not the individually named officer who filed the petition.

"Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.

(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".