Bill Text: IL HB2389 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is issued to a holder under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the holder's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the holder's 21st birthday, the validity period of the holder's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard [HB2389 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2389-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2389 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/7 from Ch. 38, par. 83-7
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is issued to a holder under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the holder's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the holder's 21st birthday, the validity period of the holder's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)
Sec. 7. Validity of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(a) Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act or
elsewhere in this Section, a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card issued under the provisions of this Act shall be valid for
the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from
the date of issuance. Unless the person no longer meets the
requirements or becomes subject to suspension or revocation
under this Act, a card issued under an application made as
provided in subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid
if the person meets the requirements of subsection (b-5) of
Section 3.1.
(b) If a renewal application is submitted to the
Department before the expiration date of the applicant's
current Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid, unless the
person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation under
this Act. Unless the person no longer meets the requirements

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