Bill Text: IL SB1935 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that any person who owns a firearm in this State shall maintain a policy of liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Provides that a person shall be deemed the owner of a firearm after the firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or theft is reported to the police department or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the Department finds that the person to whom such card was issued possesses or acquires a firearm and does not submit evidence to the Department of State Police that he or she has been issued in his or her name a liability insurance policy in the amount of at least $1,000,000 specifically covering any damages resulting from negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm while it is owned by such person. Effective January 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1935 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1935-Amended.html

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Sen. Antonio Muñoz

Filed: 2/28/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1935
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1935 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24-9 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-9)
Sec. 24-9. Firearms; Child Protection; Ownership
Requirements.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
for any person to store or leave, within premises under his or
her control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason to
believe that a minor under the age of 14 years who does not
have a Firearm Owners Identification Card is likely to gain
access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the
minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor,
and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the

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firearm, unless the firearm is:
(1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the
firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily
inoperable; or
(2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
(3) placed in some other location that a reasonable
person would believe to be secure from a minor under the
age of 14 years.
(a-5) It is unlawful for any person to store or leave,
within premises under his or her control, a firearm if the
person knows or has reason to know that a person who is
otherwise prohibited from obtaining a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card is likely to gain access to the firearm,
unless the firearm is:
(1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the
firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily
inoperable;
(2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
(3) placed in some other location that a reasonable
person would believe to be secure from a person.
(b) Sentence. A first violation of this Section is person
who violates this Section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
and the person shall be fined not less than $1,000. A second or
subsequent violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Subsection (a) and (a-5) do does not apply:
(1) if the minor or prohibited person under 14 years of

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age gains access to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act
of self-defense or defense of another; or
(2) to any firearm obtained by a minor or prohibited
person under the age of 14 because of an unlawful entry of
the premises by the minor or another person.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2014.".