Illinois Senate Bill 3094 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Firearms Registration Act. Provides that every person in the State must register each firearm he or she owns or possesses in accordance with the Act. Provides that a person shall not purchase or possess ammunition within this State without having first obtained a registration certificate identifying a firearm that is suitable for use with that ammunition, or a receipt demonstrating that the person has applied to register a suitable firearm under the Act and that the application is pending. Provides that the Department of State Police must complete a background check of any person who applies for: (1) a registration certificate for a firearm that was lawfully owned or possessed on the effective date of the Act, was brought into the State by a new resident, or was acquired by operation of law upon the death of the former owner; or (2) a renewal of a registration certificate unless, within 12 months of the date the renewal application is submitted, the applicant passed a background check conducted by the Department in connection with the applicant's acquisition of another firearm. Provides exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony to sell or transfer ownership of a firearm to another person without complying with the registration requirement of the Firearms Registration Act.

FIREARMS REGISTRATION

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Sen. Julie Morrison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-04-11	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-04-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2014
2014-02-26	Senate	To Subcommittee on Firearms
2014-02-19	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2014-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2014-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	24-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3094&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3094.htm