101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5664
 
Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



430 ILCS 67/5

 Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that the defined term "petitioner" includes a respondent's employer, coworker, or an employee or teacher of a specified school that a respondent has attended in the previous 6 months.



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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 Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended by 
5changing Section 5 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 67/5)

7 Sec. 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act:
8 "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent, 
9child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person 
10related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a 
11person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent.
12 "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the 
13court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in 
14his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or 
15receiving any firearms.

16 "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person 
17with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in 
18common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a 
19dating or engagement relationship.
20 "Petitioner" means:
21  (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in 
22 this Act; or

23  (2) a law enforcement officer
who files a petition 
 
 
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1 alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing 
2 personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having 
3 in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, 
4 or receiving a firearm; .
5  (3) an employer of the respondent;
6  (4) a coworker of the respondent, if the coworker has 
7 had substantial and regular interactions with the 
8 respondent for at least one year and has obtained the 
9 approval of the employer; or
10  (5) an employee or teacher of a secondary or 
11 postsecondary school that the respondent has attended in 
12 the previous 6 months, if the employee or teacher has 
13 obtained the approval of a school administrator or a school 
14 administration staff member with a supervisory role. 
15 "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to 
16pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, 
17or another by having in his or her custody or control, 
18purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.

19(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)