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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-5.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-5.1 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 24-5.1. Prohibition on the sale, transfer, purchase, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | or possession of unfinished frames or receivers and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | unserialized firearms; exceptions; penalties. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Federal firearms dealer" means a licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | manufacturer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(11). | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Federal firearms importer" means a licensed importer | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(9). | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Federal firearms manufacturer" means a licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | manufacturer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(10). | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Frame or receiver" means a part of a firearm that, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | when the complete weapon is assembled, is visible from the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | exterior and provides housing or a structure designed to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | hold or integrate one or more fire control components, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | even if pins or other attachments are required to connect | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | those components to the housing or structure. For models | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of firearms in which multiple parts provide such housing |
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1 | or structure, the part or parts that the Director of the | ||||||
2 | federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and | ||||||
3 | Explosives has determined are a frame or receiver | ||||||
4 | constitute the frame or receiver.
For purposes of this | ||||||
5 | definition, "fire control component" means a component | ||||||
6 | necessary for the firearm to initiate, complete, or | ||||||
7 | continue the firing sequence, including any of the | ||||||
8 | following: hammer, bolt, bolt carrier, breechblock, | ||||||
9 | cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, or slide | ||||||
10 | rails. | ||||||
11 | "Three-dimensional printer" means a computer or | ||||||
12 | computer-drive machine capable of producing a | ||||||
13 | three-dimensional object from a digital model. | ||||||
14 | "Unfinished frame or receiver" means any forging, | ||||||
15 | casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar | ||||||
16 | article that: | ||||||
17 | (1) has reached a stage in manufacture where it | ||||||
18 | may readily be completed, assembled, or converted to | ||||||
19 | be a functional; or | ||||||
20 | (2) is marketed or sold to the public to become or | ||||||
21 | be used as the frame or receiver of a functional | ||||||
22 | firearm once completed, assembled, or converted. | ||||||
23 | (b) Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, it is unlawful | ||||||
25 | for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an | ||||||
26 | unfinished frame or receiver, unless: |
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1 | (A) the party possessing or receiving the | ||||||
2 | unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms | ||||||
3 | importer or federal firearms manufacturer; | ||||||
4 | (B) the unfinished frame or receiver is | ||||||
5 | possessed or transported by a person for transfer | ||||||
6 | to a federal firearms importer or federal firearms | ||||||
7 | manufacturer; or | ||||||
8 | (C) the unfinished frame or receiver is | ||||||
9 | required by federal law to be, and has been, | ||||||
10 | imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal | ||||||
11 | firearms importer or federal firearms | ||||||
12 | manufacturer. | ||||||
13 | (c) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer | ||||||
14 | to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or | ||||||
15 | receiver, unless: | ||||||
16 | (1) the party purchasing or receiving the unfinished | ||||||
17 | frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, federal | ||||||
18 | firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer; or | ||||||
19 | (2) the unfinished frame or receiver is required by | ||||||
20 | federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial | ||||||
21 | number issued by a federal firearms importer or federal | ||||||
22 | firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
23 | (d) Beginning one year after the effective date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, unless the party | ||||||
25 | receiving the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal | ||||||
26 | firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer, it is |
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1 | unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, purchase, | ||||||
2 | transport, or receive a firearm that is not imprinted with a | ||||||
3 | serial number by: | ||||||
4 | (1) a federal firearms importer or federal firearms | ||||||
5 | manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and | ||||||
6 | regulations regulating the manufacture and import of | ||||||
7 | firearms; or | ||||||
8 | (2) a federal firearms manufacturer, federal firearms | ||||||
9 | dealer, or other federal licensee authorized to provide | ||||||
10 | marketing services in compliance with the unserialized | ||||||
11 | firearm serialization process under subsection (f) of this | ||||||
12 | Section. | ||||||
13 | (e) Unless the party selling and the party receiving or | ||||||
14 | purchasing the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal | ||||||
15 | firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer, it is | ||||||
16 | unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or | ||||||
17 | transfer a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number: | ||||||
18 | by a federal firearms manufacturer, federal firearms dealer, | ||||||
19 | or other federal licensee authorized to provide marketing | ||||||
20 | service in compliance with unserialized firearm serialization | ||||||
21 | process under subsection (f) of this Section; or by a federal | ||||||
22 | firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in | ||||||
23 | compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating | ||||||
24 | the manufacture and import of firearms. | ||||||
25 | (f) Unserialized firearms shall be serialized in | ||||||
26 | compliance with all of the following: |
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1 | (1) An unserialized firearm may be serialized by a | ||||||
2 | federally licensed firearms dealer or other federal | ||||||
3 | licensee authorized to provide marking services with the | ||||||
4 | licensee's abbreviated federal firearms license number as | ||||||
5 | a prefix (which is the first 3 and last 5 digits) followed | ||||||
6 | by a hyphen, and then followed by a number as a suffix, | ||||||
7 | such as 12345678-(number). The serial number or numbers | ||||||
8 | must be placed in a manner that accords with the | ||||||
9 | requirements under federal law for affixing serial numbers | ||||||
10 | to firearms, including the requirements that the serial | ||||||
11 | number or numbers be at the minimum size and depth, and not | ||||||
12 | susceptible of being readily obliterated, altered, or | ||||||
13 | removed, and the licensee must retain records that accord | ||||||
14 | with the requirements under federal law in the case of the | ||||||
15 | sale of a firearm. The imprinting of any serial number | ||||||
16 | must be done on a steel plaque in compliance with 18 U.S.C. | ||||||
17 | 922(p). | ||||||
18 | (2) Every federally licensed firearms dealer or other | ||||||
19 | federal licensee that engraves, casts, stamps, or | ||||||
20 | otherwise conspicuously and permanently places a unique | ||||||
21 | serial number pursuant to this Section shall keep a record | ||||||
22 | book and enter in it at the time of every transaction | ||||||
23 | involving the transfer of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, | ||||||
24 | finished frame or receiver, or unfinished frame or | ||||||
25 | receiver that has been so marked by the federal licensee, | ||||||
26 | the date, name, age, and residence of any person to whom |
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1 | such item is transferred along with the unique serial | ||||||
2 | number engraved, cast, stamped, or otherwise conspicuously | ||||||
3 | and permanently placed thereon. | ||||||
4 | (3) Every federally licensed firearms dealer or other | ||||||
5 | federal licensee that engraves, casts, stamps, or | ||||||
6 | otherwise conspicuously and permanently places a unique | ||||||
7 | serial number pursuant to this Section shall review and | ||||||
8 | confirm the validity of the owner's Firearm Owner's | ||||||
9 | Identification Card issued under the Firearm Owners | ||||||
10 | Identification Card Act prior to returning the firearm to | ||||||
11 | the owner. | ||||||
12 | (4) A federally licensed firearms dealer or other | ||||||
13 | federal licensee may charge a fee not to exceed $35 to | ||||||
14 | engrave, cast, stamp, or otherwise conspicuously and | ||||||
15 | permanently place a unique serial number pursuant to this | ||||||
16 | Section. | ||||||
17 | (g) It is unlawful when a person does any one of the | ||||||
18 | following: | ||||||
19 | (1) uses a three-dimensional printer or similar device | ||||||
20 | to manufacture or produce a firearm, firearm receiver, or | ||||||
21 | major firearm component when not licensed as a federal | ||||||
22 | firearm manufacturer; or | ||||||
23 | (2) distributes by any means, including the Internet, | ||||||
24 | to a person who is not licensed as a manufacturer, | ||||||
25 | instructions in the form of computer-aided design files or | ||||||
26 | other code or instructions stored and displayed in |
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1 | electronic format as a digital model that may be used to | ||||||
2 | program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or | ||||||
3 | produce a firearm, firearm receiver, or major component of | ||||||
4 | a firearm. | ||||||
5 | This subsection does not apply to the manufacture or | ||||||
6 | production of a major component of a firearm for transfer to a | ||||||
7 | federal firearms manufacturer or to instructions that may be | ||||||
8 | used to program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or | ||||||
9 | produce a major component of a firearm for and on behalf of a | ||||||
10 | federal firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
11 | (h) Within 180 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Director of | ||||||
13 | the Illinois State Police shall issue public notice regarding | ||||||
14 | the provisions of this Section. The notice shall include | ||||||
15 | posting on the Illinois State Police website and may include | ||||||
16 | written notification or any other means of statewide | ||||||
17 | communication to all federal firearms manufacturers, federal | ||||||
18 | firearms dealers, or other federal licensees authorized to | ||||||
19 | provide marketing services in compliance with the unserialized | ||||||
20 | firearm serialization process in subsection (f) in order to | ||||||
21 | educate the public. | ||||||
22 | (i) Subsections (d) and (e) do not apply to a firearm that: | ||||||
23 | (1) has been rendered permanently inoperable; | ||||||
24 | (2) is an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. | ||||||
25 | Section 921(a)(16); or | ||||||
26 | (3) was manufactured prior to October 22, 1968. |
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1 | (j) A person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class | ||||||
2 | A misdemeanor for a first violation and is guilty of a Class 3 | ||||||
3 | felony for a second or subsequent violation.
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4 | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
5 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. | ||||||
6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law. |