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It appears the Senate has adjourned until tomorrow.

The way they are going SCOTUS will just be a ceremonial position like the British monarchy. Here I thought we had 4 branches of govt if you count agencies. Turns out we really only have 2 branches. The executive branch and the bureaucracy branch. Congress is the most worthless they have ever been and SCOTUS is the most nutless that they have ever been. Then again if you go back far enough SCOTUS let slavery, segregation, and even forced eugenics sterilizations stand so maybe infringing rights is just their jam.

The House is coming to order. 115 members are present.

The Senate is coming to order.

Wednesday 4/17/2024, a number of filings were made by both sides: 92 - REPLY by Plaintiffs Benjamin Schoenthal, Joseph Vesel, Douglas Winston, Mark Wroblewski to response in opposition to motion 86, memorandum in opposition to motion 84, motion for summary judgment 69 (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - 1 LAWS OF NEW YORK (Websters & Skinner 2d ed. 1807) (corrected), # 2 Exhibit B - JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA (Richmond, Thomas W. White 1828) (corrected), # 3 Exhibit C - Plaintiffs' F.R. Civ. P. 26 Initial Disclosures)(Sigale, David) (Entered: 04/17/2024) Main Document, Exhibit A - 1 LAWS OF NEW YORK (Websters & Skinner 2d ed. 1807) (corrected), Exhibit B - JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Exhibit C - Plaintiffs' F.R. Civ. P. 26 Initial Disclosures 93 - RULE 56 F.R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1)(A),(B); L.R. 56.1(c)(2) Statement by Benjamin Schoenthal, Joseph Vesel, Douglas Winston, Mark Wroblewski regarding motion for summary judgment 63 (Response To State Defendants' SJ Statement of Additional Material Facts) (Dkt. #83)) (Sigale, David) (Entered: 04/17/2024) Main Document 94 - REPLY by Rick Amato, Robert Berlin, Kwame Raoul, Eric Rinehart to MOTION by Defendants Rick Amato, Robert Berlin, Eric Rinehart, Kwame Raoul for summary judgment 63, response in opposition to motion,, 87 (Freilich Jones, Isaac) (Entered: 04/17/2024) Main Document 95 - REPLY by Defendant Kimberly M. Foxx to motion for summary judgment 67 in Support of Motion (Scheller, Jessica) (Entered: 04/17/2024) Main Document

Looking forward to seeing the photos for us stuck at work.

I hope there is a good showing for this VERY important effort!!

What is hurting them (in my opinion) is that they refuse to enforce the rulings they make. The lower courts just thumb their noses at them. The legislatures (state and federal) thumb their noses at them. Even biteme is doing it with the loan forgiveness. They need to grow a back bone and start backing their decisions with something besides a piece of worthless paper and makes them nothing but a joke

Part of me thinks they just don't care. After 90+ years of unconstitutional infringements as long as they still get paid 200K+ and still live in their gated communities away from the problems of the peasant class (who can't be trusted with these weapons of war because we know better after all) then they are in absolutely no hurry.

I agree. I have IL and FL cards. If nothing else, it shows you made the effort to be within the laws.

Yah -- I can't wait to try to explain to a non-Illinois cop (or even any officer) why my current CCL has expired but the FOID CCW symbol makes it all okay. ps: always carry your UT, FL et al backup -- which, of course, IL doesn't honor.

OR just tell them: shall not infringe.

When the calendar comes up, go to the upper left corner and click on the year 2024. This will populate a screen that allows to roll back to your year of birth. Then scroll to your month and click on the day you want.

on the E card... anyone have a problem putting in your birthdate to sign in on an android? it brings up a calendar with todays date and the only way that I can get to my birthdate is to tap back 12X63 times. Cannot type in a date - 763 taps to get back to my birthdate is silly

... Follow-up: It just took a while, I guess.

Even though I post the ILGA threads the night before, I always speak as if it's already the day in question - 4/18/2024 in this case. So when I say "Yesterday in the House...", those amendments were actually adopted today, 4/17/2024, but that will be yesterday from the Illinois General Assembly 4/18/2024 point of view. So IGOLD is today, from what will be tomorrow's perspective.

Uh, this was posted on the 17th. IGOLD is the 18th - tomorrow, Thursday.

House Committee(s) House Judiciary - Criminal Committee - 9:00 AM Room D-1 HB1881 Criminal Law - Tech – Neutral House Amendment 1 to HB1881 – Neutral

House Calendar 12: Noon HB1053 Habitual Criminal - Repeal Neutral House Sponsor: Mayfield Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the armed habitual criminal statute. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Repeals the general recidivism and habitual criminal provisions of the Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person convicted before the repeal of the armed habitual criminal statute and the general recidivism and habitual criminal provisions of the Code shall not be eligible for consideration of conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release if any of his or her convictions under those statutes was first degree murder, second degree murder, or any sex offense under the Sex Offenses Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Amends the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to make conforming changes. HA1 to HB1053 - Adopted Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the armed habitual criminal statute. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Repeals the general recidivism and habitual criminal provisions of the Code. HA2 to HB1053 - Not Yet Filed HB1224 Illiana Tsk Force - Firearm Violence Neutral House Sponsor: Jones Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Illiana Task Force Act. Creates the Illiana Task Force, consisting of 24 police officers, appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall select a chairperson. Provides that members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for their service on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from appropriations made by the General Assembly for that purpose. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least once monthly to study ways to reduce violence in local communities caused by the illegal use of firearms and to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on suggested legislative solutions to this problem. Provides that the Task Force shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year and a final report 5 years after the creation of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be dissolved 6 years after its creation. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2030. Effective immediately. HB1675 State Government - Tech Support HA 1 House Sponsor: Cabello Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title House Amendment 1 to HB1675 - Pending Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides that a member of the Illinois State Police may not discipline or retaliate in any way against a State Police officer for exercising the officer's duty to intervene, for reporting unconstitutional or unlawful conduct, or for failing to follow what the officer reasonably believes is an unconstitutional or unlawful directive or is a directive against Illinois State Police policies. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board has the power and duty to adopt rules that a law enforcement agency must follow prohibiting a member of the law enforcement agency from disciplining or retaliating in any way against a law enforcement officer for exercising the officer's duty to intervene, for reporting unconstitutional or unlawful conduct, or for failing to follow what the officer reasonably believes is an unconstitutional or unlawful directive or is a directive against the law enforcement agency's policies. HB1881 Criminal Law - Tech Neutral House Sponsor: Tipsword Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Amendment 1 to HB1881 - Pending Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that that the provisions concerning the unlawful use of weapons as those provisions pertain to firearms do not apply to or affect the carrying or possession of firearms by a qualified current or retired law enforcement officer qualified under the laws of the State or under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act in any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, in residential property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the real property comprising any public park, on the real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or residential property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development. HB4500 Unlawful Possession Weapons Neutral House Sponsor: Buckner, Cassidy, Avelar, Hernandez (Norma), Mayfield, Morris, Ammons, Jiménez Status: Third Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the names of the offenses of unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, being an armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of firearm projectiles, and unlawful use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone to unlawful possession of weapons, unlawful possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, persistent unlawful possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of firearm projectiles, and unlawful possession of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone. Provides that if any person before the effective date of the amendatory Act has been arrested, charged, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, being an armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of firearm projectiles, or unlawful use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone, the changes of the names and the defendants to unlawful possession of weapons, unlawful possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, persistent unlawful possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of firearm projectiles, and unlawful possession of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone, shall retroactively be made in any criminal background records maintained by the Illinois State Police, law enforcement agencies, clerks of the circuit court, and any other State agencies providing criminal background information to the public under specified timelines. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2025. House Amendement 1 to HB4500 - Adopted In the amendatory changes to the Criminal Code of 2012, deletes provision that that if any person before the effective date of the amendatory Act has been arrested, charged, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for various weapons offenses the name changes to those offenses made by the amendatory Act shall retroactively be made in any criminal background records maintained by the Illinois State Police, law enforcement agencies, clerks of the circuit court, and any other State agencies providing criminal background information to the public under specified timelines. HB4770 Cd Corr - Agg Factors - Sentence Support House Sponsor: Guzzardi Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions listing factors that shall be accorded weight in favor of imposing a term of imprisonment or may be considered by the court as reasons to impose a more severe sentence under specified provisions of the Code, deletes as a factor that the sentence is necessary to deter others from committing the same crime. HB5495 ISP - Various Under Review House Sponsor: Crespo, Frese, Kelly, Cabello, Guerrero-Cuellar, Yednock, Ford Status: Second Reading Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. Removes provisions about the State Police Asset Forfeiture Section. Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund to the State Police Firearm Enforcement Fund (and makes conforming changes within the Act, the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act). Provides that the balance remaining in the State Police Training and Academy Fund shall be transferred to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund, and dissolves the State Police Training and Academy Fund (amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act and the Illinois Insurance Code to make conforming changes). Makes changes concerning the uses of the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund. Amends the School Code. Includes provisions relating to reporting of verified incidents involving a firearm or drugs to the State Board of Education, the State Board of Education reporting data by school district on its website, and local law enforcement reporting specified data from the previous year to the Illinois State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Makes changes regarding applying for licensure and Fingerprinting. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. In provisions concerning non-judicial forfeiture, provides that the director or the director's designee (instead of just the director) shall dispose of property forfeited in accordance with law. Amends the Arsonist Registration Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Arsonist Registry Act. Eliminates registration of arsonists (makes conforming changes in the Criminal Identification Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Code of Civil Procedure). Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide Arsonist Database for the purpose of identifying arsonists and making that information available to law enforcement and the general public. Contains requirements for operation of the Database. Effective July 1, 2024. House Amendment 1 to HB5495 - Adopted Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall cooperate and liaise with all federal law enforcement and other partners on criminal investigations, intelligence, information sharing, and national security planning and response. Provides that the Division of Forensic Services shall examine digital evidence. In provisions relating to the Illinois Forensic Science Commission, changes references to forensic laboratory to ISO 17025 accredited forensic laboratory. Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police Academy shall maintain and store training records for Illinois State Police officers. Amends the Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police shall make the results obtained in the enforcement of this Act available on the Illinois State Police website and may make such other information and recommendations to the Governor annually as the Director deems proper (rather than report the results obtained in the enforcement of the Act, in an annual report to the Governor, together with such other information and recommendations as the Director deems proper). In the State Finance Act: repeals provisions creating the State Police Training and Academy Fund on July 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2025); in provisions relating to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund, provides that the primary purpose of the Fund shall be to finance State Police cadet classes (rather than to finance State Police cadet classes in May and October of every year); and changes the date remaining moneys shall be transferred from the State Police Training and Academy Fund to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025, and repeals the provisions relating to the State Police Training and Academy Fund on January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2025). In the Arsonist Registration Act, provides that the Statewide Arsonist Database shall contain information relating to each arsonist for a period of 10 years after conviction for an arson offense and the Illinois State Police must have the Statewide Arsonist Database created and ready to comply with the requirements of the provisions no later than July 1, 2025. In various Acts, adds references to the Arsonist Registry Act where references to the Arsonist Registration Act are stricken. Effective July 1, 2024. House Amendment 2 to HB5495 - Adopted In the Arsonist Registration Act, repeals provisions relating to discharge of an arsonist from a penal institution (rather than changing the provisions to require the forwarding of specified conviction information to the Illinois State Police by a circuit clerk or the Director of Corrections).

Today is IGOLD! Yesterday in the House, House Amendment 1 and House Amendment 2 were adopted on HB5495 ISP - Various, and the bill was approved for consideration. It appears below at second reading. The House and the Senate are scheduled for 12:00 Noon. Next Days Scheduled House: 4/19/2024 Senate: 4/19/2024 House Calendar Senate Calendar

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I just renewed my CCL this past March and was told on their website to continue to carry my old CCL, which the expiration date is 4/22/2024 even though my new expiration date is 5 years from then. They said that the ISP was not going to send any new updated cards. What could possibly go wrong with this policy?

This. Frankly I think our side should ask SCOTUS to send the lower courts an instructional flow chart as to how to apply Heller and Bruen.

I had one like yours, received a replacement, but don't remember when.

Have any forum members received replacement cards?