Bill Text: IL HB2850 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning firearms.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2850 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2850-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2850 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-9
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning firearms.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 24-9 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-9)
Sec. 24-9. Firearms; Child Protection.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
for any person to store or leave, within premises under his or
her control, a firearm if the the person knows or has reason to
believe that a minor under the age of 14 years who does not
have a Firearm Owners Identification Card is likely to gain
access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the
minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor,
and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the
firearm, unless the firearm is:
(1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the
firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily
inoperable; or
(2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
(3) placed in some other location that a reasonable
person would believe to be secure from a minor under the
age of 14 years.

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(b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than
$1,000. A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a
Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply:
(1) if the minor under 14 years of age gains access to
a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or
defense of another; or
(2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of
14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the
minor or another person.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)