Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 341

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if the receipt of a firearm does not violate federal or State law, the Department of State Police shall: (1) assign a unique identification number to the transfer; (2) provide the licensee with the number; and (3) destroy all records of the system with respect to the call, other than the identifying number and the date the number was assigned, and all records of the system relating to the person or the transfer within 24 hours. Provides that if the transfer of a firearm is denied by the Department of State Police, the Department of State Police may keep the records of a denial until the denial is appealed and overturned, or as long as necessary for a criminal prosecution. Provides that approvals issued by the Department of State Police for the purchase of a firearm are valid for 30 days from the date of issue. Provides that the Department of State Police may not retain, copy, or distribute any information previously collected under the dial up system. Effective immediately.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with the following exceptions: (1) provides that if a transfer of a firearm takes place at a gun show, the record of transfer must include the unique identification number assigned to the transfer by the Department of State Police; (2) provides that records of firearms transfers maintained by the Department of State Police must be destroyed within 90 days rather 24 hours of the transfer; (3) provides that $1 of the application fee for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund rather than the General Revenue Fund; and (4) amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to provide for home rule preemption of local governmental regulation of the acquisition, possession, transportation, storage, purchase, sale, or other dealings in firearms and ammunition in a manner other than as provided by State law in municipalities of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
1/21/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner
1/26/2005	House	First Reading
1/26/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/10/2005	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/8/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/8/2005	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; by Voice Vote
3/8/2005	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-001-000
3/9/2005	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/9/2005	House	Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Deborah L. Graham
3/9/2005	House	Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Deborah L. Graham
3/18/2005	House	Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
3/23/2005	House	Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
3/28/2005	House	Judicial Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
4/5/2005	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
4/8/2005	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2005	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2005	House	Removed from Short Debate Status Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
4/14/2005	House	Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
4/14/2005	House	3/5 Vote Required
4/14/2005	House	Consideration Postponed
4/14/2005	House	Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
4/15/2005	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

	Home Rule Note (H-AM 1)(Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
	In the opinion of DCEO, House Bill 341 (H-AM 1) pre-empts home rule authority. However, the legislation provides for an exception for the City of Chicago, and also provides an exception in which a unit of local government may also establish zoning and security requirements for the retail sale of firearms by federally licensed firearms dealers.

	Fiscal Note (H-AM 1) (Illinois State Police)
	Fiscal impact to the Illinois State Police would be $740,000 to implement the bill, in addition to a $70,000 annual maintenance cost for electronic process after the first year.

	Judicial Note (H-AM 1) (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts)
	Would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the state.

	State Mandates Fiscal Note (H-AM 1)(Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
	In the opinion of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, House Bill 341 (H-AM 1) creates a local government organization and structure mandate for which reimbursement of the increased costs to units of local government is not required under the State Mandates Act.

	Adds reference to:
	430 ILCS 65/1.1	from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1