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 Bill Status of SB0008  104th General Assembly


Short Description:  SAFE GUN STORAGE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Laura Ellman - Ram Villivalam - Mike Simmons - Graciela Guzmán, Laura Fine, Laura M. Murphy, Karina Villa, Celina Villanueva, Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Mark L. Walker, Willie Preston, Michael E. Hastings, Sara Feigenholtz, Cristina Castro and Kimberly A. Lightford

House Sponsors
(Rep. Maura Hirschauer - Kevin John Olickal - Bob Morgan - Nabeela Syed - Rita Mayfield, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Janet Yang Rohr, Dagmara Avelar, Tracy Katz Muhl, Barbara Hernandez, Laura Faver Dias, Edgar González, Jr., Lilian Jiménez, Anna Moeller, La Shawn K. Ford, Terra Costa Howard, Martha Deuter, Joyce Mason, Abdelnasser Rashid, Norma Hernandez, Jawaharial Williams, Nicolle Grasse, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Michelle Mussman, Daniel Didech, Theresa Mah, Sharon Chung, Hoan Huynh, Yolonda Morris, Margaret Croke, Camille Y. Lilly, Mary Beth Canty, Kelly M. Cassidy, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Suzanne M. Ness and Debbie Meyers-Martin)

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  5/28/2025SenatePassed Both Houses

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
430 ILCS 65/3from Ch. 38, par. 83-3
430 ILCS 65/3.1from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1
430 ILCS 65/7.10 new
430 ILCS 65/8from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
430 ILCS 65/8.1from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1
430 ILCS 66/56 new
430 ILCS 68/5-20
720 ILCS 5/24-3.8
720 ILCS 5/24-3.9
720 ILCS 5/24-3B
720 ILCS 5/24-4.1
720 ILCS 5/24-9


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Safe Gun Storage Act. Provides that a firearm owner shall not store or keep any firearm in any premises where the firearm owner knows or reasonably should know a minor without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to the firearm unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, properly engaged so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. Provides that if the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user, then the firearm is deemed lawfully stored or kept. Provides that a violation of the Act is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500, except (i) if any person knows or reasonably should know that a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that person, and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains the firearm, the civil penalty shall not exceed $1,000 and (ii) if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and uses it to injure or cause the death of a person or uses the firearm in connection with a crime, the civil penalty shall not exceed $10,000. Provides that the court may order a person who is found in violation of the Act to perform community service or pay restitution in lieu of the civil penalties imposed under this Section if good cause is shown. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to preclude civil liabilities for violations of the Act. Provides that a violation of the Act is prima facie evidence of negligence per se in any civil proceeding if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and causes personal injury to the death of oneself or another or uses the firearm in the commission of a crime. Provides that an action to collect a civil penalty under the Act may be brought by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred. Provides that any money received from the collection of a civil penalty under the Act shall be deposited in the Mental Health Fund. Defines terms. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
720 ILCS 5/24-3.8
720 ILCS 5/24-3.9
Adds reference to:
5 ILCS 830/10-5
730 ILCS 5/5-4-1

Amends the Gun Trafficking Information Act. Provides that the publicly available reports on an ongoing bases of crimes committed with firearms, locations where the crimes occurred, the number of persons killed or injured in the commission of the crimes shall include those crimes whether or not a stolen firearm was used in the commission of the crimes. In the Criminal Code of 2012, deletes the amendatory changes to the possession of a stolen firearm and aggravated possession of stolen firearm statutes. In the firearms trafficking statute, deletes the provision that the trier of fact may, but is not required to, infer intent to transfer or deliver from transportation on an expressway in the State in a vehicle more than one stolen or converted firearm per occupants of the vehicle. In the firearms trafficking statute, includes as an element of the offense bringing, or causing to be brought, into the State, in a vehicle on an expressway in the State, more than one assault weapon that a person is prohibited from possession under the Code, per occupants of the vehicle. Changes various dates from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Provides that the report of lost or stolen firearms shall include the Firearm Owner's Identification Card number of the person making the report, if applicable. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, the person who is not a federally license firearm dealer (rather than the Illinois State Police) shall check the Illinois State Police Internet-based system upon which the serial numbers of firearms that have been reported stolen are available for public access for individuals to ensure any firearms are not reported stolen prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that at the sentencing hearing the court shall make a finding of whether a firearm with a serial number reported as stolen on the Illinois State Police publicly accessible stolen firearms database was used in the commission of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced. Provides that in cases in which the court finds that a firearm with a serial number reported as stolen on the Illinois State Police publicly accessible database was used in the commission of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days thereafter, forward a report of such conviction to the Illinois State Police Division of Justice Services.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3
In the Safe Gun Storage Act, provides that a provision concerning the storage of firearms does not apply (1) if the minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person gains access to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another; or (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person because of an unlawful entry of the premises by the minor, at-risk person, prohibited person or another person. In the amendatory changes to the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, provides that the sign posted in a conspicuous position on the certified licensee's premises must contain the warning that it is unlawful for the licensee to fail to report the loss or theft of the licensee's firearm to local law enforcement within 48 (rather than 72) hours. In the amendatory changes to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, provides that the violation applies to a person who fails 2 or more times to report a loss or theft of a firearm within 48 hours after the discovery of such loss or theft to local law enforcement as required under the Criminal Code of 2012. In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a firearm who fails to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the local law enforcement agency within 48 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft, deletes a provision which specifies that, for a second or subsequent offense, the failure to report the loss or theft of the firearm within 48 hours of the discovery of such loss or theft shall result in revocation of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Adds a severability provision to the bill.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman
  1/13/2025SenateChief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
  1/13/2025SenateFirst Reading
  1/13/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
  1/16/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
  1/30/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
  2/19/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  3/7/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
  3/12/2025SenateAssigned to Executive
  3/21/2025SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025
  4/3/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman
  4/3/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  4/3/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
  4/3/2025SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
  4/3/2025SenateDo Pass as Amended Executive; 009-004-000
  4/3/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025
  4/4/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman
  4/4/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
  4/4/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
  4/4/2025SenateSecond Reading
  4/4/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025
  4/4/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
  4/4/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  4/4/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  4/8/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
  4/9/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman
  4/9/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
  4/9/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
  4/9/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Executive
  4/9/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000
  4/10/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker
  4/10/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
  4/10/2025SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  4/10/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Ellman
  4/10/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  4/10/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 033-019-000
  4/10/2025SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
  4/10/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
  4/10/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  4/10/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
  4/10/2025HouseArrived in House
  4/10/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  4/11/2025HouseFirst Reading
  4/11/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  4/14/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  4/17/2025HouseAssigned to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
  4/21/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
  4/30/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  5/6/2025SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
  5/9/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  5/13/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
  5/23/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
  5/23/2025HouseAssigned to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
  5/23/2025HouseCommittee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  5/27/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
  5/27/2025HouseMotion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Gun Violence Prevention Committee; Rep. Bob Morgan
  5/27/2025HouseMotion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 075-039-000
  5/27/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Gun Violence Prevention Committee; 009-005-000
  5/27/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  5/27/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  5/27/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
  5/28/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  5/28/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  5/28/2025HouseAlternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Nabeela Syed
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  5/28/2025HouseChair Rules placed on Standard Debate
  5/28/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
  5/28/2025HouseThird Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 069-040-000
  5/28/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
  5/28/2025HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
  5/28/2025SenatePassed Both Houses

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