Illinois General Assembly 11/6/2017

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After the legislature last met, on 10/26/2017, Senator Don Harmon filed Senate Amendment 1 on SB333 Regulation Tech, creating a trailer bill to SB1657 Gun Dealer Licensing. His hope? That delaying and better defining some provisions of dealer licensing bill will buy a few House votes.

 

We continue to call on all House Members to reject his requirement to film our most private activities. Toward this end, please see our current Call to Action.

 

Today, we will not see a hearing on the amendment to SB333. Nor will we see one this the final week of the 2017 Fall Veto Session, because Senator Harmon secretly approved his amendment in the Senate Assignments Committee, a committee he co-chairs.

 

We had held a higher opinion of the Senator - a mistake we will not repeat.

 

 

Though neither the House nor the Senate are scheduled for floor action today, there is one item of interest on the House Judicuary - Criminal Committee schedule. HR648 Firearm Awareness Task Force may be heard today. We will also keep a close watch on HB4120 Crim Cd Ban Bump-Fire Stock, in case that somehow finds its way onto the schedule as well.

 

Action is slated to begin at 3:00 PM, in Room D-1.

 

Next Days Scheduled

 

House: 11/7/2017

Senate: 11/7/2017

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[C0untZer0]

We had held a higher opinion of the Senator

 

 

You're kidding me right?

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We had held a higher opinion of the Senator

 

 

You're kidding me right?

 

 

There was still room for him to diminish his reputation and now he's taken advantage of that opportunity.

[InterestedBystander]

So,educate me please. Is my understanding correct that the assignments committee does not have to actually assign? They can approve and bypass it to the floor for debate? Is this the case with all bills or just amendments?

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It's unusual for the Committee on Assignments to approve legislative measures, but it does have the authority.

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The House Judiciary - Criminal Committee is coming to order.

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HR648 Firearm Awareness Task Force is up.

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Valinda Rowe, representing IllinoisCarry, addresses the committee.

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Ms. Rowe commends Representative Ford for the things he is trying to accomplish.

 

She adds two areas of concern: our desire to include an analysis relating to the outcome of straw purchaser cases, and a review of prosecution, conviction and sentencing of violent crimes committed with firearms. ie Are they prosecuted under local ordinance, which allows only minor penalties, under state law, or under Federal law?

 

She indicates that Representative Ford expressed a willingness to address these concerns and, in response to the Chair, Ms. Rowe acknowledges the possibility of lending our support depending, of course, on the actual language.

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The resolution is recommended for adoption.

 

The committee is in recess.

[Black Flag]

Oh, please.

 

6 RESOLVED, The Firearm Public Awareness Task Force is
7 charged with gathering data and studying the following:
8 (1) Reviewing the previous report compiled by the task
9 force and discussing the effects that concealed carry might
10 have had on the proliferation of crimes involving firearms;
11 and
12 (2) Shootings in Illinois by regions and what might be
13 contributing to more shootings in one area of the State
14 compared to others; and
15 (3) Gun dealers and gun sales that may have led to illegal
16 usage or straw purchases; this should include the number of
17 guns and ammunition sold and any registry concerning
18 ammunition purchases; and
19 (4) The transportation of firearms, especially newly
20 manufactured firearms as they are transported through
21 Illinois; this should include the study of the repeated gun
22 thefts at the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard; and
23 (5) Mental health laws and treatments for those individuals
24 who have access to firearms; and

1 (6) Current laws on handguns and rifles and the states with
2 the best practices;