Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4700

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each applicant for the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a full set of his or her fingerprints in electronic format to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity verification, unless the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under this Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the fingerprints must be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or a criminal justice agency authorized by the Department to submit fingerprints under the Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that these fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases, including all available state and local criminal history record information files, including records of juvenile adjudications. Provides that the Department shall charge applicants a fee for conducting the criminal history record check, which shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the State and national criminal history record check. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an applicant for renewal need not resubmit a full set of his or her fingerprints if the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under the Act or the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes conforming changes.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2018	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2/13/2018	House	First Reading
2/13/2018	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die