Bill Text: IL SJR0030 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Compliance Task Force, which is charged with the following duties: (1) identify gaps in reporting structures and procedures, (2) develop strategies and recommendations for addressing those gaps, (3) conduct audits of records currently held by the Department of State Police, clerks of the circuit court, mental health agencies, and other relevant agencies or governmental bodies, (4) identify and recommend technological advancements to enhance the exchange of information and provide more accountability, and (5) identify potential grants and other methods of funding to ensure better coordination with the State of Illinois and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0030 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0030-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The United States Congress passed the Brady | ||||||
3 | Handgun Violence Prevention Act in 1993 that created the | ||||||
4 | National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) among | ||||||
5 | other things; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The National Instant Criminal Background Check | ||||||
7 | System is the national system that enables federal firearms | ||||||
8 | licensees to initiate a background check through the Federal | ||||||
9 | Bureau of Investigation or a state point of contact to check | ||||||
10 | all available records to identify persons who may be prohibited | ||||||
11 | from receiving or possessing firearms; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Background checks are meant to ensure that people | ||||||
13 | who are legally prohibited from owning, acquiring, or | ||||||
14 | possessing firearms, such as criminals, mentally unstable | ||||||
15 | individuals, or other persons enumerated in Section 8 of the | ||||||
16 | Firearm Owners Identification Card Act are unable to do so; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Firearm Owners Identification Card background | ||||||
18 | check information and the National Instant Criminal Background | ||||||
19 | Check System are only as good as the information submitted by | ||||||
20 | the courts and law enforcement; and
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21 | WHEREAS, The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act |
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1 | requires the courts and the Department of State Police to fully | ||||||
2 | comply with the requirements for reporting data submitted to | ||||||
3 | the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and
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4 | WHEREAS, It is the duty of the Department of State Police | ||||||
5 | to revoke and seize a Firearm Owners Identification Card from a | ||||||
6 | person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, as | ||||||
7 | well as to ensure that such persons no longer possess any | ||||||
8 | firearms or ammunition; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Serious gaps in adequately and timely reporting | ||||||
10 | information have led to individuals possessing firearms and | ||||||
11 | ammunition who were otherwise prohibited from doing so, | ||||||
12 | resulting in significant harm to the public safety and welfare; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | WHEREAS, The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates | ||||||
15 | that, on average, about 3,000 people pass a NICS background | ||||||
16 | check annually despite being prohibited under federal or state | ||||||
17 | law from purchasing a firearm; and
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18 | WHEREAS, It is essential that the State improve the | ||||||
19 | reporting of information to NICS to maximize the effectiveness | ||||||
20 | of background check laws and otherwise ensure that felons and | ||||||
21 | mentally unstable individuals do not have access to firearms; | ||||||
22 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
3 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the National Instant | ||||||
4 | Criminal Background Check System Compliance Task Force, which | ||||||
5 | is charged with the following duties: (1) identify gaps in | ||||||
6 | reporting structures and procedures, (2) develop strategies | ||||||
7 | and recommendations for addressing those gaps, (3) conduct | ||||||
8 | audits of records currently held by the Department of State | ||||||
9 | Police, clerks of the circuit court, mental health agencies, | ||||||
10 | and other relevant agencies or governmental bodies, (4) | ||||||
11 | identify and recommend technological advancements to enhance | ||||||
12 | the exchange of information and provide more accountability, | ||||||
13 | and (5) identify potential grants and other methods of funding | ||||||
14 | to ensure better coordination with the State of Illinois and | ||||||
15 | the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and be | ||||||
16 | it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
18 | following members, who shall serve without compensation: | ||||||
19 | (1) Two members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
20 | Senate, one of whom shall serve as Chair; | ||||||
21 | (2) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
22 | of Representatives; | ||||||
23 | (3) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
24 | Senate, one of whom is to be the Minority Spokesman; |
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1 | (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
2 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
3 | (5) The Attorney General or his or her designee; | ||||||
4 | (6) The Director of State Police or his or her | ||||||
5 | designee; | ||||||
6 | (7) One member representing a statewide association | ||||||
7 | that advocates on behalf of firearm owners, appointed by | ||||||
8 | the President of the Senate; | ||||||
9 | (8) One member representing a statewide association | ||||||
10 | that advocates on behalf of firearm safety or violence | ||||||
11 | prevention, appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
12 | Representatives; | ||||||
13 | (9) One member representing a statewide association | ||||||
14 | that advocates on behalf of court clerks, appointed by the | ||||||
15 | Minority Leader of the Senate; and | ||||||
16 | (10) One member representing a statewide association | ||||||
17 | that advocates on behalf of sheriffs, appointed by the | ||||||
18 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and be it | ||||||
19 | further
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20 | RESOLVED, That the Attorney General's office shall provide | ||||||
21 | staff and administrative support to the Task Force; and be it | ||||||
22 | further
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23 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at least four | ||||||
24 | times; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall provide a final report | ||||||
2 | to the General Assembly by July 1, 2020, and upon the filing of | ||||||
3 | its report, is dissolved.
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