Illinois House Bill 5956 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-11 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a municipality enacts an ordinance in violation of preemption provisions of the Act, the municipality is liable for damages to the prevailing party in a civil action brought against the municipality or an officer or employee of the municipality for infringing upon the rights of the prevailing party for enforcing the ordinance enacted in violation of the preemption provisions. Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

FIREARM OWNERS ID-PREEMPTION

Rep. Christopher Davidsmeyer [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-11	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-11	House	First Reading
2016-02-11	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
430	65	13.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
745	10	2-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
745	10	2-202	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5956&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5956.htm