Bill Text: IL HB0349 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a public officer or public employee or dealer selling any firearm in the State may not enforce or attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the borders of Illinois. Provides that any official, agent, or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the borders of Illinois is guilty of a Class 4 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment for not less than one year or more than 3 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. Provides that any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or effective on or after January 1, 2016 shall be unenforceable within the borders of Illinois 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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0349 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0349-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0349 Introduced , by Rep. David Reis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a public officer or public employee or dealer selling any firearm in the State may not enforce or attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the borders of Illinois. Provides that any official, agent, or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the borders of Illinois is guilty of a Class 4 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment for not less than one year or more than 3 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. Provides that any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or effective on or after January 1, 2016 shall be unenforceable within the borders of Illinois 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. Personal firearms; United States laws and
regulations; unenforceability.
(a) A public officer or public employee or dealer selling
any firearm in this State may not enforce or attempt to enforce
any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States
government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory,
or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or
privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the
borders of Illinois.
(b) Any official, agent, or employee of the United States
government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order,
law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States
government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or
ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or
privately in Illinois and that remains exclusively within the
borders of Illinois is guilty of a Class 4 felony for which the
sentence shall be a term of imprisonment for not less than one

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year or more than 3 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or
both.
(c) The Attorney General may defend a citizen of Illinois
who is prosecuted by the United States government for 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
borders of Illinois.
(d) Any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created or
effective on or after January 1, 2016 shall be unenforceable
within the borders of Illinois 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.