Illinois House Bill 4469

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act to include in the definition of "petitioner" an intimate partner. Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that, if the petitioner seeks a court order prohibiting the respondent from possessing firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm, the court shall immediately issue a search warrant directing seizure of firearms at the time an ex parte or final order of protection is issued, if the court finds, based upon sworn testimony, that: (1) probable cause exists that the respondent possesses firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm; (2) probable cause exists to believe that the respondent poses a danger of causing personal injury to the petitioner or child and that the danger is imminent and present; and (3) probable cause exists that firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm are located at the residence, vehicle, or other property of the respondent. Provides that a finding of probable cause for a warrant upon oral testimony may be based on the same kind of evidence as is sufficient for a warrant upon affidavit. Effective immediately.

FIREARMS-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Rep. Maura Hirschauer [D]	Rep. Edgar Gonzalez [D]	Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Daniel Didech [D]
Rep. Maurice West [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-19	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2024-04-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-28	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2024-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2024-02-09	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
2024-01-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-01-17	House	First Reading
2024-01-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
430	67	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	112A-14	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	60	214	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4469&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4469.htm