UNSERIAL FIREARM SERIALIZATION Senate SponsorsSen. Jacqueline Y. Collins-Ann Gillespie-Christopher Belt-Julie A. Morrison-Mike Simmons, Patricia Van Pelt, Bill Cunningham, Laura M. Murphy, Doris Turner and Adriane Johnson 1/10/2023SenateSession Sine Die New Act5 ILCS 140/7.5720 ILCS 5/24-5.1 newCreates the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall maintain a database of each firearm possessed in the State that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer. Provides that within 180 days after the effective date of the Act, the owner of a firearm that does not have a serial number imprinted on the firearm by a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer shall submit an application to register the firearm with the Illinois State Police. Provides that upon the filing of the application, the Illinois State Police shall assign a unique serial number and conditionally register the firearm pending confirmation that the serial number has been imprinted on the firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to provide criminal penalties for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, or transfer a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued under the Unserialized Firearm Serialization Act or by a federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms, unless the person selling and the person receiving or purchasing the firearm is a law enforcement agency, federal firearms importer, or federal firearms manufacturer. Provides other exceptions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Contains a severability provision. 11/8/2021SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie 11/8/2021SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt 11/8/2021SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison 11/10/2021SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons 11/10/2021SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt 11/10/2021SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham 11/16/2021SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy 11/16/2021SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner 11/16/2021SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson 12/15/2021SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 12/15/2021SenateFirst Reading 12/15/2021SenateReferred to Assignments 1/10/2023SenateSession Sine Die