Bill Sponsors: IL SB2229 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a provision prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade, which has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply to a person who is 18 years of age or older (currently, a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2229 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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