92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB1338
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Senate Sponsors:
OBAMA.

Short description: 
CRIM CD-ASSAULT WEAPONS                                                    

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the  Criminal  Code  of  1961.   Creates  the  offense  of      
   unlawful  use  of  a  semiautomatic   assault weapon or large capacity      
   ammunition   feeding   device,   defined   as    knowingly    selling,      
   manufacturing,  purchasing,  possessing,  or  carrying a semiautomatic      
   assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding  device.  Provides      
   that  the  offense  is  a  Class  2 felony. Exempts peace officers and      
   members of the Armed Services or Reserved Forces of the United  States      
   and Illinois National Guard while in the performance of their official      
   duties   and   wardens,   superintendents,  and  keepers  of  prisons,      
   penitentiaries, jails  and  other  facilities  for  the  detention  of      
   persons   accused  or  convicted  of  an  offense.  Also  exempts  the      
   manufacture, transportation, or sale of these weapons  or  devices  to      
   those persons.                                                              
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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