Bill Text: IL HB5188 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that each Firearm Owner's Identification Card must have the issuance date and expiration date boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5188 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5188-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5188 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/6 from Ch. 38, par. 83-6
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that each Firearm Owner's Identification Card must have the issuance date and expiration date boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card.
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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 Section 6 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)
Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the
Illinois State Police at such places as the Director of the
Illinois State Police shall specify, shall contain the
applicant's name, residence, date of birth, sex, physical
description, recent photograph, except as provided in
subsection (c-5), and signature. Each Firearm Owner's
Identification Card must have the Firearm Owner's
Identification Card number, issuance date, and expiration date
boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card.
Each Firearm Owner's Identification Card must have printed on
it the following: "CAUTION - This card does not permit bearer
to UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms." Before December 1, 2002,
the Department of State Police may use a person's digital
photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's
license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. On and
after December 1, 2002, the Illinois State Police (formerly

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the Department of State Police) shall use a person's digital
photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's
license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. The
Illinois State Police shall decline to use a person's digital
photograph or signature if the digital photograph or signature
is the result of or associated with fraudulent or erroneous
data, unless otherwise provided by law.
(b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card shall consent to the Illinois State Police using the
applicant's digital driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on
the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The
Secretary of State shall allow the Illinois State Police
access to the photograph and signature for the purpose of
identifying the applicant and issuing to the applicant a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to
determine the cost and feasibility of creating a method of
adding an identifiable code, background, or other means on the
driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show that
an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a
firearm under State or federal law. The Secretary shall report
the findings of this study August 17, 2002 (12 months after the
effective date of Public Act 92-442).
(c-5) If a person qualifies for a photograph exemption, in
lieu of a photograph, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card

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