Bill Status of SB 546   94th General Assembly

Short Description:  FIREARM SELLERS BACKGROUND CK

Senate Sponsors
Sen. John J. Cullerton-Terry Link and Martin A. Sandoval-Jacqueline Y. Collins-Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/14/2005SenateThird Reading - Lost; 026-029-000

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
430 ILCS 65/3.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person, who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer, 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: (1) request the Department of State Police to conduct a background check on the transferor and the prospective transferee of a firearm; (2) provide certain information to the Department; and (3) receive an approval from the Department that, after a background check was conducted, nothing in the records accessed by the Department prohibits, based on State or federal law, the purchaser from purchasing or possessing a firearm. Provides that the Department of State Police may collect a fee to conduct the background check not to exceed $2. Provides that failure to comply with these requirements is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that failure to comply with these requirements is a Class 2 felony if the person has 2 or more previous convictions for these violations.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Adds reference to:
430 ILCS 65/3.1from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1

Further amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that upon receiving a request from a law enforcement agency regarding records maintained within its Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program, the Department of State Police shall require in writing, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the requesting agency name; (ii) the agency case or control number; (iii) the reason for the request; (iv) the requestor's name and identification number; (v) the contact information for the requestor; (vi) the requestor's signature and the date of the request; (vii) the name and identification number of the supervisor approving the request; (viii) whether the request is for information pertaining to a current Firearm Owner's Identification Card or to all Firearm Owner's Identification Cards that have been issued to an individual; (ix) a return fax number; and (x) the Firearm Owner's Identification Card information relating to the individual for whom an inquiry has been made. Changes the definition of "gun show".

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/17/2005SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  2/17/2005SenateFirst Reading
  2/17/2005SenateReferred to Rules
  2/23/2005SenateAssigned to Judiciary
  3/2/2005SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/9/2005SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/15/2005SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
  3/16/2005SenateDo Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
  3/16/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
  3/16/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  3/16/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
  3/29/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  3/29/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
  3/30/2005SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
  4/6/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  4/6/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  4/7/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
  4/7/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
  4/11/2005SenateSecond Reading
  4/11/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
  4/12/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary
  4/12/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-002-001
  4/14/2005SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  4/14/2005SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
  4/14/2005SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  4/14/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton
  4/14/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  4/14/2005SenateThird Reading - Lost; 026-029-000
  4/14/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

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