90th General Assembly
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WEAVER,MIKE-STEPHENS-BRUNSVOLD-ACKERMAN, COWLISHAW AND REITZ.

   New Act                                                                     
   430 ILCS 65/13.1          from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1                         

        Creates the Family  and  Personal  Protection  Act.   Establishes      
   statewide  uniform  standards  for  the  issuance  of permits to carry      
   concealed firearms in this State.  Vests in the  Department  of  State      
   Police, the authority to issue concealed firearms permits to qualified      
   applicants.  Requires  an  applicant  to complete a training course in      
   handgun use, safety, and marksmanship.  Also requires  instruction  in      
   the law relating to firearm use.  Requires an applicant to be at least      
   21  years  of age.  Prohibits an applicant who has been convicted of a      
   felony or has a history of  mental  illness,  addiction,  or  habitual      
   alcohol  use  from obtaining a permit.  Creates the Citizen Safety and      
   Self-Defense Trust Fund administered by the Department.  The moneys in      
   the  Fund  shall  be  used  to  administer   the   Act.    Establishes      
   restrictions  on  carrying  concealed firearms.  Establishes standards      
   for the training course and for certifying instructors.    Amends  the      
   Firearm Owners Identification Card Act to preempt home rule.                
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE                                                    
          Corrections population and fiscal impacts are unknown.               
          FISCAL NOTE (Dpt. Corrections)                                       
          No change from correctional note.                                    
          JUDICIAL NOTE                                                        
          It is not possible to determine impact on the need to increase       
          the number of judges in the State.                                   
          HOME RULE NOTE                                                       
          HB 1557 does not preempt home rule authority.                        
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE                                           
          HB1557 creates a service mandate which normally requires 50% to      
          100% reimbursement. However, HB1557 provides for applicant fees      
          that would compensate local gov'ts. for any revenues expended,       
          exempting the State from reimbursement responsibility.               
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Office of Ill. Courts)                          
          Fiscal impact on the Judicial Branch cannot be determined.           
          JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 3                                                
          Impact on the need to increase the number of judges in the           
          State cannot be determined.                                          
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 3                                   
          No change from previous mandate note.                                
          HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 3                                               
          No change from previous home rule note.                              
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
        Deletes everything  after  the  enacting  clause.  Reincorporates      
   provisions  of  the bill except also requires photo of applicant to be      
   in color and that the applicant be identified by gender.   Permits  an      
   employer  to  prohibit employees who hold concealed carry permits from      
   carrying  firearms  on  business  premises.      Establishes   various      
   additional  areas  where  carrying  concealed  firearms is prohibited.      
   Provides that, in municipalities within counties of 3,000,000 or  more      
   inhabitants, the duties imposed upon the sheriff shall be imposed upon      
   the  municipal  police  department or police chief. Increases hours of      
   classroom instruction from 8 hours to 12 hours that an applicant for a      
   permit to carry a concealed firearm must take in order to be  eligible      
   for the permit.                                                             
   97-03-06  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   97-03-06  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   97-03-11  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CRIMINAL          
   97-03-12  H       RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE            TRANSPORAT'N          
   97-03-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ACKERMAN              
   97-03-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    COWLISHAW             
   97-03-19  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     016-005-000   HTRN    
   97-03-19  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   97-03-19  H                     FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED FEIGENHOLTZ           
   97-03-19  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED     FEIGENHOLTZ           
   97-03-19  H  HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED                 FEIGENHOLTZ           
   97-03-19  H  CORRECTIONAL NOTE REQUESTED              FEIGENHOLTZ           
   97-03-19  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-03-26  H  CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED                                        
   97-03-26  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-08  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   97-04-08  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-09  H                       JUDICIAL NOTE FILED                       
   97-04-09  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-09  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   97-04-09  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-10  H  HOME RULE NOTE FILED                                           
   97-04-10  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-10  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   97-04-10  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-11  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   97-04-11  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-11  H                           RULES REFERS TO HTRN                  
   97-04-11  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-11  H                           RULES REFERS TO HTRN                  
   97-04-11  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-12  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-12  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   97-04-12  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-14  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-14  H                           RULES REFERS TO HTRN                  
   97-04-14  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   97-04-14  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   97-04-16  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-16  H                                BE ADOPTED HTRN/018-003-000      
   97-04-16  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   97-04-17  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED            
   97-04-17  H                       JUDICIAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED            
   97-04-17  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED         AS AMENDED            
   97-04-17  H  HOME RULE NOTE FILED                     AS AMENDED            
   97-04-17  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,MIKE        
   97-04-17  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   97-04-17  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-17  H  REMOVED SHORT DEBATE/NAME                CURRIE                
   97-04-17  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE                       
   97-04-17  H                                           REP. WEAVER           
   97-04-17  H                                           QUESTIONED NUMBER     
   97-04-17  H                                           OF VOTES NEEDED       
   97-04-17  H                                           TO PASS -             
   97-04-17  H                                            CHAIR RULED 71       
   97-04-17  H  APPEAL RULING OF CHAIR                   JOHNSON,TIM           
   97-04-17  H  SHALL THE CHAIR BE SUSTAINED                                   
   97-04-17  H  MOTION PREVAILED/CHAIR SUSTAINED         059-055-000           
   97-04-17  H  CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE                       
   97-04-25  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   97-11-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    REITZ                 
   99-01-12  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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