Bill Text: IL HB2919 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB2919 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2919-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2919 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 68/5-35
Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer.
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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 Dealer License Certification Act is
amended by changing Section 5-35 as follows:
(430 ILCS 68/5-35)
Sec. 5-35. Inspection of licensees' places of business.
Licensees shall have their places of business open for
inspection by the Illinois State Police and law enforcement
during all hours of operation involving the selling, leasing,
or otherwise transferring of firearms, provided that the
Illinois State Police or law enforcement may conduct no more
than one unannounced inspection per business per year without
good cause. During an inspection, licensees shall make all
records, documents, and firearms accessible for inspection
upon the request of the Illinois State Police or law
enforcement agency.
An inspection may only be completed after business hours.
An inspection shall not interfere with the business
transactions occurring in the store.
If a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for
inspection, the owner of the business has the right to
prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a

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customer.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)