Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-PARKER-RADOGNO-MAHAR-SULLIVAN, OBAMA, LINK, O'MALLEY, ROSKAM, WALSH,T, MADIGAN,L AND SILVERSTEIN. House Sponsors: O'CONNOR-BASSI-OSMOND-MAY-YARBROUGH Short description: FIREARMS TRANSFER Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Deletes the in-state transfer limitation or applicability of the provision that prohibits a person from knowingly transferring or causing to be transferred a firearm or firearm ammunition unless the transferee displays a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the transferor. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4 430 ILCS 65/6 from Ch. 38, par. 83-6 430 ILCS 65/10 from Ch. 38, par. 83-10 430 ILCS 65/14 from Ch. 38, par. 83-14 725 ILCS 5/110-10 from Ch. 38, par. 110-10 730 ILCS 5/5-6-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-6-3 Further amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her driver's license number or Illinois Identification Card number. Requires a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to contain the applicant's signature. Also requires the Card to contain, if available, the person's digital photograph and signature from his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card. Deletes a provision giving the Director of State Police discretion to require the Firearm Owner's Identification Card to contain additional identifying information. Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of adding to an individual's driver's license or Illinois Identification Card a code showing that the individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a firearm. Provides that an appeal by a person who has been denied a Firearm Owner's Identification Card or whose Card has been seized or revoked is to the circuit court and not to the Director of State Police if the revocation or seizure was based on certain specified offenses. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony to knowingly enter false information on an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, to knowingly give a false answer to a question on the application, or to knowingly submit false evidence in connection with an application. Provides that a third or subsequent conviction for failing to require the transferee of the firearms to display his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the transferor of the firearms is a Class 1 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides for the physical surrender of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as a condition of bail bond by a person charged with certain offenses. Provides for the physical surrender of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card if a person is convicted of a felony. Provides for the physical surrender of all firearms by a person convicted of a felony. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Changes the warning statement contained in an application form for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to reflect a reference to a new penalty provision. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended with the following exceptions: (1) permits an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to be made by electronic means, if and when made available by the Department of State Police; (2) provides that a person convicted of a felony must surrender his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card and any and all firearms at a time and place designated by the court; and (3) requires on and after December 1, 2002 the use of a person's digital photograph and signature from the person's Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card, if available, unless the digital photograph or signature is the result of or associated with fraudulent or erroneous data. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0442 Last action date: AUG-17-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status