UNSERIAL FIREARM SERIALIZATION
Summary
Creates 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.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 8, 2021
Last action Jan 10, 2023
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Dec 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jacqueline Y. Collins
DDemocratic
Co
Adriane Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Ann Gillespie
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Cunningham
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher Belt
DDemocratic
Co
Doris Turner
DDemocratic
Co
Julie Morrison
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Simmons-Gessesse
DDemocratic
Co
Patricia Van Pelt
DDemocratic
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