Bill Text: IL SB0109 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the expiration date of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must be boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card. Provides that the expiration date of a combined Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed carry license issued on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must be boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card and must clearly identify the expiration date of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the expiration date of the person's concealed carry license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-17 - Referred to Assignments [SB0109 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0109-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0109 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/6 from Ch. 38, par. 83-6
430 ILCS 65/13.4
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the expiration date of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must be boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card. Provides that the expiration date of a combined Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed carry license issued on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act must be boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card and must clearly identify the expiration date of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the expiration date of the person's concealed carry license.
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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 Sections 6 and 13.4 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)
Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the
Illinois State Police at such places as the Director of the
Illinois State Police shall specify, shall contain the
applicant's name, residence, date of birth, sex, physical
description, recent photograph, except as provided in
subsection (c-5), and signature. Each Firearm Owner's
Identification Card must have the Firearm Owner's
Identification Card number boldly and conspicuously displayed
on the face of the card. The expiration date of a card issued
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly must be boldly and conspicuously
displayed on the face of the card. Each Firearm Owner's
Identification Card must have printed on it the following:
"CAUTION - This card does not permit bearer to UNLAWFULLY
carry or use firearms." Before December 1, 2002, the
Department of State Police may use a person's digital

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photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's
license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. On and
after December 1, 2002, the Illinois State Police (formerly
the Department of State Police) shall use a person's digital
photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's
license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. The
Illinois State Police shall decline to use a person's digital
photograph or signature if the digital photograph or signature
is the result of or associated with fraudulent or erroneous
data, unless otherwise provided by law.
(b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card shall consent to the Illinois State Police using the
applicant's digital driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on
the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The
Secretary of State shall allow the Illinois State Police
access to the photograph and signature for the purpose of
identifying the applicant and issuing to the applicant a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to
determine the cost and feasibility of creating a method of
adding an identifiable code, background, or other means on the
driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show that
an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a
firearm under State or federal law. The Secretary shall report
the findings of this study August 17, 2002 (12 months after the

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effective date of Public Act 92-442).
(c-5) If a person qualifies for a photograph exemption, in
lieu of a photograph, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card
shall contain a copy of the card holder's fingerprints. Each
Firearm Owner's Identification Card described in this
subsection (c-5) must have printed on it the following: "This
card is only valid for firearm purchases through a federally
licensed firearms dealer when presented with photographic
identification, as prescribed by 18 U.S.C. 922(t)(1)(C)."
(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
(430 ILCS 65/13.4)
Sec. 13.4. Illinois State Police; rule making authority.
The Illinois State Police shall by rule adopt the following
procedures:
(1) When a person who possesses a valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card applies for and is approved
for a concealed carry license, the valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card is renewed for 10 years from the time
of approval instead of 10 years from the date of the
original card.
(2) If a person is eligible for both a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card and a concealed carry license, the
Illinois State Police shall by rule create one card that
may be used as both a Firearm Owner's Identification Card

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