Bill Text: IL HB2883 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall create and maintain a database that a person can voluntarily apply to in order to be barred from purchasing a firearm. Provides that the application shall be notarized and submitted to the Department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Department. Provides that a person shall remain on the database until he or she submits a notarized withdrawal application. Provides that the withdrawal application shall automatically be approved and become effective 7 days after receipt by the Department. Provides that the Department has authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance a person who voluntarily registers on the Department's voluntary do not sell to database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2883 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2883-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2883 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/2.5 new
430 ILCS 65/3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall create and maintain a database that a person can voluntarily apply to in order to be barred from purchasing a firearm. Provides that the application shall be notarized and submitted to the Department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Department. Provides that a person shall remain on the database until he or she submits a notarized withdrawal application. Provides that the withdrawal application shall automatically be approved and become effective 7 days after receipt by the Department. Provides that the Department has authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance a person who voluntarily registers on the Department's voluntary do not sell to database.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Sections 3.1 and 8 and by adding Section
2.5 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/2.5 new)
Sec. 2.5. Voluntary database; purchase of firearms. The
Department of State Police shall create and maintain a database
that a person can voluntarily apply to in order to be barred
from purchasing a firearm. The application shall be notarized
and submitted to the Department, in a form and manner
prescribed by the Department. The Department shall immediately
update the database upon receipt of each application. A person
shall remain on the database until he or she submits a
notarized withdrawal application to the Department, in a form
and manner prescribed by the Department. The withdrawal
application shall automatically be approved and become
effective 7 days after receipt by the Department. The
Department shall immediately update its database once an
application becomes effective and remove the person from the
database.

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(430 ILCS 65/3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1)
Sec. 3.1. Dial up system.
(a) The Department of State Police shall provide a dial up
telephone system or utilize other existing technology which
shall be used by any federally licensed firearm dealer, gun
show promoter, or gun show vendor who is to transfer a firearm,
stun gun, or taser under the provisions of this Act. The
Department of State Police may utilize existing technology
which allows the caller to be charged a fee not to exceed $2.
Fees collected by the Department of State Police shall be
deposited in the State Police Services Fund and used to provide
the service.
(b) Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed
firearm dealer, gun show promoter, or gun show vendor, the
Department of State Police shall immediately approve, or within
the time period established by Section 24-3 of the Criminal
Code of 2012 regarding the delivery of firearms, stun guns, and
tasers notify the inquiring dealer, gun show promoter, or gun
show vendor of any objection that would disqualify the
transferee from acquiring or possessing a firearm, stun gun, or
taser. In conducting the inquiry, the Department of State
Police shall initiate and complete an automated search of its
criminal history record information files and those of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, including the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System, the Department of
State Police voluntary do not sell to database, and of the

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files of the Department of Human Services relating to mental
health and developmental disabilities to obtain any felony
conviction or patient hospitalization information which would
disqualify a person from obtaining or require revocation of a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(c) If receipt of a firearm would not violate Section 24-3
of the Criminal Code of 2012, federal law, or this Act the
Department of State Police shall:
(1) assign a unique identification number to the
transfer; and
(2) provide the licensee, gun show promoter, or gun
show vendor with the number.
(d) Approvals issued by the Department of State Police for
the purchase of a firearm are valid for 30 days from the date
of issue.
(e) (1) The Department of State Police must act as the
Illinois Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System.
(2) The Department of State Police and the Department of
Human Services shall, in accordance with State and federal law
regarding confidentiality, enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the
purpose of implementing the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System in the State. The Department of State
Police shall report the name, date of birth, and physical
description of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm

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pursuant to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or 18
U.S.C. 922(g) and (n) to the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files.
(3) The Department of State Police shall provide notice of
the disqualification of a person under subsection (b) of this
Section or the revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under Section 8 or Section 8.2 of this Act,
and the reason for the disqualification or revocation, to all
law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction to assist with the
seizure of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(f) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules not
inconsistent with this Section to implement this system.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-787, eff. 1-1-17.)
(430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department
of State Police has authority to deny an application for or to
revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds
that the applicant or the person to whom such card was issued
is or was at the time of issuance:
(a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
adjudged delinquent;
(b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have
the written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire

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and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose
parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, or
where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
(c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
this or any other jurisdiction;
(d) A person addicted to narcotics;
(e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health
facility within the past 5 years or a person who has been a
patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago
who has not received the certification required under
subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement
officer employed by a unit of government who is denied,
revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification
Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as
described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if
the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the
officer, another person, or the public as determined by the
treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the
officer seeks mental health treatment;
(f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
any other person or persons or the community;
(g) A person who has an intellectual disability;
(h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;

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(h-5) A person who voluntarily registers on the
Department's voluntary do not sell to database;
(i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
States under the laws of the United States;
(i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
(i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
that alien is:
(1) admitted to the United States for lawful
hunting or sporting purposes;
(2) an official representative of a foreign
government who is:
(A) accredited to the United States Government
or the Government's mission to an international
organization having its headquarters in the United
States; or
(B) en route to or from another country to
which that alien is accredited;
(3) an official of a foreign government or
distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
designated by the Department of State;
(4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
foreign government entering the United States on

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official business; or
(5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
922(y)(3);
(j) (Blank);
(k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
used or possessed;
(l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
is not a required element of the offense but in which a
determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm

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Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
person under this Act;
(m) (Blank);
(n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
State statute or by federal law;
(o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
(p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
would be a felony;
(q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
Section 4;
(r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with
a mental disability;
(s) A person who has been found to have a developmental
disability;
(t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental
health facility; or
(u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's
Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e)
of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of subsection

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(a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she was a
patient in a mental health facility as provided in
subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to
obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the
5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a
mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical
psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are
defined in the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he
or she is not a clear and present danger to himself,
herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist,
or qualified examiner making the certification and his or
her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
professionally liable for making or not making the
certification required under this subsection, except for
willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not
apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been
restored through administrative or judicial action under
Section 10 or 11 of this Act.
Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall
provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with
Section 9.5 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 98-756,
eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)