102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2740
 
Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Michelle Mussman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
430 ILCS 68/5-20

     Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that packaging of any firearm and any descriptive materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred by a certified licensee shall bear a label containing a specified warning statement. Contains requirements for the warning statement. Requires certified licensees to post conspicuously within the licensed premises an additional notice regarding suicide.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Dealer License Certification  Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 68/5-20)

7    Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements. 
8    (a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a 
9buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card 
10whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place.  The photo 
11copy shall be attached to the documentation detailing the 
12record of sale.
13    (b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous 
14position on the premises where the licensee conducts business 
15a sign that contains the following warning in block letters 
16not less than one inch in height:
17        "With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners 
18    Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:
19            (A)  store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place 
20        where a child can obtain access to it;

21            (B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else 
22        without receiving approval for the transfer from the 
23        Department of State Police, or
 
 
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1            (C) fail to report the loss or theft of your 
2        firearm to local law enforcement within 72 hours.".
3This sign shall be created by the Department and made 
4available for printing or downloading from the Department's 
5website.
6    (c) No retail location established after the effective 
7date of this Act shall be located within 500 feet of any 
8school, pre-school, or day care facility in existence at its 
9location before the retail location is established as measured 
10from the nearest corner of the building holding the retail 
11location to the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care 
12facility building nearest the retail location at the time the 
13retail location seeks licensure.
14    (d) The packaging of any firearm and any descriptive 
15materials that accompany any firearm sold or transferred in 
16this State, or delivered for sale in this State, by a certified 
17licensee shall bear a label containing the following warning 
18statement: 

 
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"WARNING  

 
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Firearms must be handled responsibly and securely stored to 
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prevent access by children and other unauthorized users. 
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Illinois has strict laws pertaining to firearms, and you may 
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be fined or imprisoned if you fail to comply with them.  
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Prevent child access by always keeping guns locked away and 
 
 
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unloaded when not in use. If you keep a loaded firearm where a 
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child obtains and improperly uses it, you may be fined or sent 
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to jail.  
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If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please 
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call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 
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1-800-273-TALK (8255)."  

 
7    A yellow triangle containing an exclamation mark shall 
8appear immediately before the word "Warning" on the label.
9    If the firearm is sold or transferred without accompanying 
10packaging, the warning label or notice shall be affixed to the 
11firearm itself by a method to be prescribed by the Illinois 
12State Police.
13    The warning statement required under this subsection shall 
14satisfy both of the following requirements:
15        (1) It shall be displayed in its entirety on the 
16    principal display panel of the firearm's package, and on 
17    any descriptive materials that accompany the firearm.
18        (2) It shall be displayed in both English and Spanish, 
19    in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, 
20    layout, or color with other printed matter on that package 
21    or descriptive materials, in a manner consistent with 16 
22    CFR 1500.121, or successor regulations thereto.
23    (e) A certified licensee shall post conspicuously within 
24the licensed premises, in block letters not less than one inch 
25in height, an additional notice, including, but not limited 
 
 
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1to, a notice provided by a suicide prevention program, 
2containing the following statement: 
 
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"IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, PLEASE 
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CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT 
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1-800-273-TALK (8255)."  
6(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)