Bill Text: IL SB1379 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly uses a three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning firearm. Adds exemptions for: (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, but only with respect to the activities which are within the lawful scope of that business; or (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to create a prototype of a firearm. Adds definitions of "prototype" and "three-dimensional printer". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1379 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1379-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1379 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly uses a three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning firearm. Adds exemptions for: (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, but only with respect to the activities which are within the lawful scope of that business; or (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to create a prototype of a firearm. Adds definitions of "prototype" and "three-dimensional printer". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 adding
Section 24-2.3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new)
Sec. 24-2.3. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to
create a firearm.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Prototype" means a sample, model, or release of a product
built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be
replicated or learned from the sample, model, or release.
"Prototype" includes:
(1) a sample, model, or release used to test some
aspect of the design without attempting to exactly simulate
the visual appearance, choice of materials, or intended
manufacturing process;
(2) a sample, model, or release used to explore the
basic size, look, and feel of the product without
simulating the actual function or exact visual appearance
of the product;
(3) a sample, model, or release intended to capture the
design aesthetic and simulate the appearance, color, and

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surface textures of the intended product but which does not
actually embody the functions of the final product; or
(4) a functional prototype or working prototype which,
to the greatest extent practical, attempt to simulate the
final design, aesthetics, materials, and functionality of
the intended design.
"Three-dimensional printer" means a computer capable of
producing a three-dimensional object from a digital model.
(b) A person commits unlawful use of a three-dimensional
printer to create a firearm when he or she knowingly uses a
three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning
firearm. This subsection (b) does not apply to:
(1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture
firearms under subsection (a) of Section 923 of the federal
Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923(a));
(2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of
manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm,
but only with respect to the activities which are within
the lawful scope of that business; or
(3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to
create a prototype of a firearm.
(c) Sentence. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer
to create a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.