20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2026)

Sec. 2605-51.1. Commission on Implementing the Firearms Restraining Order Act.

(a) There is created the Commission on Implementing the Firearms Restraining Order Act composed of at least 12 members to advise on the strategies of education and implementation of the Firearms Restraining Order Act. The Commission shall be appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or her designee and shall include a liaison or representative nominated from the following:

(1) the Office of the Attorney General, appointed by the Attorney General;

(2) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or her designee;

(3) at least 3 State's Attorneys, nominated by the Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;

(4) at least 2 municipal police department representatives, nominated by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police;

(5) an Illinois sheriff, nominated by the Illinois Sheriffs' Association;

(6) the Director of Public Health or his or her designee;

(7) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, nominated by the Executive Director of the Board;

(8) a representative from a public defender's office, nominated by the State Appellate Defender;

(9) a circuit court judge, nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

(10) a prosecutor with experience managing or directing a program in another state where the implementation of that state's extreme risk protection order law has achieved high rates of petition filings nominated by the National District Attorneys Association;

(11) an expert from law enforcement who has experience managing or directing a program in another state where the implementation of that state's extreme risk protection order law has achieved high rates of petition filings nominated by the Director of the Illinois State Police; and

(12) a circuit court clerk, nominated by the President of the Illinois Association of Court Clerks.

(b) The Commission shall be chaired by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his or her designee. The Commission shall meet, either virtually or in person, to discuss the implementation of the Firearms Restraining Order Act as determined by the Commission while the strategies are being established.

(c) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation and shall serve 3-year terms.

(d) An annual report shall be submitted to the General Assembly by the Commission that may include summary information about firearms restraining order use by county, challenges to Firearms Restraining Order Act implementation, and recommendations for increasing and improving implementation.

(e) The Commission shall develop a model policy with an overall framework for the timely relinquishment of firearms whenever a firearms restraining order is issued. The model policy shall be finalized within the first 4 months of convening. In formulating the model policy, the Commission shall consult counties in Illinois and other states with extreme risk protection order laws which have achieved a high rate of petition filings. Once approved, the Illinois State Police shall work with their local law enforcement agencies within their county to design a comprehensive strategy for the timely relinquishment of firearms, using the model policy as an overall framework. Each individual agency may make small modifications as needed to the model policy and must approve and adopt a policy that aligns with the model policy. The Illinois State Police shall convene local police chiefs and sheriffs within their county as needed to discuss the relinquishment of firearms.

(f) The Commission shall be dissolved June 1, 2025 (3 years after the effective date of Public Act 102-345).

(g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026 (4 years after the effective date of Public Act 102-345).

(Source: P.A. 102-345, eff. 6-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)