103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2803
 
Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
430 ILCS 65/7  from Ch. 38, par. 83-7

     Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card  is issued to a holder under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the holder's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the holder's 21st birthday, the validity period of the holder's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 7 as follows:
 


6    (430 ILCS 65/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)


7    Sec. 7. Validity of Firearm Owner's Identification Card. 
8    (a) Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act or 
9elsewhere in this Section, a Firearm Owner's
Identification 
10Card issued under the provisions of this Act shall be valid
for 
11the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from 
12the date
of issuance. Unless the person no longer meets the 
13requirements or becomes subject to suspension or revocation 
14under this Act, a card issued under an application made as 
15provided in subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid 
16if the person meets the requirements of subsection (b-5) of 
17Section 3.1. 
18    (b) If a renewal application is submitted to the 
19Department before the expiration date of the applicant's 
20current Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Firearm 
21Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid, unless the 
22person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation under 
23this Act. Unless the person no longer meets the requirements 
 
 
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1or becomes subject to suspension or revocation under this Act, 
2a card issued under a renewal application made as provided in 
3subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid if the 
4person meets the implementation requirements of Section 3.1.

5    (c) Beginning January 1, 2022, if the Firearm Owner's 
6Identification Card of a licensee under the Firearm Concealed 
7Carry Act expires during the term of the licensee's concealed 
8carry license, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the 
9license remain valid during the validity of the concealed 
10carry license and the licensee does not have to renew his or 
11her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if the Firearm 
12Owner's Identification Card has not been otherwise renewed as 
13provided in this Act. Unless the Illinois State Police has 
14reason to believe the licensee is no longer eligible for the 
15card, the Illinois State Police may automatically renew the 
16licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
17    (d)   If a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is issued to 
18a holder under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's 
19Identification Card shall expire on the holder's 21st birthday 
20or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. 
21Thereafter, the expiration and term of the Firearm Owner's 
22Identification Card shall be governed by subsection (a). 
23(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22.)