Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 56

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that person is on the grounds of a gun show must, prior to the sale or transfer of the firearm, request the Department of State Police to conduct a background check on the prospective recipient of the firearm. 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 number to the transfer; (2) provide the licensee, gun show promoter, or gun show vendor 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 the Department of State Police may not retain, copy, or distribute any such information previously collected. Provides that if the transfer of a firearm is denied by the Department of State Police, the Department 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. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the waiting period for obtaining a firearm after its purchase does not apply to the sale of a firearm at a gun show. Effective immediately.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with the following exceptions: (1) changes the definition of "gun show"; (2) 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; (3) 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; (4) eliminates provision that the waiting period for withholding delivery of a firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the sale of a firearm at a gun show; and (5) provides 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	Senate	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
1/26/2005	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Peter J. Roskam
1/26/2005	Senate	First Reading
1/26/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/3/2005	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2/16/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2/24/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
3/2/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
3/9/2005	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
3/10/2005	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward Petka
3/11/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Peter J. Roskam
3/11/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
3/15/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
3/15/2005	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/16/2005	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-004-000
3/16/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
4/6/2005	Senate	Second Reading
4/6/2005	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
5/10/2005	Senate	Motion Filed Sen. Louis S. Viverito; , Cullerton, Hendon, Petka and Roskam, Motion to Re-refer, pursuant to Senate Rule 3-7. Re-referred to the Senate Rules Committee.
5/10/2005	Senate	Motion Prevailed
5/10/2005	Senate	Re-referred to Rules
1/9/2007	Senate	Session Sine Die

	Deletes reference to:
	720 ILCS 5/24-3

	Adds reference to:
	430 ILCS 65/5	from Ch. 38, par. 83-5