Full Text of HB5664 101st General Assembly
HB5664 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5664 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that the defined term "petitioner" includes a respondent's employer, coworker, or an employee or teacher of a specified school that a respondent has attended in the previous 6 months.
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| 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 Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 5 as follows: | 6 | | (430 ILCS 67/5)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act: | 8 | | "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent, | 9 | | child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person | 10 | | related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a | 11 | | person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent. | 12 | | "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the | 13 | | court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in | 14 | | his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or | 15 | | receiving any firearms.
| 16 | | "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person | 17 | | with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in | 18 | | common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a | 19 | | dating or engagement relationship. | 20 | | "Petitioner" means: | 21 | | (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in | 22 | | this Act; or
| 23 | | (2) a law enforcement officer
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| 1 | | alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing | 2 | | personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having | 3 | | in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, | 4 | | or receiving a firearm ; . | 5 | | (3) an employer of the respondent; | 6 | | (4) a coworker of the respondent, if the coworker has | 7 | | had substantial and regular interactions with the | 8 | | respondent for at least one year and has obtained the | 9 | | approval of the employer; or | 10 | | (5) an employee or teacher of a secondary or | 11 | | postsecondary school that the respondent has attended in | 12 | | the previous 6 months, if the employee or teacher has | 13 | | obtained the approval of a school administrator or a school | 14 | | administration staff member with a supervisory role. | 15 | | "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to | 16 | | pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, | 17 | | or another by having in his or her custody or control, | 18 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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