Bill Title: Creates the Commission on Interstate and Intrastate Trafficking of Firearms Act. Creates the Commission on Interstate and Intrastate Trafficking of Firearms within the Illinois State Police to assess the current needs relating to firearms trafficking and advise the Governor and General Assembly on necessary strategies to reduce illegal firearms trafficking. Provides for the membership of the Commission. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act if an applicant is applying for or renewing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card he or she must submit evidence to the Illinois State Police that he or she has completed at least 8 hours of handgun safety training approved by the Director of the Illinois State Police. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each local law enforcement agency shall issue a firearm permit to an applicant who seeks the purchase of a firearm to verify the identity of the purchaser and shall complete a full criminal background check of the applicant that includes obtaining fingerprints from the prospective firearm purchaser. Provides that each local law enforcement agency shall keep records of those permits and make them available to the Illinois State Police through the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). Provides that the duration of the permit shall be 10 days after its issuance. Provides that the local law enforcement agency may deny a permit to purchase a firearm to an applicant if the agency, in its discretion, believes it is in the interest of public safety. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. [HB5535 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Denyse Wang Stoneback [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joyce Mason [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8151	HD-061	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregory Harris [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-013	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Carroll [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-057	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Margaret Croke [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8062	HD-012	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sam Yingling [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-062	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8088	HD-014	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Walker [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-4471	SD-027	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-558-1012	HD-060	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robyn Gabel [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8052	HD-018	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Mussman [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-3725	HD-056	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Theresa Mah [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-2855	HD-024	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-6578	HD-081	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Didech [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0499	HD-059	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Zalewski [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-023	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-6400	HD-078	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lamont Robinson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-005	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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