102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1895
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. John F. Curran
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



720 ILCS 5/24-9

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.  Changes the age from under 14 years to under 16 years in  the statute requiring a person to
store or leave, within premises under his or her control, a firearm if
the
person knows or has reason to believe that a minor under that age who does not have  a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is likely to gain
access to the firearm without the lawful permission
of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, and
the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by 
5changing Section 24-9 as follows:
 



6    (720 ILCS 5/24-9)



7    Sec. 24-9. Firearms; Child Protection. 

8    (a) Except as provided in
subsection (c), it is unlawful

9for any person to
store or leave, within premises under his or 
10her control, a firearm if
the
person knows or has reason to 
11believe that a minor under the age of 16 14
years who does not 
12have  a Firearm Owner's Owners Identification Card is likely to 
13gain
access to the firearm without the lawful permission
of 
14the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the 
15minor, and
the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the 
16firearm, unless
the firearm is:


17        (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the 
18    firearm safety,
designed to render a firearm temporarily 
19    inoperable; or


20        (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or


21        (3) placed in some other location that a reasonable 
22    person would
believe to be secure from a minor under the 
23    age of 16 14 years.

 
 
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1    (b) Sentence.  A person who violates this Section is guilty 
2of a Class C
misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than 
3$1,000.  A second or subsequent
violation of this Section is a 
4Class A misdemeanor.

5    (c) Subsection (a) does not apply:


6        (1) if the minor under 16 14 years of age gains access 
7    to a
firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or 
8    defense of another; or


9        (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the age of 
10    16 14 because of
an unlawful entry of the premises by the 
11    minor or another person.

12    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the 
13meaning ascribed
to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners 
14Identification Card Act.

15(Source: P.A. 91-18, eff. 1-1-00.)