Bill Text: IL SB2888 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any officer or employee of the State, or any political subdivision, or any federal firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923 to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the State and that remains exclusively within the boundaries of the State. Provides that any official, agent, or employee of the federal government who enforces any act, order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the State and that remains exclusively within the borders of the State is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or effective on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is unenforceable in the State if the law, rule, regulation, or order attempts to: (1) ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or (2) require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2888 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2888-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2888 Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Kyle McCarter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any officer or employee of the State, or any political subdivision, or any federal firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923 to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the State and that remains exclusively within the boundaries of the State. Provides that any official, agent, or employee of the federal government who enforces any act, order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the State and that remains exclusively within the borders of the State is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or effective on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is unenforceable in the State if the law, rule, regulation, or order attempts to: (1) ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or (2) require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner. Effective immediately.
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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 24-11 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-11 new)
Sec. 24-11. Unenforceability of federal firearms laws and
regulations.
(a) It is unlawful for any officer or employee of this
State, or any political subdivision, or any federal firearms
dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923 to enforce any act, law,
statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government relating
to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is
owned or manufactured commercially or privately in this State
and that remains exclusively within the boundaries of this
State.
(b) Any official, agent, or employee of the federal
government who enforces any act, order, law, statute, rule, or
regulation of the federal government upon a personal firearm, a
firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured
commercially or privately in this State and that remains
exclusively within the borders of this State is guilty of a
Class 4 felony.

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(c) Any person in violation of a federal law relating to
the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of a firearm, a
firearm accessory, or ammunition owned or manufactured and
retained exclusively within the boundaries of this State may
request the Attorney General to defend him or her for the
violation.
(d) Any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or
effective on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 99th General Assembly shall be unenforceable in this
State if the law, rule, regulation, or order attempts to:
(1) ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic
firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or
(2) require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm
accessory to be registered in any manner.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.