Illinois Senate Bill 1760 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if the Department of State Police fails to either approve or deny an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card within 30 days from the date it is received, the applicant may file, in the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the applicant resides, a complaint for mandamus to compel a decision on the application. Provides that if the applicant prevails, he or she shall be entitled to all costs, fees, and damages. Provides that the applicant shall also be entitled to punitive damages of $1,000 per day commencing on the 31st day that the application has not been approved. Provides that for the purposes of this Act, the Department shall be considered to have received an application when either the Department or anyone acting as its agent or on its behalf receives a completed application with the required fee.

FIREARM OWNERS ID-APPROVAL

Sen. Dale Righter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2013-08-09	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2013-05-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2013
2013-04-29	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2013
2013-04-19	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2013
2013-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2013
2013-03-05	Senate	To Subcommittee on Firearms
2013-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2013-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2013-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
430	65	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1760&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB1760.htm