Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation HB5705
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: 99th General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Rules Committee
Last Action Date: February 10, 2016
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Thomas Bennett;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 118)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2016 | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Bennett |
| House | Feb 10, 2016 | First Reading |
| House | Feb 10, 2016 | Referred to Rules Committee |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 10, 2016 | 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
