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1 | AN ACT concerning firearms.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act, "federal firearms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | importer" and "federal firearms manufacturer" have the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | meanings ascribed to them in Section 24-5.1 of the Criminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Code of 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Section 10. Firearms database. The Illinois State Police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall maintain a database of each firearm possessed in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | State that does not have a serial number imprinted on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | manufacturer. The database shall include the name of the owner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | of the firearm, the owner's Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Card number, a photograph of the firearm, the serial number | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | assigned to the firearm by the Illinois State Police, and a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | photograph of the serial number that has been imprinted on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | firearm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section 15. Registration of unserialized firearms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (a) Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, |
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1 | the owner of a firearm that does not have a serial number | ||||||
2 | imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a | ||||||
3 | federal firearms manufacturer shall submit an application to | ||||||
4 | register the firearm with the Illinois State Police. | ||||||
5 | (b) Upon the filing of the application, the Illinois State | ||||||
6 | Police shall assign a unique serial number and conditionally | ||||||
7 | register the firearm pending confirmation that the serial | ||||||
8 | number has been imprinted on the firearm. | ||||||
9 | (c) The conditional registration of the firearm shall be | ||||||
10 | revoked if the confirmation of the imprinting of the serial | ||||||
11 | number has not been received within 30 days after the issuance | ||||||
12 | of the serial number.
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13 | Section 20. Confidentiality of database. | ||||||
14 | (a) The Illinois State Police shall maintain the | ||||||
15 | confidentiality of the database at all times. No information | ||||||
16 | regarding a particular applicant, application, or firearm may | ||||||
17 | be disclosed by the Illinois State Police except to a law | ||||||
18 | enforcement agency for a valid law enforcement purpose. | ||||||
19 | (b) Other than the total number of firearms included in | ||||||
20 | the database and information disclosed to law enforcement | ||||||
21 | agencies for valid law enforcement purposes, all information | ||||||
22 | provided to the Illinois State Police under this Act shall be | ||||||
23 | exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. | ||||||
24 | Section 25. Rules. Within 60 days after the effective date |
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1 | of this Act, the Director of the Illinois State Police shall | ||||||
2 | adopt rules regarding the creation of the database, the | ||||||
3 | application process, the issuing of serial numbers, and the | ||||||
4 | standards required for the imprinting of serial numbers on | ||||||
5 | conditionally registered firearms. | ||||||
6 | Section 90. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | ||||||
7 | changing Section 7.5 as follows:
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8 | (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
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9 | Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for | ||||||
10 | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be | ||||||
11 | exempt from inspection and copying: | ||||||
12 | (a) All information determined to be confidential | ||||||
13 | under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and | ||||||
14 | Development Act. | ||||||
15 | (b) Library circulation and order records identifying | ||||||
16 | library users with specific materials under the Library | ||||||
17 | Records Confidentiality Act. | ||||||
18 | (c) Applications, related documents, and medical | ||||||
19 | records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||||||
20 | Procedures Board and any and all documents or other | ||||||
21 | records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||||||
22 | Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it | ||||||
23 | has received. | ||||||
24 | (d) Information and records held by the Department of |
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1 | Public Health and its authorized representatives relating | ||||||
2 | to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible | ||||||
3 | disease or any information the disclosure of which is | ||||||
4 | restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible | ||||||
5 | Disease Control Act. | ||||||
6 | (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||||||
7 | under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | ||||||
8 | (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of | ||||||
9 | the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying | ||||||
10 | Qualifications Based Selection Act. | ||||||
11 | (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||||||
12 | and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid | ||||||
13 | Tuition Act. | ||||||
14 | (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||||||
15 | under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and | ||||||
16 | records of any lawfully created State or local inspector | ||||||
17 | general's office that would be exempt if created or | ||||||
18 | obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under | ||||||
19 | that Act. | ||||||
20 | (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy | ||||||
21 | plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a | ||||||
22 | local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted | ||||||
23 | under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||||||
24 | (j) Information and data concerning the distribution | ||||||
25 | of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers | ||||||
26 | under the Emergency Telephone System Act. |
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1 | (k) Law enforcement officer identification information | ||||||
2 | or driver identification information compiled by a law | ||||||
3 | enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation | ||||||
4 | under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
5 | (l) Records and information provided to a residential | ||||||
6 | health care facility resident sexual assault and death | ||||||
7 | review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse | ||||||
8 | Prevention Review Team Act. | ||||||
9 | (m) Information provided to the predatory lending | ||||||
10 | database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential | ||||||
11 | Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent | ||||||
12 | authorized under that Article. | ||||||
13 | (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of | ||||||
14 | compensation and expenses for court appointed trial | ||||||
15 | counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the | ||||||
16 | Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall | ||||||
17 | apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even | ||||||
18 | if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty | ||||||
19 | prior to trial or sentencing. | ||||||
20 | (o) Information that is prohibited from being | ||||||
21 | disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and | ||||||
22 | Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | ||||||
23 | (p) Security portions of system safety program plans, | ||||||
24 | investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or | ||||||
25 | information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the | ||||||
26 | Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and |
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1 | 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the | ||||||
2 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional | ||||||
3 | Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the | ||||||
4 | Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair | ||||||
5 | County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety | ||||||
6 | Act. | ||||||
7 | (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||||||
8 | Personnel Record Review Act. | ||||||
9 | (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||||||
10 | Illinois School Student Records Act. | ||||||
11 | (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||||||
12 | under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
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13 | (t) All identified or deidentified health information | ||||||
14 | in the form of health data or medical records contained | ||||||
15 | in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released | ||||||
16 | from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and | ||||||
17 | identified or deidentified health information in the form | ||||||
18 | of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health | ||||||
19 | Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Health Information Exchange Office due to its | ||||||
21 | administration of the Illinois Health Information | ||||||
22 | Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall | ||||||
23 | be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance | ||||||
24 | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law | ||||||
25 | 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any | ||||||
26 | regulations promulgated thereunder. |
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1 | (u) Records and information provided to an independent | ||||||
2 | team of experts under the Developmental Disability and | ||||||
3 | Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law). | ||||||
4 | (v) Names and information of people who have applied | ||||||
5 | for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under | ||||||
6 | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for | ||||||
7 | or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm | ||||||
8 | Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the | ||||||
9 | Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the | ||||||
10 | Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed | ||||||
11 | Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed | ||||||
12 | Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the | ||||||
13 | Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | ||||||
14 | (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
15 | Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under | ||||||
16 | Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. | ||||||
17 | (w) Personally identifiable information which is | ||||||
18 | exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section | ||||||
19 | 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | ||||||
20 | (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||||||
21 | under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section | ||||||
22 | 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||||||
23 | (y) Confidential information under the Adult | ||||||
24 | Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling | ||||||
25 | statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including | ||||||
26 | information about the identity and administrative finding |
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1 | against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated | ||||||
2 | decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of | ||||||
3 | an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established | ||||||
4 | under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||||||
5 | (z) Records and information provided to a fatality | ||||||
6 | review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory | ||||||
7 | Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services | ||||||
8 | Act. | ||||||
9 | (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||||||
10 | under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. | ||||||
11 | (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from | ||||||
12 | disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
13 | (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement | ||||||
14 | Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent | ||||||
15 | authorized under that Act. | ||||||
16 | (dd) Information that is prohibited from being | ||||||
17 | disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common | ||||||
18 | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. | ||||||
19 | (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||||||
20 | under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||||||
21 | (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||||||
22 | under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. | ||||||
23 | (gg) Information that is prohibited from being | ||||||
24 | disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
25 | Code. | ||||||
26 | (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under |
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1 | Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code. | ||||||
2 | (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||||||
3 | under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of | ||||||
4 | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
5 | (jj) Information and reports that are required to be | ||||||
6 | submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day | ||||||
7 | and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from | ||||||
8 | disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day | ||||||
9 | and Temporary Labor Services Act. | ||||||
10 | (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the | ||||||
11 | Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. | ||||||
12 | (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||||||
13 | and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public | ||||||
14 | Aid Code. | ||||||
15 | (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
16 | Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. | ||||||
17 | (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
18 | Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||||||
19 | (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports | ||||||
20 | arising out of a peer support counseling session | ||||||
21 | prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders | ||||||
22 | Suicide Prevention Act. | ||||||
23 | (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to | ||||||
24 | an employee of an emergency services provider or law | ||||||
25 | enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide | ||||||
26 | Prevention Act. |
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1 | (qq) Information and records held by the Department of | ||||||
2 | Public Health and its authorized representatives collected | ||||||
3 | under the Reproductive Health Act. | ||||||
4 | (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
5 | the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. | ||||||
6 | (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of | ||||||
7 | Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Human Rights Act. | ||||||
9 | (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy | ||||||
10 | Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that | ||||||
11 | Act. | ||||||
12 | (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
13 | Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. | ||||||
14 | (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
15 | subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Public Aid Code. | ||||||
17 | (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
18 | Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act. | ||||||
19 | (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or | ||||||
20 | information that shall not be made public under the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Insurance Code. | ||||||
22 | (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under | ||||||
23 | the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. | ||||||
24 | (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under | ||||||
25 | the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. | ||||||
26 | (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed |
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1 | under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code. | ||||||
2 | (bbb) (ccc) Information that is prohibited from | ||||||
3 | disclosure by the Illinois Police Training Act and the | ||||||
4 | Illinois State Police Act. | ||||||
5 | (ccc) (ddd) Records exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
6 | Section
2605-304 of the Illinois Department of State | ||||||
7 | Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
8 | (ddd) (bbb) Information prohibited from being | ||||||
9 | disclosed under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality | ||||||
10 | for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human | ||||||
11 | Trafficking, or Stalking Act. | ||||||
12 | (eee) (ddd) Information prohibited from being | ||||||
13 | disclosed under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the | ||||||
14 | Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. | ||||||
15 | (fff) Information that is exempt from disclosure under | ||||||
16 | the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; | ||||||
18 | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. | ||||||
19 | 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, | ||||||
20 | eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; | ||||||
21 | 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff. | ||||||
22 | 1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, | ||||||
23 | eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
24 | 102-559, eff. 8-20-21; revised 10-5-21.) | ||||||
25 | Section 95. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding |
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1 | Section 24-5.1 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (720 ILCS 5/24-5.1 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 24-5.1. Prohibition on the transfer, purchase, | ||||||
4 | manufacture, importation, or possession of unfinished frames | ||||||
5 | or receivers and unserialized firearms; exceptions; penalties. | ||||||
6 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
7 | "Unfinished frame or receiver" means any forging, casting, | ||||||
8 | printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that: | ||||||
9 | (1) has reached a stage in manufacture where it may | ||||||
10 | readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be a | ||||||
11 | functional frame or receiver when combined with other | ||||||
12 | parts; or | ||||||
13 | (2) is marketed or sold to the public to become a | ||||||
14 | functional frame or receiver. | ||||||
15 | "Federal firearms importer" means a licensed importer | ||||||
16 | under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(9). | ||||||
17 | "Federal firearms manufacturer" means a licensed | ||||||
18 | manufacturer under 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(10). | ||||||
19 | "Federal firearms dealer" means a licensed manufacturer | ||||||
20 | pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(11). | ||||||
21 | (b) 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
22 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly, it is unlawful for any | ||||||
23 | person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an | ||||||
24 | unfinished frame or receiver, unless the person possessing or | ||||||
25 | receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal |
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1 | firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer or the | ||||||
2 | unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, | ||||||
3 | and has been, imprinted with a serial number issued by a | ||||||
4 | federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
5 | (c) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer | ||||||
6 | to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or | ||||||
7 | receiver, unless the person purchasing the unfinished frame or | ||||||
8 | receiver is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms | ||||||
9 | manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer or the unfinished | ||||||
10 | frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has | ||||||
11 | been, imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal | ||||||
12 | firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
13 | (d) 365 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
14 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly, it is unlawful for any | ||||||
15 | person to knowingly possess, purchase, transport, or receive a | ||||||
16 | firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued | ||||||
17 | under the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act or by the | ||||||
18 | federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in | ||||||
19 | compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating | ||||||
20 | the manufacture and import of firearms, unless the person | ||||||
21 | receiving the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal | ||||||
22 | firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
23 | (e) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer | ||||||
24 | to sell, or transfer a firearm that is not imprinted with a | ||||||
25 | serial number issued under the Unserialized Firearm | ||||||
26 | Serialization Act or by a federal firearms importer or federal |
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1 | firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and | ||||||
2 | regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms, | ||||||
3 | unless the person selling and the person receiving or | ||||||
4 | purchasing the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal | ||||||
5 | firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer. | ||||||
6 | (f) Subsections (d) and (e) do not apply to a firearm that: | ||||||
7 | (1) has been rendered permanently inoperable; | ||||||
8 | (2) is an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. | ||||||
9 | 921(a)(16); or | ||||||
10 | (3) was manufactured before 1968. | ||||||
11 | (g) Sentence. A first violation of this Section is a Class | ||||||
12 | A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 3 | ||||||
13 | felony.
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14 | Section 100. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
15 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. |