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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4959         </title>
<shortdesc>CRIM CD-HANDGUN SAFETY</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Maura Hirschauer</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>720 ILCS 5/24-9.5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person (rather than a person licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968) to offer for sale, sell, or transfer a handgun to a person not licensed under federal Gun Control Act of 1968, unless he or she sells or includes with the handgun a device or mechanism, other than the firearm safety, designed to render the handgun temporarily inoperable or inaccessible.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/26/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer</action>
<statusdate>1/27/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/27/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/9/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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