Volunteers Needed to Monitor New Bills for 97th General Assembly
#1
Posted 10 January 2011 - 01:55 PM
We need volunteers for this important job.
It isn't difficult to do. We divvy up the bills in batches of 200 then monitor the bills as they are filed on the Gen. Assembly website.
Once you are on the ILGA homepage look under Legislations & Laws (top left) click on Bills and Resolutions which will show House and Senate bills in batches of 100. Click on your assigned segments and you will see a list of 100 bills at a time along with the area of law it will affect. Right click the ones needing a closer look and open it in a new tab.
Ignore appropriation (funding) bills - watch for bills and shell bills (odd looking bills that amend a simple word like "the" and replace it with "the") specifically filed under the following codes that could affect our Second Amendment rights in a positive or negative way and report back here. We will compile them and post in a "Watch" thread.
To volunteer - post a reply here designating which batch you will monitor.
Thank you!
720 - criminal code
520 - wildlife code
525 - conservation code
430 - public safety code
House Bills to monitor:
0001 - 0200 mstrat
0201 - 0400 Hatchet
0401 - 0600 mauserme
0601 - 0800 XD40
0801 - 1000 45superman
1001 - 1200 Xwing
1201 - 1400 Drylok
1401 - 1600 mstrat
1601 - 1800 Assistantchief
1801 - 2000 Federal Farmer
2001 - 2200 Lou
2201 - 2400 Abolt243
2401 - 2600 Lou
2601 - 2800 Drylock
2801 - 3000 2old2play
3001 - 3200 Federal Farmer
3201 - 3400
3401 - 3600
3601 - 3800 Lockman
3801 - 4000 Lockman
4001 - 4200
4201 - 4400
4401 - 4600
4601 - 4800
4801 - 5000
Senate Bills to monitor
0001 - 0200 45superman
0201 - 0400 Hatchet
0401 - 0600 Gary
0601 - 0800 Thirdpower
0801 - 1000 Assistantchief
1001 - 1200 Federal Farmer
1201 - 1400 Lou
1401 - 1600 Abolt243
1601 - 1800 Lou
1801 - 2000 Drylock
2001 - 2200
2201 - 2400 Mac
2401 - 2600 Drylock
2601 - 2800
2801 - 3000
#2
Posted 10 January 2011 - 04:53 PM
To start things sequentially.
And if there are more batches than volunteers, I'll pick up some more as well.
No promises, but... As an added tool for meta-watching changes, I will probably put together a tool with a web-frontend which will periodically check for changes and track the "Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance" for each.
So basically you can view a single report that shows all bills that had status changes chronologically, and filter by certain effected laws.
It'll be no replacement for people checking on this (especially since it involves web-scraping which can be finnicky at times)... but might be useful. To be honest, this is mostly a "why not?" project
#3
Posted 10 January 2011 - 05:06 PM
What I'm getting at is I'd like to keep doing the morning thing I do with the legislative calenders. If this is all happening simultaneously with that I don't know if I can do both effectively.
.
Link to ILGA House Audio/Video..........Link to ILGA Senate Audio/Video ..........Link to Livestream Blueroom Events Page
#4
Posted 10 January 2011 - 05:16 PM
mauserme, on 10 January 2011 - 05:06 PM, said:
What I'm getting at is I'd like to keep doing the morning thing I do with the legislative calenders. If this is all happening simultaneously with that I don't know if I can do both effectively.
#5
Posted 10 January 2011 - 05:57 PM
HB0245 FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS
will be watching this regardless...
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." (Winston Churchill).
#6
Posted 10 January 2011 - 06:05 PM
Hatchet, on 10 January 2011 - 05:57 PM, said:
HB0245 FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS
will be watching this regardless...
Hatchet, that's last year's bill. ILGA has not moved to the 97th Gen Assem yet because the 96th has not been adjourned sine die. The new legislature is not seated until noon on Wednesday. The new bills won't be listed until the new legislature is in session. Don't wear yourself out on last year's stuff.
AB
The Roman Empire fell due to a large, corrupt government, overspending, an overextended military, insecure borders, and the illegal immigration of Goths, barbarians (anyone who was not educated), and religious fanatics. Sound familiar?
"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
--Samuel Adams
Luke 11:21 - "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed." NASB
#7
Posted 10 January 2011 - 06:26 PM
abolt243, on 10 January 2011 - 06:05 PM, said:
Hatchet, that's last year's bill. ILGA has not moved to the 97th Gen Assem yet because the 96th has not been adjourned sine die. The new legislature is not seated until noon on Wednesday. The new bills won't be listed until the new legislature is in session. Don't wear yourself out on last year's stuff.
AB
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." (Winston Churchill).
#8
Posted 12 January 2011 - 01:11 PM
Anyone else up for monitoring them as they are filed?
#9
Posted 12 January 2011 - 01:50 PM
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." (Winston Churchill).
#10
Posted 12 January 2011 - 01:53 PM
BTW, I like the looks of a couple in the earlier numbers already.
.
Link to ILGA House Audio/Video..........Link to ILGA Senate Audio/Video ..........Link to Livestream Blueroom Events Page
#11
Posted 12 January 2011 - 02:05 PM
HB-4
HB-5
HB-6
HB-7
HB-8
these are all ours
#12
Posted 12 January 2011 - 02:13 PM
Tvandermyde, on 12 January 2011 - 02:05 PM, said:
HB-4
HB-5
HB-6
HB-7
HB-8
these are all ours
I'm liking the quite a bit. I have to say, one of them reminded me of this song.
Quote
#13
Posted 12 January 2011 - 02:20 PM
#14
Posted 12 January 2011 - 04:53 PM
It'll let you quickly find recently-changed bills, or just look at certain ones, or find them by statute, etc. Take a little time to play with it and it'll likely save you a lot of time in the longrun.
It's set to auto-update periodically, so should never be more than a few hours out of date.
One note: the "2A" checkbox column applies to everyone! If you flag a bill, it will stay flagged for everyone. So please flag the ones that relevant to us, so we can easily keep track of the any bills involving RKBA.
I just threw it together, so there's still a few rough edges (e.g. it still needs to "remember" your preferences for which bill range and chamber).. but I hope it helps.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions or if you run into any problems using it.
#15
Posted 12 January 2011 - 05:00 PM
HB0098: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements
HB0112: Creates the Family and Personal Protection Act. Permits the county sheriff to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to persons at least 21 years of age who meet certain requirements. Requires an applicant for a permit to have completed specified training requirements developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board consisting of classroom instruction and live firing exercises. Preempts home rule. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act and the Criminal Code of 1961 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately
Probably not of concern, but it's a non-change (the with "the"):
HB0066 - "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices."
HB0020 might deal with deer hunting? I can't really tell what its purpose is. Anyone? ILGA link
#16
Posted 12 January 2011 - 07:39 PM
mstrat, on 12 January 2011 - 04:53 PM, said:
It'll let you quickly find recently-changed bills, or just look at certain ones, or find them by statute, etc. Take a little time to play with it and it'll likely save you a lot of time in the longrun.
It's set to auto-update periodically, so should never be more than a few hours out of date.
One note: the "2A" checkbox column applies to everyone! If you flag a bill, it will stay flagged for everyone. So please flag the ones that relevant to us, so we can easily keep track of the any bills involving RKBA.
I just threw it together, so there's still a few rough edges (e.g. it still needs to "remember" your preferences for which bill range and chamber).. but I hope it helps.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions or if you run into any problems using it.
Very nice!
Quote
#17
Posted 12 January 2011 - 07:53 PM
mstrat, on 12 January 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:
HB0098: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements
HB0112: Creates the Family and Personal Protection Act. Permits the county sheriff to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to persons at least 21 years of age who meet certain requirements. Requires an applicant for a permit to have completed specified training requirements developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board consisting of classroom instruction and live firing exercises. Preempts home rule. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act and the Criminal Code of 1961 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately
Probably not of concern, but it's a non-change (the with "the"):
HB0066 - "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices."
HB0020 might deal with deer hunting? I can't really tell what its purpose is. Anyone? ILGA link
It repeals a section that was scheduled to be repealed in 2014. Has to do with local control of deer populations. More a natural resource issue than 2A in my opinion.
AB
The Roman Empire fell due to a large, corrupt government, overspending, an overextended military, insecure borders, and the illegal immigration of Goths, barbarians (anyone who was not educated), and religious fanatics. Sound familiar?
"..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
--Samuel Adams
Luke 11:21 - "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed." NASB
#18
Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:10 PM
Events may get in the way, forcing me to welsh on my end of the bargain, but I'll try to take care of it.
#19
Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:22 PM
45superman, on 12 January 2011 - 08:10 PM, said:
Events may get in the way, forcing me to welsh on my end of the bargain, but I'll try to take care of it.
#20
Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:35 PM
mstrat, on 12 January 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:
HB0066 - "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices."
I went ahead and listed it under "Questionable/neutral/shell bills in House." You're right that it's probably nothing to worry about, but I think it pretty clearly fits in that category.
#21
Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:38 PM
Molly B., on 12 January 2011 - 08:22 PM, said:
#22
Posted 12 January 2011 - 09:03 PM
IGOLD 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CCW Laws: (Android), (iPhone/iPad)
Posted anti-gun business listing: (Android), (iPhone/iPad)
Illinois Government: (Android), (iPhone/iPad)
#23
Posted 12 January 2011 - 09:20 PM
Xwing - HB 1001-1200
#24
Posted 13 January 2011 - 01:07 AM
-Thomas Jefferson-
Now two flags fly above my land that really sum up how I feel. One is the colors that fly high and proud the red, the white, the blue. The other ones got a rattle snake with a simple statement made, don't tread on me, is what it says and I'll take that to my grave
-Aaron Lewis-
#25
Posted 13 January 2011 - 08:43 AM
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." (Winston Churchill).
#26
Posted 13 January 2011 - 09:25 AM
To be honest I'm probably going to be following all of the bills, but I'll make a special point to use extra scrutiny in my blocks.
On a side-note, I've done a little more tweaking to the list of bills at http://il2nd.com/, most notably making the "Search" feature really powerful. Makes it easy to quickly find all relevant stuff without having to click-click-back,click-click-back a thousand times on the ILGA site.
#27
Posted 13 January 2011 - 05:48 PM
Sorry for the late response, but...
Anyway, you know I would be glad to help. Please be specific as to what you would like for me to do. I volunteered to help Mac several years ago and I had the feeling that he was not pleased with my performance. Be it known, that I am willing to do whatever is required. Just let me know where to start.
#28
#29
Posted 14 January 2011 - 12:00 AM
Gary, on 13 January 2011 - 05:48 PM, said:
Sorry for the late response, but...
Anyway, you know I would be glad to help. Please be specific as to what you would like for me to do. I volunteered to help Mac several years ago and I had the feeling that he was not pleased with my performance. Be it known, that I am willing to do whatever is required. Just let me know where to start.
I have assigned you a block of Senate Bills to monitor. Basically read the opening post, click on the link, look through the bills and post here if you find any that pertain to firearms, ammo, our Second Amendment rights.
#30
Posted 14 January 2011 - 10:49 AM
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users











