Bill Text: IL HB5601 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred by a certified licensee shall bear a label containing a specified warning statement. Contains requirements for the warning statement. Requires certified licensees to post conspicuously within the licensed premises an additional notice regarding suicide.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5601 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5601-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5601 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 68/5-20
Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred by a certified licensee shall bear a label containing a specified warning statement. Contains requirements for the warning statement. Requires certified licensees to post conspicuously within the licensed premises an additional notice regarding suicide.
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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 5-20 as follows:
(430 ILCS 68/5-20)
Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements.
(a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a
buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card
whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place. The photo copy
shall be attached to the documentation detailing the record of
sale.
(b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous
position on the premises where the licensee conducts business a
sign that contains the following warning in block letters not
less than one inch in height:
"With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:
(A) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place
where a child can obtain access to it;
(B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else
without receiving approval for the transfer from the
Department of State Police, or

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(C) fail to report the loss or theft of your
firearm to local law enforcement within 72 hours.".
This sign shall be created by the Department and made available
for printing or downloading from the Department's website.
(c) No retail location established after the effective date
of this Act shall be located within 500 feet of any school,
pre-school, or day care facility in existence at its location
before the retail location is established as measured from the
nearest corner of the building holding the retail location to
the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care facility
building nearest the retail location at the time the retail
location seeks licensure.
(d) The packaging of any firearm and any descriptive
materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in
this State, or delivered for sale in this State, by a certified
licensee shall bear a label containing the following warning
statement:
"WARNING
Firearms must be handled responsibly and securely stored to
prevent access by children and other unauthorized users.
Illinois has strict laws pertaining to firearms, and you may be
fined or imprisoned if you fail to comply with them.
Prevent child access by always keeping guns locked away and
unloaded when not in use. If you keep a loaded firearm where a

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child obtains and improperly uses it, you may be fined or sent
to jail.
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please
call the national suicide prevention lifeline at
1-800-273-TALK (8255)."
A yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark shall
appear immediately before the word "Warning" on the label.
If the firearm is sold or transferred without accompanying
packaging, the warning label or notice shall be affixed to the
firearm itself by a method to be prescribed by the Illinois
State Police.
The warning statement required under this subsection shall
satisfy both of the following requirements:
(1) It shall be displayed in its entirety on the
principal display panel of the firearm's package, and on
any descriptive materials that accompany the firearm.
(2) It shall be displayed in both English and Spanish,
in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography,
layout, or color with other printed matter on that package
or descriptive materials, in a manner consistent with 16
CFR 1500.121, or successor regulations thereto.
(e) A certified licensee shall post conspicuously within
the licensed premises, in block letters not less than one inch
in height, an additional notice, including, but not limited to,
a notice provided by a suicide prevention program, containing

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the following statement:
"IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE
CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT
1-800-273-TALK (8255)."
(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)