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Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB0307

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Legislation Overview

Title: CORRECTIONS OFF-CARRY FIREARM

Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts from a violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes concerning the carrying of firearms, the carrying or possessing of firearms by wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, whether or not the firearms are carried while in the performance of their official duty or whether or not they are commuting between their homes and places of employment (currently, if the corrections officer is not a holder of a concealed carry license, he or she may carry a firearm outside his or her land or outside his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or outside the land or outside the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, only while in the performance of his or her official duty, or while commuting between his or her home and place of employment).

Session: 100th General Assembly

Last Action: To Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcommittee

Last Action Date: February 16, 2017

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Thomas Bennett (R); Daniel Beiser (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 118)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 16, 2017 To Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcommittee
House Feb 16, 2017 Tabled
House Feb 16, 2017 Motion Prevailed
House Feb 10, 2017 Motion Filed - Table Bill/Resolution Pursuant to Rule 60(b), Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
House Feb 3, 2017 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
House Jan 25, 2017 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
House Jan 11, 2017 Referred to Rules Committee
House Jan 11, 2017 First Reading
House Jan 10, 2017 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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