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After mounting a less than stellar fight for his principles, Senator Harmon knuckled under to the new Senate President – House Speaker Welch.  In so doing he not only allowed HB5471 to pass back to the House with the registration piece President Speaker Welch demanded, he also relinquished stewardship of the body he was elected to head.  And, like a whipped errand boy, he allowed this to happen publicly.  

 

HB5471 has now been sent back to the House for its consideration of SA1, SA2, and  SA3, combined creating the Protect Illinois Communities Act.

 

A pending House gun ban bill has been removed from our watch list.  Aside from being somewhat redundant now, there simply isn't time for it to be passed.  A similar Senate bill remains as, being on concurrence, it is technically possible for it to move.


The House is scheduled for 12:00 Noon today; the The Senate for 11:30 AM.


Next Days Scheduled
 
House:  End of 102nd General Assembly
Senate:   End of 102nd General Assembly
 
 
House Calendar

 

House Supplemental Calendar 1

 

House Supplemental Calendar 2

 

House Supplemental Calendar 3

 

House Supplemental Calendar 4


 
Senate Calendar
 

Senate Supplemental Calendat 1

 

Senate Supplemental Calendar 2

 

Senate Supplemental Calendar 3
 

 

 

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12:00 Noon

 


HB1587 State Government Tech
 
Under Review
 
House Sponsor:  West, Carroll, Willis, Walsh, Halpin
 
Senate Sponsor:  Murphy
 
Status:  House Concurrence on Senate Amendments 1 & 2/Deadline Extended to 1/10/2023
 
Senate Amendment 1 – Adopted
 
Senate Amendment 2 – Adopted
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall be appointed for a 6-year term (rather than a 2-year term). Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Specifies that the Director of Aging may be an individual who has experience in providing services to senior citizens. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have 10 years (rather than 15 years) of experience in the electric industry, electricity policy, or electricity markets. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Specifies that members of the Council on Aging may include individuals who have actual experience in providing services to senior citizens (rather than only senior citizens). Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a provision limiting the number of terms that may be served by members of the Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Board. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Changes the calculation of the salary of the Director of the Illinois Power Agency. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Authorizes designees to serve in place of members on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Amends the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Transportation Infrastructure and Policy Act. Provides that: (i) members shall be appointed to the Commission by December 31, 2022 (rather than May 31, 2022); (ii) the Commission shall hold its first meeting by January 15, 2023 (rather than within 2 months from the Act's effective date); (iii) the Commission shall report a summary of its activities and produce a final report to the General Assembly by September 15, 2023 (rather than January 31, 2023); and (iv) the Commission is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on September 30, 2023 (rather than February 1, 2023). Amends the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force Act. Deletes provisions requiring the legislative leaders' appointees to the Renewable Energy Component Recycling Task Force to be representatives of solid waste disposal and renewable energy organizations. Amends the Illinois Indian American Advisory Council Act. Changes the Act's short title to the Illinois South Asian American Advisory Council Act. Replaces references to "Indian" with "South Asian" throughout the Act. Amends the Hydrogen Economy Act. Extends the Act's repeal date from June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2026. Adds 8 legislative appointees to the membership of the Task Force. Amends the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. Adds a gubernatorial appointee and a mayoral appointee to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. Amends the Alexander-Cairo Port District Act. Adds 2 gubernatorial appointees to the Board of the District and requires one to have wetlands mitigation experience and one to have economic development experience. Requires 5 members of the Board (rather than 4 members of the Board) for a quorum for the transaction of business. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Removes a provision requiring the appointment to the Illinois Gaming Board of a board member who is a certified public accountant. Amends the Environmental Justice Act. Specifies that members appointed on or after the effective date are to serve 4-year terms (rather than 2-year terms). Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Changes the experiential requirements for members of the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Repeals the Des Plaines and the Illinois Rivers Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Authorizes the appointment to the Human Rights Commission of board members having 4 years of professional experience working for community organizations or community affairs organizations. Effective immediately. 
  
 
 
 
 HB5471 Ins Code – Public Adjusters
 
Oppose
 
House Sponsor:  Avelar (Pending Removal:  Niemerg, Hammond, McCombie)
 
Senate Sponsor:  Harmon, Hall, Collins, Sims, Feigenholtz, Fine, Gillespie, Villanieva, Peters, Murphy, Castro, Johnson, Pacione-Zayas
 
Status:  House Concurrence on Senate Amendments 3, 4, & 5

 

Senate Amendment 3 to HB5471  - Adopted

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Illinois State Police shall conduct other investigations as provided by law, including, but not limited to, investigations of human trafficking, illegal drug trafficking, and illegal firearms trafficking. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall provide statewide coordination and strategy pertaining to firearm-related intelligence, firearms trafficking interdiction, and investigations. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a petitioner may request a plenary firearms restraining order of up to one-year, but not less than 6 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that the order may be renewed for an additional period of up to one year. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, it is unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge, with exemptions, and provides penalties. Provides that it is unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with specified exemptions, and provides penalties. Contains a severability provision. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure under the Act certain information concerning endorsements received by the Illinois State Police. Effective immediately.


Senate Amendment 4 to HB5471  - Adopted

Makes a technical change to a cross-reference in the bill.
 

Senate Amendment 5 to HB5471 – Adopted

 

Makes a technical change to a cross-reference in the bill.

 
   
  
 

 

HJR97 Mourn – Highland Park Victims
 
Neutral
 
House Sponsor:  Morgan
 
Status:  Order of Resolutions 
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Mourns the lives lost at the hands of gunfire in the City of Highland Park on July 4, 2022 and all those around the State of Illinois who have been lost to gun violence and recognizes the surviving families that live with the trauma of their losses. Remembers the lives of Katherine Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen Straus, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, and Eduardo Uvaldo. Honors the City of Highland Park and its law enforcement, first responders, and community leaders for their service to the people of Illinois. Urges leaders to continue to do everything in their power to ensure no other community experiences the trauma of gun violence.
 
House Amendment 1 – Pending
 
Deletes everything. Reinserts similar language that mourns the lives lost at the hands of gunfire in the City of Highland Park on July 4, 2022 and all those around the State of Illinois who have been lost to gun violence and recognizes the surviving families that live with the trauma of their losses. Remembers the lives of Katherine Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen Straus, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoza, and Eduardo Uvaldo. Honors the City of Highland Park and its law enforcement, first responders, and community leaders for their service to the people of Illinois. Urges leaders to continue to do everything in their power to ensure no other community experiences the trauma of gun violence.


 

 

 

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11:30 AM

HB5004 Noncitizen Statutory Reference
 
Neutral
 
House Sponsor:  Ortiz, Welch, Hernandez (Elizabeth), Evans, Mah, Yingling, Carroll, Andrade, Gong-Gershowitz, Gonzalez, Mayfield, Harper, Moeller, Ramirez, Hirschauer, Mason, Ness, Smith, Davis, Slaughter, Zalewski, Delgado
 
Senate Sponsor:  Simmons, Villa
 
Status:  Senate/Third Reading 
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends various Acts to make changes concerning references to noncitizen individuals. Effective immediately.
 
House Floor Amendment 1 – Adopted
 
Makes further changes concerning references to noncitizen individuals.
 
 
 
 
 SB2226 Protect Illinois Communities Act
  
Oppose
 
Senate Sponsor:  Turner (Doris), Hunter
 
House Sponsor:  Welch, Morgan, Hirschauer, Ford, Delgado, Andrade, Costa Howard, Croke, Willis, Meyers-Martin, Mayfield, Ammons, Mason, Yingling, Moeller, Gabel, Williams (Ann), Blair-Sherlock, Stoneback. Didech, Yang Rohr, Mussman, Harris, Kelly, Carroll, Moylan, Rita
 
Status:  Senate Concurrence on HA3
 
House Amendment 2 to SB2226 – Tabled
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Illinois State Police shall conduct other investigations as provided by law, including, but not limited to, investigations of human trafficking, illegal drug trafficking, and illegal firearms trafficking. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall provide statewide coordination and strategy pertaining to firearm-related intelligence, firearms trafficking interdiction, and investigations. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a petitioner may request a plenary firearms restraining order of up to one-year, but not less than 6 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that the order may be renewed for an additional period of up to one year. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, with exemptions, and provides penalties. Prohibits the manufacture, delivery, sale, purchase, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with specified exemptions, and provides penalties. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to make conforming changes. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. 
 
House Amendment 3 to SB2226 – Pending
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Illinois State Police shall conduct other investigations as provided by law, including, but not limited to, investigations of human trafficking, illegal drug trafficking, and illegal firearms trafficking. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall provide statewide coordination and strategy pertaining to firearm-related intelligence, firearms trafficking interdiction, and investigations. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a petitioner may request a plenary firearms restraining order of up to one-year, but not less than 6 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that the order may be renewed for an additional period of up to one year. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, with exemptions, and provides penalties. Prohibits the manufacture, delivery, sale, purchase, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with specified exemptions, and provides penalties. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code to make conforming changes. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. 
 
 

 

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After mounting a less than stellar fight for his principles, Senator Harmon knuckled under to the new Senate President – House Speaker Welch.  In so doing he not only allowed HB5471 to pass back to the House with the registration piece President Speaker Welch demanded, he also relinquished stewardship of the body he was elected to head.  And, like a whipped errand boy, he allowed this to happen publicly.  

HB5471 has now been sent back to the House for its consideration of SA1, SA2, and  SA3, combined creating the Protect Illinois Communities Act.

A pending House gun ban bill has been removed from our watch list.  Aside from being somewhat redundant now, there simply isn't time for it to be passed.  A similar Senate bill remains as, being on concurrence, it is technically possible for it to move.


The Senate is scheduled or 11:30 AM today.  The House for a time to be determined.


Next Days Scheduled
 
House:  End of 102nd General Assembly
Senate:   End of 10General Assembly
 
 
House Calendar
 
Senate Calendar
 
 
 

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On 1/9/2023 at 8:24 PM, mauserme said:


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A pending House gun ban bill has been removed from our watch list.  Aside from being somewhat redundant now, there simply isn't time for it to be passed.  A similar Senate bill remains as, being on concurrence, it is technically possible for it to move.

 

What is the soonest we should expect the jack boot on our necks?

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On 1/10/2023 at 7:59 AM, bmyers said:

They are lined up and ready to start as soon as order 66 is given

 

Why Stormtroopers Are One Of The Most Terrifying Forces In 'Star Wars' —  CultureSlate

You’re not far off either. Check it out, gun grabbers. You ain’t the good guys 

 

https://swfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Blaster_Control_Act

 

The Blaster Control Act was a federal law in the Galactic Republic that broadly regulated the weapons industry and blaster owners. It primarily focused on regulating intergalactic commerce in arms by prohibiting transfers except among licensed manufacturers, dealers and importers.

Prohibited beings

Under the BCA, arms possession by certain individuals was prohibited.

1. Anyone who had been convicted in a federal court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, excluding crimes of imprisonment that were related to the regulation of business practices. 2. Anyone who had been convicted in a state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding two years, excluding crimes of imprisonment that were related to the regulation of business practices. 3. Anyone who was a fugitive from justice. 4. Anyone who was an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance. 5. Anyone who had been adjudicated as a mental defective or had been committed to a mental institution. 6. Anyone who had been discharged under dishonorable conditions from the armed forces. 7. Anyone who had renounced his or her citizenship. 8. Anyone that was subject to a court order that restrained the being from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner. 9. Anyone who had been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

Additionally, law prohibited beings under 18 from possessing blasters with certain exceptions for employment, target practice, education, and a blaster possessed while defending the home of the juvenile or a home in which they were an invited guest.

A being who was under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year cannot lawfully receive a blaster. Such being may continue to lawfully possess blaster obtained prior to the indictment or information.

Federal License

The Blaster Control Act mandated the licensing of individuals and companies engaged in the business of selling arms. This provision effectively prohibited the direct mail order of blasters (except antique blasters) by consumers and required that anyone who wanted to buy a blaster from a source other than a private individual must do so through a licensed dealer. The Act also banned unlicensed individuals from acquiring blaster pistols outside their system of residence. The intersystem purchase of long blasters (rifles and slugthrowers) was not impeded by the act, so long as the seller was federally licensed and such a sale was allowed by both the system of purchase and the system of residence.

Private sales between residents of two different systems were also prohibited without going through a licensed dealer, except for the case of a buyer holding a Curio & Relic license purchasing a firearm that qualified as a curio or relic.

Private sales between unlicensed individuals who were residents of the same state were allowed under federal law, so long as such transfers did not violate the other existing federal and state laws. While current law mandated that a background check be performed if the seller had a federal license, private parties living in the same state were not required to perform such checks under federal law. State laws however can prohibit such sales.

A being who did not have a Federal Firearms License may not be in the business of buying or selling firearms. Individuals buying and selling firearms without a federal license must be doing so from their own personal collection.

The Blaster Control Act forbid sales of all blasters by licensed dealers to beings under the age of 18, and sales of blaster pistols by licensed dealers to beings under the age of 21.

Rifles

In accordance to the Blaster Registration Act, citizens were no longer lawfully allowed to purchase a blaster rifle; government personnel and previous rifle owners were the only beings legally allowed to own a blaster rifle or high–powered blaster weapon. All weapons built and owned prior to this bill were immune to this law, although they could not transfer ownership to another being legally.

 

Passage

The Act was proposed by Magnum Rockwater and Kellen Varundle, though the latter's contribution and affiliation with the law has been debated, following shortly after his Galactic Healthcare bill. It passed with much more support than his previous bill, 66% in support. It had been theorized that this along with the Blaster Registration Act passed so thoroughly because many Senators were under death threats or constantly dangerous situations. Because it conflicted with Republic Constitution, it was rumored to be up for repeal immediately after its passage; it did not come up for repeal, though.

Behind the scenes

The Blaster Control Act was based upon the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Assault Weapons Ban of United States law.

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On 1/10/2023 at 9:07 AM, AKS-74U said:

I'm sure there's a better place for this, but online retailers are already enforcing the mag ban even before it's passed into law. Greg Cote LLC will not ship rifle mags over 10 rounds or pistol mags over 15 rounds. I did email them about it. I recommend you do as well.

 

Global Ordinance is still shipping mags here.

 

 

but its for my AR pistol B)

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On 1/10/2023 at 9:07 AM, AKS-74U said:

I'm sure there's a better place for this, but online retailers are already enforcing the mag ban even before it's passed into law. Greg Cote LLC will not ship rifle mags over 10 rounds or pistol mags over 15 rounds. I did email them about it. I recommend you do as well.

 

Global Ordinance is still shipping mags here.

 

 

No part of Illinois is more than 90 minutes or so from a friendly state - drive.

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On 1/10/2023 at 9:07 AM, AKS-74U said:

I'm sure there's a better place for this, but online retailers are already enforcing the mag ban even before it's passed into law. Greg Cote LLC will not ship rifle mags over 10 rounds or pistol mags over 15 rounds. I did email them about it. I recommend you do as well.

 

Global Ordinance is still shipping mags here.

 

 

If they won't ship then f%(*& them. Plenty of vendors will. Support dealers who aren't FUDD's.

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On 1/9/2023 at 8:24 PM, mauserme said:

 

 

HB5471 has now been sent back to the House for its consideration of SA1, SA2, and  SA3, combined creating the Protect Illinois Communities Act.

 

 

 

 

Please correct me if I am wrong. It appears SFA3 is the crux of the act. "Amend House Bill 5471 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:" 

 

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On 1/10/2023 at 9:07 AM, AKS-74U said:

I'm sure there's a better place for this, but online retailers are already enforcing the mag ban even before it's passed into law. Greg Cote LLC will not ship rifle mags over 10 rounds or pistol mags over 15 rounds. I did email them about it. I recommend you do as well.

 

Global Ordinance is still shipping mags here.

 

 

 

Greg Cote would not ship me 15 round pistol mags at all in the past. This isn't new for them, they're just applying it to the entire state now instead of by zip code. 

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On 1/10/2023 at 10:17 AM, GunCollector said:

Is there a need for Witness slips today?    I contacted my Senator Gillispie, only to realize she is a cosponsor of the Bill.  This was a waste of my time.   Is it OK to respond to her that i will not vote for her in the next election? 

“I voted for you, but due to your stance to criminalize me and thinking I’m the problem, not only will I not vote for you again, I’m rethinking my commitment to the Democratic Party”

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On 1/10/2023 at 10:15 AM, mauserme said:

 

That's correct.  Amendments 4 & 5 are technical, correcting typos essentially.

 

 

I suppose my question was more like, can't amendment 1 and 2 be ignored at this point since amendment 3 is a gutt and replace?

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On 1/10/2023 at 9:07 AM, AKS-74U said:

I'm sure there's a better place for this, but online retailers are already enforcing the mag ban even before it's passed into law. Greg Cote LLC will not ship rifle mags over 10 rounds or pistol mags over 15 rounds. I did email them about it. I recommend you do as well.

 

Global Ordinance is still shipping mags here.

 

 

I have 60 round ar15 mags for sale new in box. Just sayin'

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On 1/10/2023 at 10:17 AM, GunCollector said:

Is there a need for Witness slips today?    I contacted my Senator Gillispie, only to realize she is a cosponsor of the Bill.  This was a waste of my time.   Is it OK to respond to her that i will not vote for her in the next election? 

People often say it is a waste of time to contact the sponsor or don't bother contacting anti-gun legislators. I think these are the people who need to be contacted the absolute MOST.

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On 1/10/2023 at 10:24 AM, AlphaKoncepts aka CGS said:

People often say it is a waste of time to contact the sponsor or don't bother contacting anti-gun legislators. I think these are the people who need to be contacted the absolute MOST.

I’m surprised my senator voted no. We are in an area with red voters and blue so maybe thats why or maybe there’s democrats that are gun owners around here.

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