Bill Text: IL SB1736 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Eliminates the requirement that a person must have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess a firearm. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1736 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1736-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1736 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/2 from Ch. 38, par. 83-2
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Eliminates the requirement that a person must have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess a firearm. Effective immediately.
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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 2 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
exceptions.
(a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun
gun, or taser within this State without having in his or
her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
previously issued in his or her name by the Department of
State Police under the provisions of this Act.
(2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
within this State without having in his or her possession a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in
his or her name by the Department of State Police under the
provisions of this Act.
(b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession
of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not
apply to:
(1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
operation of their official duties;

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(2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their
official duties;
(3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
(4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which
receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the
United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial
purposes with blank ammunition;
(5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area
where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times and
in all other places these persons must have their firearms
unloaded and enclosed in a case;
(6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
Resources owned or managed sites;
(7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range
recognized by the Department of State Police; however,
these persons must at all other times and in all other
places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
(8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display
recognized by the Department of State Police; however, at
all other times and in all other places these persons must
have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;

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(9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and
enclosed in a case;
(10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or
registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
(11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and
immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or
other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or
legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
Card;
(12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations
or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using
firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
(13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does
not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a
firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting
licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned
by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card and while in an area within a
commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where
hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance
upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
Resources;
(14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to
hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a
valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area

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within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code
where hunting is permitted and controlled;
(15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older
while the person is on a firing or shooting range or is a
participant in a firearms safety and training course
recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national,
statewide shooting sports organization; and
(16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition
firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic
Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting
in connection with such athletes' training for and
participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic
and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up
to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
acquisition and possession of firearms, firearm ammunition,
stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the
operation of their official duties.
(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.