Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends the states firearms statutes regarding the discharging of firearms in residential areas.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Task Force on Firearm Insurance to review public policy options relating to the insurance of firearms in Illinois (Sec. 10).

• Requires that the Department provides administrative support for the Task Force to review insurance policy offerings for the sfe and legal possession of firearms and offer recommendations related to the use of that insurance (Sec. 10).

• Requires the Task Force to work with the insurance industry, community organizations, advocacy groups, and State agencies to develop policy options on insuring the ownership and use of firearms (Sec. 10).

• Requires that the task force elect a chairperson from its members and have the authority to determine its agendas and schedules for meetings and hearings (Sec. 10).

• Requires that members be adults and residents of Illinois and serve without compensation (Sec. 10).

• Requires that a report of the findings and recommendations of the Task Force be available on the Department’s website (Sec. 10).

• Requires that the Task Force submit a report on its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2023 (Sec. 10).

• Rescinds this section on January 1, 2025 and dissolves the Task Force (Sec. 10).

• Expands the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act to include prepackaged explosive components (Sec. 15).

• Specifies that provisions regarding the acquisition and possession of prepackaged explosive components do not apply to (Sec. 15):

• Armed Services or Reserves Forces of the United States of Illinois National Guard while performing their official duties;

• Persons licensed under State and federal law to manufacture and sell prepackaged explosive components and are engaged in business, but only with respect to activities within the lawful scope of business;

• Contractors or subcontractors engaged in the manufacture and sale of lawful experimental activities under a contract for the development and supply of the product to the United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces; and

• Sales clerks and retail merchants selling or transferring prepackaged explosive components.

• Specifies that a person commits unlawful sale or delivery of prepackaged explosive components when they knowingly does any of the following (Sec. 24):

• Sells to a person disqualified under the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act;

• Sells to a person who does not display to the seller an unexpired Firearm Owner’s Identification card issued by the Department of State Police; and

• Sells while engaged in the business of selling prepackaged explosive components at wholesale or retail without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer.

• Requires that upon entry of an order of protection prohibiting firearm possession, the court issues a seizure order of any firearm in the possession of the respondent (Sec. 30).

• Establishes a program for first-time non-violent offenders charged with certain possession offenses (Sec. 35).

• Requires that the program be at least 6 months and no longer than 18 months in length (Sec. 35).

• Authorizes the program to require the defendant to (Sec. 35):

• Obtain employment;

• Attend educational courses designed to prepare the defendant for obtaining a high school diploma or completing a vocational training program;

• Refrain from having themselves in the presence of any prohibited illicit drug, unless prescribed by a physician, and to submit blood or urine samples for tests;

• Perform community service;

• Pay all fines and fees; and

• Comply with other reasonable conditions imposed by the court.

• Authorizes prohibiting a respondent from possessing any firearm during the duration of their order if the order restrains the person from abusing the petitioner or if the person is found to be a credible threat to the petitioner (Sec. 214).

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