Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
Filed: 1/12/2022
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2769




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2769, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:


5 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
6Microstamping Funding Program Act.

7 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly 
8finds that:
9 Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm 
10homicides and 21% of firearm
assaults when the victim was 
11Black or Hispanic.
Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving 
12tool that can help law enforcement quickly
solve gun crimes.

13Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool, 
14and can greatly enhance
traditional ballistics analysis and 
15the current National Integrated Ballistics Information
Network 
16(NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent 
 
 
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1cartridge case and a
firearm.
2 The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing 
3microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help 
4law
enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting 
5negative interactions with law
enforcement, especially in 
6minority communities.
While this crime-solving technology 
7exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced

8microstamp-ready firearms.

9 It behooves the State to install a program in partnership 
10with law enforcement to bring
microstamp-ready firearms into 
11use in Illinois.

12 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
13 "CGIC" means the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
14 "Microstamp-ready" means that the firearm is capable of 
15producing a unique
alphanumeric or geometric code on at least 
16one location on each expended cartridge
case that can be used 
17to identify the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
18 "Microstamping component or mechanism" means a component 
19or mechanism of a firearm or an insertable component or 
20mechanism designed and intended
to produce a unique 
21alphanumeric or geometric code on an expended cartridge that

22identifies the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
23 "NIBIN" means the National Integrated Ballistics 
24Information Network.

 
 
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1 Section 15. Grants for microstamp-ready firearms or 
2insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both. 
3 (a) There is created in the State treasury the 
4Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the 
5Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the 
6purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to 
7purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable 
8microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in 
9firearms, or both, for their officers. 
10 (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall 
11transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready 
12Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for 
13microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. The program shall 
14award:
15  (1) Replenishment grants: grants between $35,000 and 
16 $50,000, for the
replenishment of new microstamp-ready 
17 firearms or insertable microstamping components or 
18 mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers. 
19 One of these grants shall be for
a State law enforcement 
20 agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law

21 enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population 
22 between 50,000 and
200,000 that purchase firearms for 
23 their officers through a quartermaster
system, in which 
24 the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase, 
25 inventory,
and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to 
26 officers.
 
 
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1  (2) New officer grants: grants between $5,000 to 
2 $20,000 to law enforcement
agencies of municipalities with 
3 a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to
assist with the 
4 purchase of firearms by new officers.
5 (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits State or municipal law 
6enforcement agencies from purchasing or replenishing 
7microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping 
8components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement 
9officers from funding sources independent of the provisions of 
10this Act.

11 Section 20. Administration and restrictions. The grant 
12program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice 
13Information Authority and the grant funds shall only be used 
14for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping 
15components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms 
16by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients.

17 Section 25. Education and training. Education and training 
18associated with microstamp-ready firearms, and integration 
19with
the NIBIN and CGIC centers in Illinois shall be included 
20in the program.


21 Section 30. Grant application and participation. The 
22Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall 
23establish the objectives and provide direction for the 
 
 
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1program's grant application process, by which qualified law 
2enforcement agencies can apply to receive funds for 
3microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping 
4components or mechanisms, or both, for use by their officers. 
5Law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program 
6must have their officers using the microstamp-ready firearms 
7or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, 
8as soon as they are delivered. The Illinois Criminal Justice 
9Information Authority must establish the grant program and 
10post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September 
111, 2022.
12 All grants under this program must be awarded by June 30, 
132023.
14 Law enforcement agencies that have been awarded funds must 
15use the funds within one year of receipt or the funds shall be 
16returned to the State treasury to be deposited into the 
17General Revenue Fund.
Funds are only to be used for the 
18purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or insertable 
19microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in 
20firearms.

21 Section 35. Data collection. The Illinois Criminal Justice 
22Information Authority shall collect data from each grant 
23recipient, including but not
limited to:
the number of 
24microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping 
25components or mechanisms, or both, purchased,
manufacturer,

 
 
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1number of officers using the microstamp-ready firearms, and

2the number of microstamp-ready firearms that are discharged in 
3the first year of use.



4 Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is 
5amended by adding Section 5-45.21 as follows:

6 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new)
7 Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Criminal 
8Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious 
9and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program 
10Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding 
11Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by 
12the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The 
13adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and 
14this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public 
15interest, safety, and welfare.
16 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date 
17of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

18 Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
19Section 5.970 as follows:

20 (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
21 Sec. 5.970. The Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund.

 
 
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.".