Bill Text: IL HB3891 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, all handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, imports into the State for sale or personal use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who possesses in any public place any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides exceptions. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, the Illinois State Police shall maintain a centralized registry of all reports of handgun ammunition transactions reported to the Illinois State Police in a manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Provides that information in the registry, upon proper application for that information, shall be furnished to peace officers and authorized employees of the Illinois State Police or to the person listed in the registry as the owner of the particular handgun ammunition. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules relating to the assessment and collection of end-user fees in an amount not to exceed $0.005 per round of handgun ammunition or per bullet, in which the accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost to pay for the infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future development costs of these provisions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3891 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3891-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3891 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-0.05 new
720 ILCS 5/24-1.11 new
720 ILCS 5/24-1.12 new
720 ILCS 5/24-1.13 new
720 ILCS 5/24-1.14 new
720 ILCS 5/24-2
720 ILCS 5/24-4 from Ch. 38, par. 24-4
720 ILCS 5/24-5 from Ch. 38, par. 24-5
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, all handgun ammunition that is manufactured, imported into the State for sale or personal use, kept for sale, offered or exposed for sale, sold, given, lent, or possessed shall be serialized. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, imports into the State for sale or personal use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or who gives or lends any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, any person who possesses in any public place any handgun ammunition that is not serialized is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides exceptions. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, the Illinois State Police shall maintain a centralized registry of all reports of handgun ammunition transactions reported to the Illinois State Police in a manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. Provides that information in the registry, upon proper application for that information, shall be furnished to peace officers and authorized employees of the Illinois State Police or to the person listed in the registry as the owner of the particular handgun ammunition. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules relating to the assessment and collection of end-user fees in an amount not to exceed $0.005 per round of handgun ammunition or per bullet, in which the accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost to pay for the infrastructure, implementation, operational, enforcement, and future development costs of these provisions. Effective January 1, 2024, except some provisions effective immediately.
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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
changing Sections 24-2, 24-4 and 24-5 and by adding Sections
24-0.05, 24-1.11, 24-1.12, 24-1.13, and 24-1.14 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-0.05 new)
Sec. 24-0.05. Definitions. In this Article:
"Handgun ammunition" means ammunition principally for use
in pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being
concealed upon the person, notwithstanding that the ammunition
may also be used in some rifles.
"Manufacturer", "ammunition manufacturer", or "registered
handgun ammunition manufacturer" means any person that
manufactures handgun ammunition within this State or
manufactures handgun ammunition with the intent to distribute
that ammunition for purposes, within this State, of sale,
loan, or transfer.
"Pistol", "revolver", and "firearm capable of being
concealed upon the person" applies to and includes any device
designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled a
projectile by the force of any explosion, or other form of
combustion, and that has a barrel less than 16 inches in

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length. These terms also include any device that has a barrel
16 inches or more in length which is designed to be
interchanged with a barrel less than 16 inches in length.
"Public place" means an area open to the public and
includes, but is not limited to, streets, sidewalks, bridges,
alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, front yards, parking lots,
including motor vehicles in these areas, whether moving or
not, and buildings open to the general public, including those
that serve food or drink, or provide entertainment, and the
doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings.
"Retail mercantile establishment" has the meaning ascribed
to it in Section 16-0.1 of this Code.
"Serialized" means:
(1) the handgun ammunition has been identified in a
manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police so that all
assembled handgun ammunition contained within a package
provided for retail sale, or as otherwise specified by the
Illinois State Police, is uniquely identified;
(2) bullets used for reloading or handloading
contained within a package provided for retail sale, or as
otherwise specified by the Illinois State Police, are
uniquely identified;
(3) identification of the manufacturer of the items
described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this definition;
(4) identification on the exterior of the items
described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this definition

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in a manner that permits visual inspection for the purpose
of determining if the assembled handgun ammunition or
bullet is serialized;
(5) identification on the exterior of the items
described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this definition
in a manner that is maintained subsequent to the discharge
of the handgun ammunition and subsequent to the impact of
the bullet, based on standards prescribed by the Illinois
State Police; and
(6) identification on the exterior of every package or
container of serialized handgun ammunition, as prescribed
by the Illinois State Police, with the same unique
identifiers used on the assembled handgun ammunition or
bullets contained within the packaging or container. A
package or container shall not be labeled with the same
unique identifiers as any other package or container by
the same manufacturer.
"Serialized handgun ammunition" means any of the
following, which are subject to serialization under this
Article:
(1) handgun ammunition;
(2) .22 caliber rimfire ammunition;
(3) assembled handgun ammunition packaged for retail
sale; or
(4) bullets used for reloading or handloading handgun
ammunition that are packaged for retail sale.

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"Serialized handgun ammunition" does not include blank
cartridges, shot-shells, or projectiles used in black powder
handguns.
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.11 new)
Sec. 24-1.11. Serialization of handgun ammunition.
(a) The Illinois State Police shall enforce the
requirements of the handgun serialization program and other
provisions of Sections 24-1.11 through 24-1.14 of this Code.
The Illinois State Police may prescribe the manner in which
handgun ammunition is serialized in order to comply with
Section 24-1.12 of this Code, including, but not limited to,
determining how handgun ammunition that is loose, packaged, in
lots, series, or otherwise aggregated for purposes of
manufacture or sale shall be serialized with a unique
identifier, under Section 24-1.12. The Illinois State Police
shall adopt rules implementing this Section no later than
January 1, 2024.
(b) The Illinois State Police may:
(1) adopt rules relating to the assessment and
collection of end-user fees in an amount not to exceed
$0.005 per round of handgun ammunition or per bullet, in
which the accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost
to pay for the infrastructure, implementation,
operational, enforcement, and future development costs of
Sections 24-1.11 through 24-1.14;

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(2) adopt rules relating to the implementation and
furtherance of a retail handgun ammunition vendor's
registry and the assessment and collection of fees
associated with the registration program in an amount not
to exceed $50 per year per retail location, adjusted
annually for inflation based upon the Consumer Price Index
for the North Central Region as published by the United
States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for
the immediately preceding calendar year, in which the
accumulated fee amount may not exceed the cost to pay for
the infrastructure, implementation, operational,
enforcement, and future development costs of Sections
24-1.11 through 24-1.14; or
(3) adopt or amend rules relating to this Section in
an effort to incorporate new technologies as they become
available.
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.12 new)
Sec. 24-1.12. Unlawful manufacture, sale, or transfer of
non-serialized handgun ammunition; unlawful possession of
non-serialized handgun ammunition; penalties.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2024, and except as provided in
subsection (g-15) of Section 24-2, a person commits unlawful
manufacture, sale, or transfer of non-serialized handgun
ammunition when he or she knowingly manufactures, causes to be
manufactured, imports into this State for sale or personal

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use, keeps for sale, offers or exposes for sale, or gives or
lends any handgun ammunition that is not serialized. A
violation of this subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2024, and except as provided in
subsection (g-15) of Section 24-2, a person commits unlawful
possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition when he or she
knowingly possesses in any public place any handgun ammunition
that is not serialized. A violation of this subsection is a
Class C misdemeanor.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2024, and except as provided in
subsection (g-15) of Section 24-2, a person commits unlawful
possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition when he or she
knowingly possesses non-serialized ammunition for a rifle
having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length or a
shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in
length or any weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as
modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. A
violation of this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) For purposes of Sections 24-1.11 through 24-1.14, the
possession of each round of non-serialized handgun ammunition
or bullets constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.13 new)
Sec. 24-1.13. Unlawful retail sale of handgun ammunition.
(a)(1) Beginning January 1, 2024, a person commits

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unlawful retail sale of handgun ammunition if he or she
knowingly engages in the retail sale of handgun ammunition and
sells, leases, or transfers serialized handgun ammunition
without being a registered handgun ammunition vendor as
described in paragraph (2) of this subsection (a). A violation
of this paragraph (1) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) As used in this Section, "vendor", "ammunition
vendor", or "registered handgun ammunition vendor" means any
person who is engaged in the retail sale of handgun ammunition
and has all of the following:
(A) any regulatory or business license, or licenses,
required by a unit of local government;
(B) a valid Retailers Occupation Tax Registration
Number issued by the Department of Revenue; and
(C) is recorded in the centralized handgun ammunition
vendor's registry specified in subsection (b) of this
Section.
(b) The Illinois State Police shall maintain a centralized
registry of all persons under subparagraphs (A) through (C),
inclusive, of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section.
The Illinois State Police may remove from this registry any
person who violates this Article. Upon removal of a vendor
from this registry, notification shall be provided to local
law enforcement and licensing authorities in the jurisdiction
where the vendor's business is located.
(c) The Illinois State Police may inspect handgun

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ammunition vendors to ensure compliance with this Article.
Nothing in this Section prohibits any unit of local government
from adopting one or more ordinances relating to the
inspection of handgun ammunition vendors.
(d) Any vendor, agent, or employee of the vendor who sells
or otherwise transfers ownership of any serialized handgun
ammunition shall record the following information in a format
prescribed by the Illinois State Police:
(1) the date of the transaction;
(2) the name of the transferee;
(3) the transferee's driver's license number or other
government issued identification card number and the
governmental agency that issued the identification;
(4) in order to validate a transferee's age and ensure
compliance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (A)
of Section 24-3, the date of birth of the transferee;
(5) the unique identifier, as described in Section
24-0.05, of all serialized handgun ammunition or bullets
transferred; and
(6) all other information prescribed by the Illinois
State Police.
(e) On the date the vendor delivers the handgun ammunition
to the transferee, he or she shall report the information
required in subsection (d) to the Illinois State Police in a
manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. A copy of the
records required by this Section shall be maintained on the

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premises of the vendor for a period of not less than 3 years
from the date of the recorded transfer. The records shall be
subject to inspection at any time during normal business hours
by any peace officer, or by any authorized employee of the
Illinois State Police, if the inspection relates to an
investigation in which access to those records is or may be
relevant to that investigation, is seeking information about
persons prohibited from owning a firearm or handgun
ammunition, or is engaged in ensuring compliance with this
Article, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or any other laws pertaining to
firearms.
(f) Any vendor or employee or agent of a vendor who
knowingly fails to comply with, or falsifies the records
required to be kept by subsection (e) is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
(g) Proof that a vendor or his or her agent or employee
demanded, was shown, and acted in reliance upon, bona fide
evidence of identity shall be a defense to any criminal
prosecution under this Section if reliance upon the proof of
identity was reasonable.
(h) Any person who presents false identification to a
vendor with the intent to avoid the recording requirements of
this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(i) Any vendor who refuses to permit a person authorized
under subsection (e) to examine any record prepared in

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accordance with this Section during any inspection conducted
under this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(j) Persons engaged in the non-commercial reloading of
ammunition may adopt voluntary personal serialization
protocols.
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.14 new)
Sec. 24-1.14. Unlawful commercial manufacture of
serialized handgun ammunition.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2024, a person commits unlawful
commercial manufacture of serialized handgun ammunition when
he or she knowingly engages in the commercial manufacture of
serialized handgun ammunition and sells, loans, or transfers
serialized handgun ammunition within this State, without being
a registered handgun ammunition manufacturer. A violation of
this subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Manufacturers shall:
(1) register with the Illinois State Police in a
manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police;
(2) maintain records on the business premises for a
period of 7 years concerning all sales, loans, and
transfers of handgun ammunition, to, from, or within this
State; and
(3) comply with all other rules concerning handgun
ammunition manufacture and sale adopted by the Illinois
State Police.

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(c) Any manufacturer who knowingly fails to comply with
the provisions of this Section is liable for a civil fine
payable to the Illinois State Police of not more than $1,000
for a first violation, not more than $5,000 for a second
violation, and not more than $10,000 for a third and
subsequent violation. A civil action to enforce this Section
may be brought by a municipal attorney, State's Attorney, or
the Attorney General. This subsection (c) does not preclude
any other remedy available under State law.
(d) The Illinois State Police may inspect handgun
ammunition manufacturers to ensure compliance with this
Section.
(720 ILCS 5/24-2)
Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
(a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
the following:
(1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
while in the performance of their official duty, or while
commuting between their homes and places of employment.

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(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
of their official duty.
(4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
car companies, while actually engaged in the performance
of the duties of their employment or commuting between
their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while
actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
employment.
(5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
employed by a private security contractor, private
detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
duties of their employment or commuting between their
homes and places of employment. A person shall be
considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
contractor, or employee of a licensed private security

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contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
agency and 28 hours of required firearm training, and has
been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
cards issued under the provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
card shall be carried by the private security contractor,
private detective, or private alarm contractor, or
employee of the licensed private security contractor,
private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at
all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
(6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
industrial operation as a security guard for the
protection of persons employed and private property
related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
security force registered with the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
guard has successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial

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and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than
48 hours of training that includes the theory of law
enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
of training for a security officer and 28 hours of
required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
control card by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm
control card.
(7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
any investigation for the Commission.
(8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
security guard for the protection of other employees and
property related to such financial institution, while
actually engaged in the performance of their duties,

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commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
is a member of a security force registered with the
Department; provided that any person so employed has
successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, consisting of not less than 48 hours of
training which includes theory of law enforcement,
liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if
he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training
for a security officer and 28 hours of required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
for those issued under the provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
card shall be carried by the security guard at all times
when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon
permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes
of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank,
savings and loan association, credit union or company
providing armored car services.

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(9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
performance of his duties.
(10) Persons who have been classified as peace
officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
Act.
(11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of
the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
(12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
(12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
places of employment or specific locations that are part
of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief
judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they
have received weapons training according to requirements
of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
Training Act.
(13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
of their official duties, or while commuting between their
homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
Sheriff.
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a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
who has completed the background screening and training
mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
(14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
(13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
(a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
the commission of the offense.
(a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional
officer, or correctional officer of the Department of
Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under
the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
established target ranges, whether public or private, and
patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
using their firearms on those target ranges.

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(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
while parading, with the special permission of the
Governor.
(3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in
lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions
of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
person's permission.
(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
of the following:
(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
official duties.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or

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are not immediately accessible.
(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
only with respect to activities which are within the
lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
This exemption does not authorize the general private
possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
firing device, but only such possession and activities as
are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
business described in this paragraph.
During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
accessible.
(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,

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weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
the terms of such contract.
The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
scope of his employment, where such activities involving
such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
(B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
modification is required and necessary to accurately
portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
inches.
(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
peace officer.
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manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
to:
(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
ordnance.
(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
ballistics, or specializing in the development of
ammunition or explosive ordnance.
(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
by the federal government, in connection with the supply
of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
by an exempted manufacturer.

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(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
authorize the general private possession of any device or
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
any weapon or not immediately accessible.
(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.
(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
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kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
(g-10) (Blank).
(g-15) Subsections 24-1.12(a) and 24-1.12(b) do not apply
to or affect any of the following:
(1) Possession, for purposes of investigation or
disposition of any non-serialized handgun ammunition, by a
forensic laboratory or any authorized agent or employee of
that laboratory in the course and scope of his or her
authorized activities.
(2) Possession, for purposes of investigation,
evidence, or disposition, of any non-serialized handgun
ammunition by any State or unit of local government agency
charged with law enforcement or by the Illinois State
Police or by any authorized agent or employee of the
agency, within the course and scope of his or her official
duties.
(3) Possession, for purposes of disposal, or the
disposal, of non-serialized handgun ammunition by an
executor or administrator of an estate if all of the
following are met:
(A) the non-serialized handgun ammunition was
lawfully possessed, included within the estate, and
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the non-serialized handgun ammunition in a manner
consistent with this Article.
(B) the disposition is to a person or entity that
may possess the non-serialized handgun ammunition in a
manner consistent with this Article and possession is
otherwise lawful; and
(C) the disposition transfers the non-serialized
handgun ammunition out of this State or to a law
enforcement agency for disposition.
(4) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
for purposes of transporting it to a law enforcement
agency for disposition, if possession is otherwise lawful,
and if the law enforcement agency has been notified prior
to delivery of the handgun ammunition.
(5) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition by
peace officers from other states during the discharge of
their official duties in this State.
(6) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition by
members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the
United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
of their official duties.
(7) Possession or exhibition of non-serialized handgun
ammunition by a museum or collector, in a fixed or mobile
exhibit or for educational purposes.
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ammunition by those permitted to be in possession of that
ammunition and firearms for that ammunition from their
residence to public and private shooting events and ranges
for a period of 10 years after the effective date of this
amendatory act of the 103rd General Assembly.
(9) Transfer of non-serialized handgun ammunition from
a retail mercantile establishment in this state to another
retail mercantile establishment outside of this State.
(10) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
inventory by a retail mercantile establishment
manufactured before January 1, 2024 and possessed by the
retail mercantile establishment until that inventory is
sold or exhausted in compliance with this Article.
(11) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
by a person issued a concealed carry license by the
Illinois State Police under the Firearm Concealed Carry
Act or issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card by the
Illinois State Police under the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act on his or her person, in a
firearm, or in a vehicle for 15 years after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
(12) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
by persons engaged in the development of new calibers, new
rifles, new handguns, and ammunition that is used in those
rifles and handguns or modifications to existing rifles or
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under this paragraph (12) must be in compliance with this
Article, the number of rounds must not exceed 15,000, must
be used solely for development purposes, and must be
transported with the firearms for which they are used.
(13) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
by persons engaged in the non-commercial reloading of
ammunition.
(14) Possession and storage of non-serialized handgun
ammunition in the owner's dwelling, farm, or farm
outbuilding, or while at a public or private firearm
range.
(15) Possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition
by persons involved in the protection of dignitaries from
domestic or foreign governments under the direction and
authorization of the Illinois State Police, which may
charge a fee for use of that ammunition which shall not
exceed the cost of that ammunition to the Illinois State
Police.
(16) Ammunition used in black powder firearms
regardless of the date of manufacture of the firearms.
(17) Projectiles that are determined by the Illinois
State Police to be less than lethal that may be fired from
devices that are in possession of persons lawfully able to
possess those devices.
(g-16) The Illinois State Police shall annually review the
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make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly for
changes in exemptions permitted by subsection (g-15).
(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
any subsection of this Article need not negative any
exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
the burden of proving such an exemption.
(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
Identification Card.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-152, eff. 1-1-22;
102-779, eff. 1-1-23; 102-837, eff. 5-13-22; revised
12-14-22.)
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Sec. 24-4. Register of sales by dealer.
(a) Any seller of firearms of a size which may be concealed
upon the person, other than a manufacturer selling to a bona
fide wholesaler or retailer or a wholesaler selling to a bona
fide retailer, shall keep a register of all firearms sold or
given away.
(b) Such register shall contain the date of the sale or
gift, the name, address, age and occupation of the person to
whom the weapon is sold or given, the price of the weapon, the
kind, description and number of the weapon, and the purpose
for which it is purchased and obtained.
(c) Such seller on demand of a peace officer shall produce
for inspection the register and allow such peace officer to
inspect such register and all stock on hand.
(c-5) Beginning January 1, 2024, the Illinois State Police
shall maintain a centralized registry of all reports of
handgun ammunition transactions reported to the Illinois State
Police under Section 24-1.13, in a manner prescribed by the
Illinois State Police. Information in the registry, upon
proper application for that information, shall be furnished to
the officers listed in Section 24-1.13, or to the person
listed in the registry as the owner of the particular handgun
ammunition.
(d) Sentence.
Violation of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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(720 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-5)
Sec. 24-5. Defacing identification marks of firearms.
(a) Any person who shall knowingly or intentionally
change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the importer's
or manufacturer's serial number of any firearm commits a Class
2 felony.
(b) A person who possesses any firearm upon which any such
importer's or manufacturer's serial number has been changed,
altered, removed or obliterated commits a Class 3 felony.
(b-5) Beginning January 1, 2024, any person who knowingly
destroys, obliterates, or otherwise renders unreadable, the
serialization required under Section 24-1.12, on any bullet or
assembled handgun ammunition is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall prevent a person from
making repairs, replacement of parts, or other changes to a
firearm if those repairs, replacement of parts, or changes
cause the removal of the name of the maker, model, or other
marks of identification other than the serial number on the
firearm's frame or receiver.
(d) A prosecution for a violation of this Section may be
commenced within 6 years after the commission of the offense.
(Source: P.A. 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.