Proposed Illinois Firearm Legislation SB2886
Legislation Overview
Title: CRIM CD-IMITATION FIREARMS
Description: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Adds an Imitation Firearms Article to the Code. Prohibits the sale of an imitation firearm in the State and of a BB device that is an airsoft gun that expels a projectile, such as a BB or pellet, that is 6mm or 8mm caliber which does not meet certain criteria. Provides that the criteria includes, if the airsoft gun is configured as a handgun, a blaze orange ring on the barrel required by federal law, a trigger guard that has fluorescent coloration over the entire guard, and a 2 centimeter wide adhesive band around the circumference of the protruding pistol grip that has fluorescent coloration. Adds certain additional criteria if the airsoft gun is configured as a rifle or long gun. Provides that a person who sells an imitation firearm in the State is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person who sells a BB device that does not meet the criteria specified in the Imitation Firearms Article is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides exemptions. Defines "imitation firearm" as any BB device, toy gun, replica of a firearm, or other device that is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to perceive that the device is a firearm.
Session: 99th General Assembly
Last Action: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Last Action Date: May 31, 2016
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Ira Silverstein;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 59)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 31, 2016 | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| Senate | May 27, 2016 | Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016 |
| Senate | May 13, 2016 | Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 27, 2016 |
| Senate | Apr 22, 2016 | Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 13, 2016 |
| Senate | Apr 8, 2016 | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 22, 2016 |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2016 | To Subcommittee on Firearms (JU) |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2016 | Assigned to Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2016 | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2016 | Referred to Assignments |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2016 | First Reading |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 18, 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
