Full Text of HB5188 103rd General Assembly
HB5188 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5188 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 430 ILCS 65/6 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-6 |
| Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that each Firearm Owner's Identification Card must have the issuance date and expiration date boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card. |
| |
| | A BILL FOR |
| | | | HB5188 | | LRB103 37901 RLC 68033 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 6 as follows: | 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6) | 7 | | Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card. | 8 | | (a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the | 9 | | Illinois State Police at such places as the Director of the | 10 | | Illinois State Police shall specify, shall contain the | 11 | | applicant's name, residence, date of birth, sex, physical | 12 | | description, recent photograph, except as provided in | 13 | | subsection (c-5), and signature. Each Firearm Owner's | 14 | | Identification Card must have the Firearm Owner's | 15 | | Identification Card number , issuance date, and expiration date | 16 | | boldly and conspicuously displayed on the face of the card. | 17 | | Each Firearm Owner's Identification Card must have printed on | 18 | | it the following: "CAUTION - This card does not permit bearer | 19 | | to UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms." Before December 1, 2002, | 20 | | the Department of State Police may use a person's digital | 21 | | photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's | 22 | | license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. On and | 23 | | after December 1, 2002, the Illinois State Police (formerly |
| | | HB5188 | - 2 - | LRB103 37901 RLC 68033 b |
|
| 1 | | the Department of State Police) shall use a person's digital | 2 | | photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's | 3 | | license or Illinois Identification Card, if available. The | 4 | | Illinois State Police shall decline to use a person's digital | 5 | | photograph or signature if the digital photograph or signature | 6 | | is the result of or associated with fraudulent or erroneous | 7 | | data, unless otherwise provided by law. | 8 | | (b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification | 9 | | Card shall consent to the Illinois State Police using the | 10 | | applicant's digital driver's license or Illinois | 11 | | Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on | 12 | | the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The | 13 | | Secretary of State shall allow the Illinois State Police | 14 | | access to the photograph and signature for the purpose of | 15 | | identifying the applicant and issuing to the applicant a | 16 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card. | 17 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to | 18 | | determine the cost and feasibility of creating a method of | 19 | | adding an identifiable code, background, or other means on the | 20 | | driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show that | 21 | | an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a | 22 | | firearm under State or federal law. The Secretary shall report | 23 | | the findings of this study August 17, 2002 (12 months after the | 24 | | effective date of Public Act 92-442). | 25 | | (c-5) If a person qualifies for a photograph exemption, in | 26 | | lieu of a photograph, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card |
| | | HB5188 | - 3 - | LRB103 37901 RLC 68033 b |
|
| 1 | | shall contain a copy of the card holder's fingerprints. Each | 2 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card described in this | 3 | | subsection (c-5) must have printed on it the following: "This | 4 | | card is only valid for firearm purchases through a federally | 5 | | licensed firearms dealer when presented with photographic | 6 | | identification, as prescribed by 18 U.S.C. 922(t)(1)(C)." | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | 8 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |
|