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Following in the not soon to be forgotten foot steps of former Senators Rooney and Nybo, several of Senator Rose's bills appear today as legislation we oppose. Adding to our already lengthy list are SB901 Criminal Law - Tech and SB902 Criminal Law - Tech, bills proposing to scare Illinois miscreants into compliance rather than enforcing the laws already on the books, while at the same time adding a multitude of special people who enjoy greater than equal protection under the law. These are the kinds of bills we normally expect to see originating in the Northern Suburbs, not Champaign.

In addition to these a bill we can at least be neutral on is SB899 Criminal Law - Tech. It, too, has been added below.

Another of Senator Rose's bills in our opposition list, SB2124 Sch Cd - Student Expulsion - Guns, saw action in the form of Senate Amendment 1 being adopted and the bill being moved to third reading. This bill is the Senator's effort to cause the expulsion of more students for possession of "gun-like" things rather than actual firearms.

Finally, on a positive note, Senator Weaver's SB929 Regulation - Tech appears in green - a bill we can and do support.


The House is scheduled for 10:00 AM today and the Senate Senate for 1:00 PM.



Next Days Scheduled

House: 4/11/2019
Senate: 4/11/2019


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Senate Calendar

 

Senate Supplemental Calendar 1

Senate Supplemental Calendar 2


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10:00 AM





Oppose


Sponsor: Willis


Status: Second Reading




Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a full set of his or her fingerprints in electronic format to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity verification, unless the applicant has previously provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Department under the Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card must be made in person with the Department of State Police. Provides that a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued under the Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 5 years (rather than 10 years) from the date of issuance. Provides that if the person whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card has been revoked fails to comply within 48 hours of receiving the revocation notice with the requirements of: (1) surrendering his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides; and (2) completing a Firearm Disposition Record on a form prescribed by the Department of State Police and place his or her firearms in the location or with the person reported in the Firearm Disposition Record, the sheriff or law enforcement agency where the person resides shall (rather than may) petition the circuit court to issue a warrant to search for and seize the Firearm Owner's Identification Card and firearms in the possession or under the custody or control of the person whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card has been revoked if the sheriff or local law enforcement agency believes there is probable cause to obtain such a warrant. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an applicant for renewal need not resubmit a full set of fingerprints if the applicant has previously done so under the Act or the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when he or she transfers ownership of a firearm to a person in violation of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. This offense is a Class 4 felony. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.








Support


Sponsor: Brislow, Severin, Bailey, Swanson, Meier, Miller, Bourne, McCombie, Reick, Costello, Bryant, Yednock, Windhorst, Chesney


Status: Second Reading


Synopsis As Introduced


Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may include in its curriculum a unit of instruction on hunting education that includes instruction on hunting safety. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of a unit of instruction on hunting education. Effective immediately.


House Amendment 2 - Approved for Consideration


Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may offer its students a course on hunting safety as part of its curriculum during the school day or as part of an after-school program. Provides that the State Board of Education may prepare and make available to school boards resources on hunting safety that may be used as guidelines for the development of the course. Effective July 1, 2019.



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1:00 PM



SB714 (Private Transfers Prohibited; Fingerprints Required for CCL)

Oppose

Sponsor: Morrison, Collins

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1 - Pending

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall either approve or deny all applications within 90 days (rather than 30 days) from the date they are received. Provides that the applicant may submit a full set of fingerprints to the Department in electronic format, which allows the applicant approval or denial of his or her application within 60 days from the date the application is received. Provides that a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 5 years (rather than 10 years) from the date of issuance. Provides that a person who receives a revocation notice under the Act and refuses to surrender his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides and complete a Firearm Disposition Record within 48 hours commits a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). Provides that upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall provide notice by mail and electronic mail with receipt verification of delivery when available to the person. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Requires a full set of fingerprints for a concealed carry license. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.





SB715 Revocation Enforcement Group Services Fund

Oppose

Sponsor: Cunningham

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1 - Pending

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who receives a revocation notice under the Act and refuses to surrender his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides and complete a Firearm Disposition Record within 48 hours commits a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). Provides that the Sheriff may convene Revocation Enforcement Groups to seize and recover the Firearm Owner's Identification Cards of revoked persons and to enforce compliance with the requirements of the Act. Provides that revocation Enforcement Groups may include, but shall not be limited to, representatives from the Department of State Police, county sheriff's office, local law enforcement agency wherein the revoked person resides, and a representative from the States Attorney's office from the county in which the revoked person resides. Creates the Revocation Enforcement Group Services Fund. Increases the fee for issuance of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card by $5, which shall be deposited into the Revocation Enforcement Group Services Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.





SB717 Safety - Tech

Oppose

Sponsor: Morrison

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1 - Pending

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides the Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of an individual upon certification by the Illinois Department of State Police, in a manner and form prescribed by the Illinois Secretary of State, that the person has failed to surrender a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card. Provides that the person's driver's license shall be suspended until the Secretary receives authenticated documentation from the Department of State Police that there has been sufficient compliance with the FOID card surrender requirements of the Firearm Owners Identification Act. Provides that the Secretary may reinstate the person's driver's license if notified by the Department of State Police that the person has complied with the FOID card surrender requirements of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.





SB899 Criminal Law - Tech

Neutral

Sponsor: Rose

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Firearms Restraining Order Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that arrest and dispositional information and various restraining and protective orders shall be immediately electronically transmitted to the law enforcement agency responsible for entering that information into the statewide Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for immediate entry of that information into LEADS.





SB901 Criminal Law - Tech

Oppose

Sponsor: Rose

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced sentencing for: (1) aggravated vehicular hijacking; (2) unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities; (3) aggravated discharge of a firearm; (4) being an armed habitual criminal; and (5) use of a stolen or illegally acquired firearm in the commission of an offense. Adds additional protected classes of persons for which the offense of aggravated discharge of a firearm applies. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.





SB902 Criminal Law - Tech

Oppose

Sponsor: Rose

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides for enhanced sentencing for unlawful sale or delivery of firearms to a felon to a Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 30 years (rather than a Class 3 felony). Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes.





SB929 Regulation - Tech

Support

Sponsor: Weaver

Status: Third Reading

Senate Amendment 1 - Pending

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that an emergency firearms restraining order and a 6-month firearms restraining order shall require the firearm or firearms and Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed carry license, if unexpired, to be returned to the respondent if the firearms restraining order is not granted within 7 days. Effective immediately.





SB1711 MHDD Cd - Clear & Present Danger

Neutral

Sponsor: Glowiak, Morrison, Murphy

Status: Third Reading

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Department of State Police shall annually compile and submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than May 31 of each calendar year on the number of persons reported as posing a clear and present danger to themselves or others by persons required to report that information to the Department of State Police under the Code. Provides that the report shall be based on information submitted by each county, municipality, public elementary or secondary school, private elementary or secondary school, or public or private community college, college, or university of the State without disclosing individual identifying information of the persons who pose the clear and present danger to themselves or others. Provides that if the person who poses the clear and present danger is reported by home address and the person attends a school, college, or university, then the compilation shall only include that individual once in the report for the total annual compilation.





SB2124 Sch Cd - Student Expulsion - Guns

Oppose

Sponsor: Rose

Status: Third Reading

Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the School Code. Adds pneumatic guns, spring guns, paint ball guns, and B-B guns that have specified features and that are brought to school, any school-sponsored activity or event, or any activity or event that bears a reasonable relationship to school to the list of objects for which a student shall be expelled for a period of not less than one year. Provides that expulsion for these types of guns may be modified by the superintendent and the superintendent's determination may be modified by the school board on a case-by-case basis. Effective immediately.

Senate Amendment 1 - Adopted

Provides that a student must be expelled for a period of not less than one year if he or she brings to school, a school-sponsored activity or event, or an activity or event that bears a reasonable relationship to school a pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun, irrespective of the type or size of projectile that can be fired or the gun's muzzle velocity (rather than if the gun expels a single globular projectile not exceeding 0.18 of an inch in diameter, has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second, or expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors).


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Following in the not soon to be forgotten foot steps of former Senators Rooney and Nybo, several of Senator Rose's bills appear today as legislation we oppose. Adding to our already lengthy list are SB901 Criminal Law - Tech and SB902 Criminal Law - Tech, bills proposing to scare Illinois miscreants into compliance rather than enforcing the laws already on the books, while at the same time adding a multitude of special people who enjoy greater than equal protection under the law. These are the kinds of bills we would expect to see originating in the Northern Suburbs, not Champaign.


In addition to these a bill we can at least be neutral on is SB899 Criminal Law - Tech. It, too, has been added below.


Another of Senator Rose's bills in our opposition list, SB2124 Sch Cd - Student Expulsion - Guns, saw action in the form of Senate Amendment 1 being adopted and the bill being moved to third reading. This bill is the Senator's effort to cause the expulsion of more students for possession of "gun-like" things rather than actual firearms.


Finally, on a positive note, Senator Weaver's SB929 Regulation - Tech appears in green - a bill we can and do support.



The House is scheduled for 10:00 AM today and the Senate Senate for 1:00 PM.




Next Days Scheduled


House: 4/11/2019

Senate: 4/11/2019


House Calendar


Senate Calendar

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Of all of these, the one that really confuses me is SB717. Where the some just come across as bullying those who have a FOID and others deal with those who have them revoked, SB717 is tying one thing to another that is completely unrelated. Having a FOID, or even being illegible for one has nothing to do with your eligibility to drive a motor vehicle.

 

I've said it before, my FOID was suspended in Nov simply because of a blip in my change of address when I moved to a neighboring town, it took me nearly 2 months to get it settled. We're talking about something as simple as moving to another town. Tying a person's ability to drive a vehicle to such a faulty and glitch prone system is insanity.

 

 

Concerning the rest...as in the fingerprinting, in person renewal/application, and reduction from 10 to 5 years...that's just flat out bullying. My FOID expires in 2021, I already dread the pain of renewing it with the current system as-is, it will be a nightmare if they get their way on these new bills.

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Of all of these, the one that really confuses me is SB717. Where the some just come across as bullying those who have a FOID and others deal with those who have them revoked, SB717 is tying one thing to another that is completely unrelated. Having a FOID, or even being illegible for one has nothing to do with your eligibility to drive a motor vehicle.

 

I've said it before, my FOID was suspended in Nov simply because of a blip in my change of address when I moved to a neighboring town, it took me nearly 2 months to get it settled. We're talking about something as simple as moving to another town. Tying a person's ability to drive a vehicle to such a faulty and glitch prone system is insanity.

 

 

Concerning the rest...as in the fingerprinting, in person renewal/application, and reduction from 10 to 5 years...that's just flat out bullying. My FOID expires in 2021, I already dread the pain of renewing it with the current system as-is, it will be a nightmare if they get their way on these new bills.

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Of all of these, the one that really confuses me is SB717. Where the some just come across as bullying those who have a FOID and others deal with those who have them revoked, SB717 is tying one thing to another that is completely unrelated. Having a FOID, or even being illegible for one has nothing to do with your eligibility to drive a motor vehicle.

 

I've said it before, my FOID was suspended in Nov simply because of a blip in my change of address when I moved to a neighboring town, it took me nearly 2 months to get it settled. We're talking about something as simple as moving to another town. Tying a person's ability to drive a vehicle to such a faulty and glitch prone system is insanity.

 

 

Concerning the rest...as in the fingerprinting, in person renewal/application, and reduction from 10 to 5 years...that's just flat out bullying. My FOID expires in 2021, I already dread the pain of renewing it with the current system as-is, it will be a nightmare if they get their way on these new bills.

 

I am sure that Willis would like nothing more than to have you arrested for driving on suspended, lose your job due to missing work and be evicted for not being able to pay rent for being out of work. All for having the audacity to ask the state for permission to exercise your constitutional rights.

 

The overreach and "bullying" shows their true intentions. Their actions will serve to accelerate their downfall, as these onerous restrictions only serve to further illustrate the unconstitutionality of the entire FOID system.

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Of all of these, the one that really confuses me is SB717. Where the some just come across as bullying those who have a FOID and others deal with those who have them revoked, SB717 is tying one thing to another that is completely unrelated. Having a FOID, or even being illegible for one has nothing to do with your eligibility to drive a motor vehicle.

 

I've said it before, my FOID was suspended in Nov simply because of a blip in my change of address when I moved to a neighboring town, it took me nearly 2 months to get it settled. We're talking about something as simple as moving to another town. Tying a person's ability to drive a vehicle to such a faulty and glitch prone system is insanity.

 

 

Concerning the rest...as in the fingerprinting, in person renewal/application, and reduction from 10 to 5 years...that's just flat out bullying. My FOID expires in 2021, I already dread the pain of renewing it with the current system as-is, it will be a nightmare if they get their way on these new bills.

 

I am sure that Willis would like nothing more than to have you arrested for driving on suspended, lose your job due to missing work and be evicted for not being able to pay rent for being out of work. All for having the audacity to ask the state for permission to exercise your constitutional rights.

 

The overreach and "bullying" shows their true intentions. Their actions will serve to accelerate their downfall, as these onerous restrictions only serve to further illustrate the unconstitutionality of the entire FOID system.

 

 

You might be right. This bill is onerous enough that it might be worth passing unopposed, in order to set-up 2A challenge to the whole system.

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Of all of these, the one that really confuses me is SB717. Where the some just come across as bullying those who have a FOID and others deal with those who have them revoked, SB717 is tying one thing to another that is completely unrelated. Having a FOID, or even being illegible for one has nothing to do with your eligibility to drive a motor vehicle.

 

I've said it before, my FOID was suspended in Nov simply because of a blip in my change of address when I moved to a neighboring town, it took me nearly 2 months to get it settled. We're talking about something as simple as moving to another town. Tying a person's ability to drive a vehicle to such a faulty and glitch prone system is insanity.

 

 

Concerning the rest...as in the fingerprinting, in person renewal/application, and reduction from 10 to 5 years...that's just flat out bullying. My FOID expires in 2021, I already dread the pain of renewing it with the current system as-is, it will be a nightmare if they get their way on these new bills.

 

I am sure that Willis would like nothing more than to have you arrested for driving on suspended, lose your job due to missing work and be evicted for not being able to pay rent for being out of work. All for having the audacity to ask the state for permission to exercise your constitutional rights.

 

The overreach and "bullying" shows their true intentions. Their actions will serve to accelerate their downfall, as these onerous restrictions only serve to further illustrate the unconstitutionality of the entire FOID system.

 

You might be right. This bill is onerous enough that it might be worth passing unopposed, in order to set-up 2A challenge to the whole system.

 

And how many years will that take???

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Adds additional protected classes of persons for which the offense of aggravated discharge of a firearm applies.

The amendment adds to a list of people whose lives and well being, by virtue of their age or location, are worth more than average peoples' lives and well being. Harming any of these special people will result in harsher sentencing than if a regular, not so special person is harmed.

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