Bill Text: IL HB1155 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful use of weapons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1155 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1155-Amended.html

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Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 3/12/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1155
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1155, AS AMENDED, by
inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
"Section 815. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
adding Section 24-9.3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-9.3 new)
Sec. 24-9.3. Prohibited person firearm access violation.
(a) A person commits prohibited person firearm access when
he or she stores or leaves, within premises under his or her
control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason to know
that a person prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a
felony conviction, domestic battery conviction, an outstanding
order of protection or stalking no-contact order against him or
her, adjudication as a mental defective, having been a patient
in a mental institution within the past 5 years, or because he
or she is otherwise prohibited from obtaining a Firearm Owner's

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Identification Card is likely to gain access to the firearm,
and the firearm:
(1) is not secured by a device or mechanism, other than
the firearm safety, designed to render a firearm
temporarily inoperable;
(2) is not placed in a securely locked box or
container; or
(3) is not placed in some other location that a
reasonable person would believe to be secure from a person.
(b) This Section does not apply:
(1) if the prohibited person gains access to a firearm
and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of
another;
(2) to any firearm obtained by a prohibited person
because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the
prohibited person or another person; or
(3) when the firearm is in the immediate possession or
control of the owner.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act.
(d) Sentence. A first violation of this Section is a Class
C misdemeanor and the person shall be fined not less than
$1,000. A second or subsequent violation is a Class A
misdemeanor.".