Senate Sponsors: ROSKAM. House Sponsors: BOST-FORBY-SIMPSON-RUTHERFORD-JONES,JOHN Short description: FIREARM OWNERS ID-EXEMPT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Exempts, from the requirements of possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, a person under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card while the person is on a firing or shooting range or is a participant in a firearms safety and training course recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national, statewide shooting sports organization. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 Deletes everything. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced but provides that the exemption from holding a Firearm Owner's Identification Card applies only to a person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the unlawful possession of firearms. Provides that nothing in the unlawful possession of firearms statute prohibits a person under 18 years of age from participating in any lawful recreational activity with a firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at targets upon established public or private target ranges or hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that in order for the exemption from possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification to apply, the person must be under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4 Further amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, who is not an Illinois resident and who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her driver's license number or state identification card number from his or her state of residence. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 430 ILCS 65/15b new Further amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any certified abstract issued by the Director of State Police or transmitted electronically by the Director of State Police to a court or on request of a law enforcement agency for the record of a named person as to the status of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certified abstract and if the name appearing in the abstract is the same as that of a person named in an information or warrant, the abstract is prima facie evidence that the person named in the information or warrant is the same person as the person named in the abstract and is admissible for any prosecution under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or any other applicable violation of law and may be admitted as proof of any prior conviction or proof of records, notices, or orders recorded on individual Firearm Owner's Identification Card records maintained by the Department of State Police. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0839 Last action date: AUG-22-2002 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status