Illinois Senate Bill 2956 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on December 15 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-12-15 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain a database of each firearm possessed in the State that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer. Provides that within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, the owner of a firearm that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer shall submit an application to register the firearm with the Illinois State Police. Provides that upon the filing of the application, the Illinois State Police shall assign a unique serial number and conditionally register the firearm pending confirmation that the serial number has been imprinted on the firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to provide criminal penalties for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued under the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act or by a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms, unless the person selling and the person receiving or purchasing the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer. Provides other exceptions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Contains a severability provision.

UNSERIAL FIREARM SERIALIZATION

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Julie Morrison [D]
Sen. Mike Simmons [D]	Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Sen. William Cunningham [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]
Sen. Doris Turner [D]	Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-12-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-12-15	Senate	First Reading
2021-12-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2021-11-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2021-11-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2021-11-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2021-11-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2021-11-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2021-11-10	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
2021-11-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2021-11-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2021-11-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	24-5.1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2956&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB2956.htm