Criminal Justice (Firearms)

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a person has 2 or more pending misdemeanor charges involving a firearm or 4 or more pending Class A misdemeanor charges, the defendant may be charged as a habitual misdemeanant offender. Provides that the provision does not apply unless each of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) the third offense occurred after the second offense; (2) the second offense occurred after the first offense; and (3) all of the charged offenses must be proved at trial in order for the person to be adjudged a habitual misdemeanant offender. Provides that the charges alleged do not have to be for the same offense. Provides that any offense that results from or is connected with the same transaction, or results from an offense committed at the same time, shall be counted for the purposes of this provision as one offense. Provides that a habitual misdemeanant offender shall be sentenced as a Class 4 felony offender for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than 3 years. Provides that the court may deny pretrial release to a person charged as a habitual misdemeanant offender. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, in committing a domestic battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, knows the individual battered to be a person 60 years of age or older commits aggravated domestic battery.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Restores provisions regarding sentencing guidelines for individuals with prior felony firearm-related or other specified convictions that were repealed on January 1, 2004. Applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Eliminates sunset provision. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes.

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of weapons when the person knowingly manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a convertible pistol. Establishes penalties. Provides exemptions. Provides that a machine gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with a switch. Defines "convertible pistol", "switch", and "common household tool". Contains a severability provision.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of criminal firearm negligence. Provides that a person commits the offense when: (1) the person owns, possesses, or controls a firearm; (2) the person knows or reasonably should know that a prohibited person resides in or regularly accesses the premises; (3) the person fails to securely store the firearm as required by law; and (4) the prohibited person gains access to the firearm. Establishes penalties for violation. Provides that the provision does not apply to (1) firearms secured in compliance with applicable safe storage laws; or (2) circumstances in which the firearm was accessed through unlawful entry or theft. Provides that the provision shall be construed in conjunction with existing civil penalties under the handgun safety devices statute and does not preclude the imposition of civil fines if applicable. Defines "prohibited person".

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of weapons when the person knowingly manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a convertible pistol. Establishes penalties. Provides exemptions. Provides that a machine gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with a switch. Defines "convertible pistol", "switch", and "common household tool". Contains a severability provision.

Repeals the provisions of Public Act 102-1116 that make amendatory changes to the Firearms Restraining Order Act that provide that a petitioner for a firearms restraining order may request a plenary firearms restraining order of up to one-year, but not less than 6 months (restores the 6 months provision). Repeals provisions that the firearms restraining order may be renewed for an additional period of up to one year. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 making it unlawful, beginning January 1, 2024, for any person within the State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge, with exemptions. Repeals provisions that make it unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with specified exemptions. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 that prohibit the manufacture, possession, sale, or offer to sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of parts that is designed to and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Freedom of Information Act that exempt from disclosure under the Act certain information concerning assault weapons endorsements received by the Illinois State Police. Effective immediately.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Requires each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to submit evidence to the Illinois State Police that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony, unless the applicant has been granted a certificate of relief from disabilities, in which case the applicant shall submit a certified copy of the certificate of relief along with his or her application. Defines the term "forceible felony". Allows the Illinois State Police to deny an application for or revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card if the person is or was convicted of a felony, unless the offense was not a forcible felony and the person has received a certificate of relief from disabilities. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person sentenced to imprisonment shall lose the right to use or knowingly possess any firearm. Provides that this right shall be eligible for restoration 5 years after the person has completed the person's sentence, including applicable periods of probation or parole, under a certificate issued by the court, with certain requirements.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who, in committing a domestic battery, other than by discharge of a firearm, knows the individual battered to be a person 60 years of age or older commits aggravated domestic battery.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that when a minor of the age of at least 13 years is adjudged delinquent for an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm in which the firearm was discharged in the commission of the offense, the court shall declare the minor a ward of the court and order the minor committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice until the minor's 21st birthday, without the possibility of aftercare release, furlough, or non-emergency authorized absence for a period of 5 years from the date the minor was committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, except that the time that a minor spent in custody for the instant offense before being committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be considered as time credited towards that 5-year period. Provides that upon release from a Department facility, a minor adjudged delinquent for an offense involving the illegal use or possession of a firearm in which the firearm was discharged in the commission of the offense shall be placed on aftercare release until the age of 21, unless sooner discharged from aftercare release or custodianship is otherwise terminated in accordance with the Act or as otherwise provided for by law.