101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4108
 
Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



    
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the age in which a person may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental or legal guardian consent from 21 years of age to 18 years of age. Provides that an applicant who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement must furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029. 



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning safety.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:



6 (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)


7 Sec. 4. Application for Firearm Owner's Identification 
8Cards. 
9 (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
10Card must: 

11  (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and 
12 furnished at convenient
locations throughout the State by 
13 the Department of State Police, or by
electronic means, if 
14 and when made available by the Department of State
Police; 
15 and

16  (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police 
17 that:

18   (i) This subparagraph (i) applies through the 
19 180th day following the effective date of this 
20 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. He or she 
21 is 18 21 years of age or over, or if he or she is under 
22 18 21
years of age that he or she has the written 
23 consent of his or her parent or
legal guardian to 
 
 
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1 possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition 
2 and that, if he or she is under 21 years of age,
he or 
3 she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other 
4 than a traffic
offense or adjudged
delinquent, 
5 provided, however, that, if the applicant is under 18 
6 years of age, the such parent or legal guardian is not 
7 an
individual prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's 
8 Identification Card and
files an affidavit with the 
9 Department as prescribed by the Department
stating 
10 that he or she is not an individual prohibited from 
11 having a Card;
12   (i-5) This subparagraph (i-5) applies on and after 
13 the 181st day following the effective date of this 
14 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. He or she 
15 is 21 years of age or over, or if he or she is under 21

16 years of age that he or she has never been convicted of 
17 a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged 
18 delinquent and is an active duty member of the United 
19 States Armed Forces or has the written consent of his 
20 or her parent or
legal guardian to possess and acquire 
21 firearms and firearm ammunition, provided, however, 
22 that such parent or legal guardian is not an
individual 
23 prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's 
24 Identification Card and
files an affidavit with the 
25 Department as prescribed by the Department
stating 
26 that he or she is not an individual prohibited from 
 
 
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1 having a Card or the active duty member of the United 
2 States Armed Forces under 21 years of age annually 
3 submits proof to the Department of State Police, in a 
4 manner prescribed by the Department; 

5   (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony 
6 under the laws of
this or any other jurisdiction;

7   (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;

8   (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental 
9 health facility within
the past 5 years or, if he or 
10 she has been a patient in a mental health facility more 
11 than 5 years ago submit the certification required 
12 under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;

13   (v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual 
14 disability;

15   (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully 
16 present in the
United States under the laws of the 
17 United States;

18   (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order 
19 of protection
prohibiting him or her from possessing a 
20 firearm;

21   (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the 
22 past 5 years of
battery, assault, aggravated assault, 
23 violation of an order of
protection, or a substantially 
24 similar offense in another jurisdiction, in
which a 
25 firearm was used or possessed;

26   (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic 
 
 
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1 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a

2 substantially similar offense in another
jurisdiction 
3 committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the 
4 effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant 
5 knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an 
6 offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury, 
7 and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a 
8 conviction for an offense in which a domestic 
9 relationship is not a required element of the offense 
10 but in which a determination of the applicability of 18 
11 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the 
12 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the 
13 court of a judgment of conviction for that offense 
14 shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm 
15 Owner's Identification Card under this Section;

16   (x) (Blank);

17   (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been 
18 admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant 
19 visa (as that term is defined in Section
101(a)(26) of 
20 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
21 1101(a)(26))),
or that he or she is an alien who has 
22 been lawfully admitted to the United
States under a 
23 non-immigrant visa if that alien is:

24    (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
25 hunting or sporting
purposes;

26    (2) an official representative of a foreign 
 
 
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1 government who is:

2     (A) accredited to the United States 
3 Government or the Government's
mission to an 
4 international organization having its 
5 headquarters in the United
States; or

6     (B) en route to or from another country to 
7 which that alien is
accredited;

8    (3) an official of a foreign government or 
9 distinguished foreign
visitor who has been so 
10 designated by the Department of State;

11    (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a 
12 friendly foreign
government entering the United 
13 States on official business; or

14    (5) one who has received a waiver from the 
15 Attorney General of the
United States pursuant to 
16 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);

17   (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a 
18 petition filed
under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile 
19 Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
minor is a 
20 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that 
21 if
committed by an adult would be a felony;

22   (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been 
23 adjudicated a delinquent
minor under the Juvenile 
24 Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense
that 
25 if committed by an adult would be a felony;

26   (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of 
 
 
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1 Illinois; 
2   (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person 
3 with a mental disability; 
4   (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily admitted 
5 into a mental health facility; and 
6   (xvii) He or she is not a person with a 
7 developmental disability; and 
8  (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police, 
9 sign a release on a
form prescribed by the Department of 
10 State Police waiving any right to
confidentiality and 
11 requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police

12 of limited mental health institution admission information 
13 from another state,
the District of Columbia, any other 
14 territory of the United States, or a
foreign nation 
15 concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of 
16 determining
whether the applicant is or was a patient in a 
17 mental health institution and
disqualified because of that 
18 status from receiving a Firearm Owner's
Identification 
19 Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be

20 requested. The information received shall be destroyed 
21 within one year of
receipt.

22 (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
23Card who is over
the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department 
24of State Police either his or
her Illinois driver's license 
25number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as

26provided in subsection (a-10).

 
 
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1 (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
2Card,
who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed 
3security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military

4permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois 
5resident, shall furnish to
the Department of State Police his 
6or her driver's license number or state
identification card 
7number from his or her state of residence. The Department
of 
8State Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this

9subsection (a-10).

10 (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's 
11Identification Card moves from the residence address named in 
12the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form 
13and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that 
14change of address.
15 (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
16Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her 
17photograph. An applicant who is 18 21 years of age or older 
18seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement 
19must furnish with the application an approved copy of United 
20States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 
214029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of age 
22seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement 
23shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner prescribed by 
24the Department with his or her application. 
25 (b) Each application form shall include the following 
26statement printed in
bold type: "Warning: Entering false 
 
 
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1information on an application for a Firearm
Owner's 
2Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in 
3accordance
with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm 
4Owners Identification Card
Act.".

5 (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4, 
6paragraph (a)(2)(i),
the parent or legal guardian giving the 
7consent shall be liable for any
damages resulting from the 
8applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.

9(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)




10 (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)

11 Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department 
12of State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to 
13revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card 
14previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds 
15that the
applicant or the person to whom such card was issued 
16is or was at the time
of issuance:

17  (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been 
18 convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or 
19 adjudged delinquent;

20  (b) This subsection (b) applies through the 180th day 
21 following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
22 101st General Assembly. A person under 18 21 years of age 
23 who does not have the written consent
of his parent or 
24 guardian to acquire and possess firearms and firearm

25 ammunition, or whose parent or guardian has revoked such 
 
 
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1 written consent,
or where such parent or guardian does not 
2 qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card;
3  (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the 
4 181st day following the effective date of this amendatory 
5 Act of the 101st General Assembly. A person under 21 years 
6 of age who is not an active duty member of the United 
7 States Armed Forces and does not have the written consent

8 of his or her parent or guardian to acquire and possess 
9 firearms and firearm
ammunition, or whose parent or 
10 guardian has revoked such written consent,
or where such 
11 parent or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm 
12 Owner's
Identification Card; 

13  (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of 
14 this or any other
jurisdiction;

15  (d) A person addicted to narcotics;

16  (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health 
17 facility within the
past 5 years or a person who has been a 
18 patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago 
19 who has not received the certification required under 
20 subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement 
21 officer employed by a unit of government who is denied, 
22 revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification 
23 Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as 
24 described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if 
25 the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the 
26 officer, another person, or the public as determined by the 
 
 
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1 treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the 
2 officer seeks mental health treatment;

3  (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature 
4 that it poses
a clear and present danger to the applicant, 
5 any other person or persons or
the community;

6  (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;

7  (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement 
8 in the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card application;

9  (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in
the United 
10 States under the laws of the United States;

11  (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United 
12 States under a
non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined 
13 in Section 101(a)(26) of the
Immigration and Nationality 
14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this
subsection 
15 (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully 
16 admitted to
the United States under a non-immigrant visa if 
17 that alien is:

18   (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
19 hunting or sporting purposes;

20   (2) an official representative of a foreign 
21 government who is:

22    (A) accredited to the United States Government 
23 or the Government's
mission to an international 
24 organization having its headquarters in the United

25 States; or

26    (B) en route to or from another country to 
 
 
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1 which that alien is
accredited;

2   (3) an official of a foreign government or 
3 distinguished foreign visitor
who has been so 
4 designated by the Department of State;

5   (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly 
6 foreign government
entering the United States on 
7 official business; or

8   (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney 
9 General of the United
States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
10 922(y)(3);

11  (j) (Blank);

12  (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 
13 years of battery,
assault, aggravated assault, violation 
14 of an order of protection, or a
substantially similar 
15 offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was

16 used or possessed;

17  (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic 
18 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially

19 similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before, 
20 on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public 
21 Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been 
22 previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
23 under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right 
24 to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by 
25 a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a 
26 conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship 
 
 
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1 is not a required element of the offense but in which a 
2 determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) 
3 is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal 
4 Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of 
5 conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an 
6 application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm 
7 Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the 
8 person under this Act;

9  (m) (Blank);

10  (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or 
11 possessing
firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois 
12 State statute or by federal
law;

13  (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 
14 5-520 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the 
15 minor is a delinquent minor for
the commission of an 
16 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;


17  (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent 
18 minor under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 for the 
19 commission of an offense that if committed by an
adult 
20 would be a felony;

21  (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of 
22 Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of 
23 Section 4; 
24  (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with 
25 a mental disability; 
26  (s) A person who has been found to have a developmental 
 
 
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1 disability; 
2  (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental 
3 health facility; or 
4  (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's 
5 Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e) 
6 of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of subsection 
7 (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she was a 
8 patient in a mental health facility as provided in 
9 subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to 
10 obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the 
11 5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a 
12 mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical 
13 psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are 
14 defined in the Mental Health and Developmental 
15 Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he 
16 or she is not a clear and present danger to himself, 
17 herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist, 
18 or qualified examiner making the certification and his or 
19 her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or 
20 professionally liable for making or not making the 
21 certification required under this subsection, except for 
22 willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not 
23 apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been 
24 restored through administrative or judicial action under 
25 Section 10 or 11 of this Act. 
26 Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's 
 
 
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1Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall 
2provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with 
3Section 9.5 of this Act. 
4(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)