Illinois General Assembly 5/24/2019

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In the House yesterday, newly minted gun control Legislators Rose and Caulkins passed SB2124 Sch Cd - Student Expulsion - (Non)-Guns out of the House and, previously, the Senate. Their Childrens' Mandatory Minimum Sentencing bill will now be sent the Governor.

Also in the Senate, HR398 Restrict Lead Shotshells was released from committee and now appears on the floor calendar.

Finally, the House Rules Committee recommended adoption of House Amendment 2 on SB1139.


The House is scheduled for 10:00 AM and the Senate Senate for 9:00 AM.



I will be away for some appointments today. Please help us keep up to date on floor activity if you can, by posting events here.



Next Days Scheduled

House: 5/25/2019 5/26/2019
Senate: 5/27/2019


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House Calendar

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SB1139 Crim Cd - Eavesdrop Extension

 

Support

 

Senate Sponsor: Muñoz

 

House Sponsor: Bristow, Reitz, Yednock, McCombie, Severin, Mason, Stuart

 

Status: House/Third Reading

 

House Amendment 1 - Approved for Consideration

 

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is under 21 years of age may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental consent required if he or she is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall issue a concealed carry license to an applicant who is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Provides that a concealed carry license shall be renewed for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration on the applicant's current license upon the applicant completing the necessary requirements under the Act. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that "retail location" does not include the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Provides that the provisions of the Act related to the certification of a license do not apply to transfers of firearms to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms dealer at a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a national governing body. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a current or retired law enforcement officer authorized by law to possess a concealed firearm shall be exempt from the provisions of the Code prohibiting possession of those firearms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a qualified current or retired law enforcement officer under the laws of the State and under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act is not subject to the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

 

House Amendment 2 - Recommends be Adopted

 

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is under 21 years of age may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental consent required if he or she is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry license shall be renewed for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration on the applicant's current license upon the applicant completing the necessary requirements under the Act. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that "retail location" does not include the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Provides that the provisions of the Act related to the certification of a license do not apply to transfers of firearms to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms dealer at a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a national governing body. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a current or retired law enforcement officer authorized by law to possess a concealed firearm shall be exempt from the provisions of the Code prohibiting possession of those firearms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to exempt current or retired law enforcement officers. Effective immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

SB1966 Fix the FOID Act

 

Oppose

 

Senate Sponsor: Morrison, Sims, Collins, Van Pelt, Villavalam, Fine (Removed: Koehler)

 

House Sponsor: Willis, Carroll, Hernandez (Barbara), Villa, Connor, Hernandez (Elizabeth), Morgan, Edly-Allen, Williams (Ann), Gong-Gershowitz, Ford, Welch, Moylan, Didech, West, Gabel, Villanueva, Burke, Manley, Kalish, Williams (Jawaharial), Martwick, Feigenholtz, Cassidy

 

Status: House/Held on Second Reading 5/22/2019 (Deadline Extended to 5/31/2019)

 

House Amendment 1 - Adopted

 

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of State Police shall (rather than may) establish a statewide multi-jurisdictional Violent Crime Intelligence Task Force. Provides that the Violent Crime Intelligence Task Force shall also conduct enforcement operations against persons whose Firearm Owner's Identification Cards have been revoked or suspended and persons who fail to comply with the revocation or suspension requirements of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, prioritizing individuals presenting a clear and present danger to themselves or to others under that Act. Provides that the Task Force shall collaborate with local law enforcement agencies to enforce provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, and the Deadly Weapons Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Director of State Police may establish intergovernmental contracts written and executed in conformity with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall establish a portal for use by federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies, including Offices of the State's Attorneys and the Office of the Attorney General to capture a report of persons whose Firearm Owner's Identification Cards have been revoked or suspended. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Modifies definition of "clear and present danger". Provides that 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, 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 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, but provides that any person whose card was previously issued for a period of 10 years shall retain the 10-year issuance period until the next date of renewal, at which point the card shall be renewed for 5 years. Provides that a person who receives a revocation or suspension notice under the Act (currently, only revocation notice) shall, within 48 hours of receiving notice of the revocation or suspension: (1) surrender his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides; and (2) complete 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. Provides that any transfer of a surrendered firearm must be conducted under the firearm transfer provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that nothing in the firearm revocation or suspension provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act prevents a court from ordering an individual to surrender his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card to a law enforcement agency of the court's choosing in a timeframe shorter than 48 hours after receipt of the notice of revocation or suspension. Provides that the Firearm Disposition Record shall contain a statement to be signed by the transferee that the transferee: (1) is aware of, and will abide by, current law regarding the unlawful transfer of a firearm; (2) is aware of the penalties for violating the law as it pertains to unlawful transfer of a firearm; and (3) intends to retain possession of the firearm or firearms until it is determined that the transferor is legally eligible to possess a firearm and has an active Firearm Owners Identification Card, if applicable, or until a new person is chosen to hold the firearm or firearms. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund and the School-Based Mental Health Services Fund in the State treasury and defines their purposes. 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. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Modifies requirements for transfer of firearms to a law enforcement agency as required under those Acts. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

HR398 Restrict Lead Shotshells

 

Oppose

 

Sponsor: Williams (Ann)

 

Status: Order of Resolutions

 

Synopsis As Introduced

 

Urges support for all efforts to restrict the use of lead shotshells to take wildlife.

 

 

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HB38 Crim Cd - Place of Worship

 

Neutral

 

House Sponsor: Mayfield, Davis, Evans, Chapa LaVia, Kalish, Morrison, Bailey, Ammons, Didech, Davidsmeyer, Unes, Batinick, Marron, West, Thapedi, Swanson, DeLuca, Sosnowski, Chesney, Caulkins, Weber, Rita, Grant, Bristow, Walsh, Demmer, Bryant, Windhorst, Bennett, Durkin, McAuliffe, Frese, McDermed, McSweeney, Murphy, Meier, Greenwood, McCombie (Added after passage: Meyers-Martin)

 

Senate Sponsor: Crowe, McConchie, Bertino-Tarrant, Muñoz, Righter, Schimpf, Syverson, Stewart

 

Status: Senate/Third Reading

 

Synopsis As Introduced

 

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is an aggravating factor in sentencing for first degree murder that the murdered individual was a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that assault and battery committed in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship are enhanced to aggravated assault or aggravated battery. Provides that the penalty for aggravated assault under this provision is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that aggravated battery under this provision is a Class 1 felony when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a person also commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when the person knowingly carries or possesses with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, any firearm, knife, or other dangerous weapon, in any school church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

 

Senate Amendment 1 - Adopted

 

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, except: (1) provides that aggravated battery committed by knowingly causing great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement is a Class 2 felony (rather than a Class 1 felony in the engrossed bill) when the person causes great bodily harm or permanent disability to an individual whom the person knows to be a member of a congregation engaged in prayer or other religious activities at a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship; and (2) provides that the offense of unlawful use of weapons also includes carrying or possessing with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, any firearm (rather than any firearm, knife, or other dangerous weapon in the engrossed bill) in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place used for religious worship (deletes school).

 

 

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In the House yesterday, newly minted gun control Legislators Rose and Caulkins passed SB2124 Sch Cd - Student Expulsion - (Non)-Guns out of the House and, previously, the Senate. Their Childrens' Mandatory Minimum sentencing bill will now be sent the Governor.

 

Also in the Senate, HR398 Restrict Lead Shotshells was released from committee and now appears on the floor calendar.

 

Finally, the House Rules Committee recommended adoption of House Amendment 2 on SB1139.

 

 

The House is scheduled for 10:00 AM and the Senate Senate for 9:00 AM.

 

 

 

I will be away for some appointments today. Please help us keep up to date on floor activity if you can, by posting events here.

 

 

 

Next Days Scheduled

 

House: 5/25/2019 (Tentative)

Senate: 5/27/2019

 

House Calendar

 

Senate Calendar

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[Molly B.]

SB1966 House Amendment 2

 

Reducing the fee to $20 and they are capping the fees the fingerprint vendors can charge . . .$30.

[Molly B.]

SB1966 House Amendment 2

 

Reducing the fee to $20 and they are capping the fees the fingerprint vendors can charge . . .$30.

 

 

And the fee to pay for the background check? Does the vendor or ISP forego that fee?

[guzzimike66]

So FOID is a 4x price bump instead of 10x for 10 years. How generous of them...

[ILgunguy]

However, this makes it mighty tempting for the caucus members that weren't ready to commit. The only thing we can hope for now is for FOID to be found unconstitutional and put an end to that.

[Chief Illiniwek]

if we have a FOID (and a CCL) we're being background checked practically every night as it is. Why should there be a background check on a renewal? It's just another tax heaped upon us.

[papa]

SB1966 House Amendment 2

 

Reducing the fee to $20 and they are capping the fees the fingerprint vendors can charge . . .$30.

 

Wait , these vendors have been charging anywhere from $55 to $70 for prints and now the State says they can only charge $30.00 for a FOID card? Is that even constitutional??

[Xwing]

 

SB1966 House Amendment 2

 

Reducing the fee to $20 and they are capping the fees the fingerprint vendors can charge . . .$30.

 

Wait , these vendors have been charging anywhere from $55 to $70 for prints and now the State says they can only charge $30.00 for a FOID card? Is that even constitutional??

 

 

So the vendors will just not be willing to take your fingerprints. The government can't force them to do business... Basically it will make it impossible to get a FOID since no (or few) vendors in the state will be willing to take your fingerprints...

[Matt B]

 

 

 

 

SB1966 House Amendment 2

 

Reducing the fee to $20 and they are capping the fees the fingerprint vendors can charge . . .$30.

 

 

 

Wait , these vendors have been charging anywhere from $55 to $70 for prints and now the State says they can only charge $30.00 for a FOID card? Is that even constitutional??

 

 

 

 

So the vendors will just not be willing to take your fingerprints. The government can't force them to do business... Basically it will make it impossible to get a FOID since no (or few) vendors in the state will be willing to take your fingerprints...

 

Exactly. They can just refuse to take FOID prints.

 

 

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[bear226]

Are they going to put some venders downstate?

[steveTA84]

They are making it even worse LOFL!!!!!!! Um, isnt forcing a privately owned business to limit what they charge for a service (GASP) communism?

http://i.imgur.com/W40cAG5.jpg

 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-business/chapter/businesses-under-communist-systems/

 

Prices and paying for goods and services: prices are regulated entirely by the State with little regard for the actual costs of production. Often a currency does not exist in a command planning economy and when it does, its main purpose is for accounting. Instead of paying for goods and services when you need to buy them, you are allocated goods and services. This is often also called rationing.

 

Luckily vendors can just say no, as mentioned, thus making it impossible to enforce

[steveTA84]

^^^

 

Which makes it easier to toss the system out

[InterestedBystander]

Since the original bill and first amendment left committee ready for 3rd reading and the new changes are a Floor Amendment, am I correct that there will be no witness slips to be done and they can adopt this and quickly vote?

 

ETA synopsis of HFA 2

SB 1966 (HFA 0002)

In the amendatory changes to the State Finance Act, eliminates the School-Based Mental Health Services Fund and provides that moneys in the Mental Health Reporting Fund may be used for reporting prohibitors to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Provides that any surplus moneys in the Fund shall be used as follows: (1) 50% shall be used to fund community-based mental health programs aimed at reducing gun violence, community integration and education, or mental health awareness and prevention, including administrative costs; and (2) 50% shall be used to award grants that use and promote the National School Mental Health Curriculum model for school-based mental health support, integration, and services. In the amendatory changes to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, provides that a live scan fingerprint vendor may not charge more than $30 per set of fingerprints. Reduces the application and renewal fees for Firearm Owner's Identification Cards from $50 to $20. Changes the amounts of the distribution of fees for applications for Firearm Owner's Identification Cards to various funds

[Molly B.]

Possible. But when in committee there were legislators who said they wanted to see the bill back in committee before it was voted on.

[QJI26]

Received an email from ISRA saying to be ready for witness slips. The house will be in session at 4pm Sunday for the amendment. Expects the amendment to go to committee immediately on Sunday afternoon.

[steveTA84]

Question: did “our” side’s lobbyists/people help bring down the fees or was it concerns from other legislators that made a point of it to get their support?

[jim123]

They are making it even worse LOFL!!!!!!! Um, isnt forcing a privately owned business to limit what they charge for a service (GASP) communism?

http://i.imgur.com/W40cAG5.jpg

 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-business/chapter/businesses-under-communist-systems/

 

Prices and paying for goods and services: prices are regulated entirely by the State with little regard for the actual costs of production. Often a currency does not exist in a command planning economy and when it does, its main purpose is for accounting. Instead of paying for goods and services when you need to buy them, you are allocated goods and services. This is often also called rationing.

 

Luckily vendors can just say no, as mentioned, thus making it impossible to enforce

 

Just like Cuba.

 

"They felt slighted, and rightly so, when they looked at less-educated hotel porters and taxi drivers who lived in bigger houses, owned cars, and could afford to travel because they worked in the more lucrative tourism industry. Even a beggar could make more than a doctor from being passed a couple of tourist dollars a day. The absurdity seemed possible only in an upside-down world."

 

"She told me about her challenges as a Cuban physician. She made $30 a month and earned nothing for being on call. She had no car and walked, bused, or hitchhiked to work. She balanced clinical duties with housework and caring for her son. Throughout the evening, Dr Edith answered multiple telephone calls from patients, never ignoring a single one."

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076483/

[InterestedBystander]

Question: did our sides lobbyists/people help bring down the fees or was it concerns from other legislators that made a point of it to get their support?

My guess is the legislators although lobbyists voicing the excessive fees issue could have influenced some caucus members. I dont believe lobbyists had any impact on Willis. They werent that involved and shes just trying to get her bill passed. Need to kill the fingerprint requirement!

[steveTA84]

^^^

 

Reason I bring it up is because if lobbyists helped reduced the cost, it isn’t really helping our cause as it makes it a little bit harder to defeat in court (just a little)

[Euler]

So the vendors will just not be willing to take your fingerprints. The government can't force them to do business... Basically it will make it impossible to get a FOID since no (or few) vendors in the state will be willing to take your fingerprints...

Maybe it's a business opportunity across the state. Buy a new car, the dealer will offer you a fingerprint scan for only an additional $30. It's an economic stimulus in disguise.

[Molly B.]

Question: did “our” side’s lobbyists/people help bring down the fees or was it concerns from other legislators that made a point of it to get their support?

 

They didn't have the votes so they are lowering the fee in the hopes to entice the Black Caucus to turn their backs on their constituents.

[sfgdcs]

Former fee for a permit to exercise a constitutional was $1 per year for 10 years. $20+$30=$50 for five years. $10/year is only a 1000% increase. Nice

[steveTA84]

 

Question: did “our” side’s lobbyists/people help bring down the fees or was it concerns from other legislators that made a point of it to get their support?

 

They didn't have the votes so they are lowering the fee in the hopes to entice the Black Caucus to turn their backs on their constituents.

Gotcha. Thanks! And i hope voters in their districts still hold them accountable. It should be free and no fingerprinting, which gives me an idea for a video....

[springfield shooter]

 

Question: did “our” side’s lobbyists/people help bring down the fees or was it concerns from other legislators that made a point of it to get their support?

 

They didn't have the votes so they are lowering the fee in the hopes to entice the Black Caucus to turn their backs on their constituents.

 

 

 

So their constituents can still be required to be fingerprinted to exercise their 2A rights. That's not much of a "deal".

[kevinmcc]

Amazing that the Dems think dictating how much businesses can charge is actually a good thing. Some truth to how they hate capitalism.