Illinois General Assembly 5/9/2025

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Today is the committee deadline for House bills in the Senate, and for Senate bill in the House.  Senate session has been cancelled today, so it's committee deadline is effectively behind us, bearing in mind that deadlines are treated more as guidelines to be followed when convenient.
 
Yesterday in the Senate, HB1710 Criminal Justice Reform was moved from second to third reading.  Though not immediately obvious, HB1628 Seizure & Forfeiture Report was approved by the Judiciary Committee, and will appear on the Senate Calendar when they return next week.  
 
 
The House is scheduled for 9:00 AM. Senate for today has been cancelled.
 
 
Next Days Scheduled
 
House:  5/13/2025
 
Senate: 5/13/2025
   
 
  
  
House Calendar

 

 

 

 

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House Calendar

9:00 AM

 
 
HR181 End Gun Violence
 
Neutral
 
House Sponsor:  Harper
 
Status:  Order of Resolutions
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Honors the lives of those lost to gun violence in Illinois and Chicago. Urges government to work collaboratively to create safer communities through targeted investments, Reaffirms commitment to end gun violence.
  
 
 
 
HJR26 End Gun Violence Task Force
 
Neutral
 
House Sponsor:  Harper
 
Status:  Order of Resolutions
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Creates the End Gun Violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas Task Force to study, analyze data, make recommendations, and develop policy proposals addressing the root causes of violence and resulting trauma to drastically reduce gun violence in disproportionately impacted areas.
 
House Amendment 1 to HJR26 - Adopted 4/30/2025
 
Deletes everything. Reinserts language creating the End Gun Violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas Task Force. Makes the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity an ex officio, nonvoting, advisory member.
 
House Amendment 2 to HJR26 - Pending
 
Deletes everything. Reinserts language creating the End Gun Violence in Disproportionately Impacted Areas Task Force. Makes changes to the membership of the Task Force. Makes changes to the agency providing administrative support.
 
 
 
 
 
HB2327 Employment - Tech
 
Neutral
 
House Sponsor:  Friess
 
Status:  Held on Second Reading
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
 
House Amendment 1 to HB2327 - Pending
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Child Labor Law of 2024. Provides that nothing in the Act applies to the work of a minor 14 years of age or older working as a scorer at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on the dates of the U.S. Open and the Grand American World Trapshooting Championships if the minor is located, during those competitions, at least 15 feet behind the firing line of the trap shooters participating in the competitions. Makes a conforming change.
 
 
 
 
 
SB1899 FOID - Diversionary Program
 
Support
 
Senate Sponsor:  Sims, Hunter (Added After Passage:  Collins)
 
House Sponsor:  Slaughter
 
Status:  House Second Reading
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person charged with certain weapon-related offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012 and sentenced to the First Time Weapons Offense Program under the Unified Code of Corrections or any other court-ordered diversionary program created by law or by a court of the State of Illinois may submit an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card before receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the program. Directs the Illinois State Police to issue a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to such a person upon receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the program, provided the person is otherwise eligible to receive a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Specifies that a FOID application made under this provision shall be approved or denied within 10 business days of receiving a court order or written notification from a State's Attorney that the person completed a diversionary program.
 
Senate Amendment 1 to SB1899 - Tabled 4/9/2025
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes changes to provisions regarding application and renewal. In provisions regarding unlawful use of a weapon offense diversionary programs, provides that a person charged with an unlawful use of weapons offense, or the aggravated offense, and sentenced to the First Time Weapons Offense Program or any other court-ordered diversionary program created by law or an Illinois court may submit an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon receiving a court order (rather than prior to receiving a court order) demonstrating completion of the program. Provides that the State shall dismiss the pending charge upon successful completion of the program.
 
Senate Amendment 2 to SB1899 - Adopted 4/3/2025
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions concerning the First Time Weapon Offense Program, provides that, upon the successful completion of the Program, a defendant may submit an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the Program. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall issue a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to such person upon receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the Program if the person is otherwise eligible to receive a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning the First Time Weapon Offense Program shall prohibit the Illinois State Police from denying an application for or revoking a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as provided by law. Adds provisions concerning unlawful possession of weapons offense diversion programs and a defendant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card eligibility. Provides that a State's Attorney, at his or her discretion, may request that a defendant charged with an unlawful possession of weapons offense or aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon offense, if punishable as a Class 4 felony or lower, be sentenced to a First Time Weapon Offense Program.
 
House Amendment 1 to SB1899 - Adopted 5/1/2025
 
Provides that a State's Attorney, at his or her discretion, may request that a defendant charged with an unlawful possession of weapons offense under the Criminal Code of 2012 or aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon offense under the Criminal Code of 2012, if punishable as a Class 4 felony or lower, be sentenced to an appropriate diversion program (rather than a First Time Weapon Offense Program).
 
 
 
 
 
SB2002 ISP Fund Consolidation
 
Neutral
 
Senate Sponsor:  Loughran Cappel, Turner (Sally), Holmes, Koehler, Hastings
 
House Sponsor:  Cabello
 
Status:  House Second Reading
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends the Illinois State Police Law, the State Finance Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, and the Illinois False Claims Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning how certain moneys paid to the State are deposited into certain funds pertaining to the Illinois State Police. Provides that certain funds shall be dissolved after transferring the remaining balance in those funds to designated funds. Makes conforming changes. Effective September 1, 2026.
 
House Amendment 1 to SB2002 - Tabled 4/23/2025
 
Provides that moneys in the State Police Operations Assistance Fund shall be allocated in the manner described in specified provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act and specified provisions of the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Removes language requiring 50% of the of the moneys received from specified provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act and specified provisions of the Murder and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act to be allocated by the Illinois State Police for sheriffs' offices and police departments.
 
 
 
 
SB2280 Office Firearm Violence Prev
 
Neutral
 
Senate Sponsor:  Peters
 
House Sponsor:  Slaughter
 
Status:  House Second Reading
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends the Reimagine Public Safety Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue a report to the General Assembly annually (rather than no later than January 1 of each year) that identifies communities within Illinois municipalities of 1,000,000 or more residents and municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and more than 35,000 residents that are experiencing concentrated firearm violence, explaining the investments that are being made to reduce concentrated firearm violence, and making further recommendations on how to end Illinois' firearm violence epidemic. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall compile recommendations from all Lead Violence Prevention Conveners and report to the General Assembly annually (rather than bi-annually) on these funding recommendations.
 
 
 
 
 
SB2431 Explosives & Consumer Firework
 
Oppose
 
Senate Sponsor:  Turner (Doris)
 
House Sponsor:  Hoffman
 
Status:  House Second Reading
 
Synopsis As Introduced
 
Amends the Illinois Explosives Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Provides that no person shall acquire, possess, use, transfer, or dispose of explosive materials unless the person has obtained a valid Illinois Individual Explosives License issued by the Department of Natural Resources, except as provided in the Act. In provisions concerning qualifications for licensure, provides that no person shall qualify to hold a license who is an unlawful user of or addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance or has been adjudicated a person with a mental disability as defined in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or the person's FOID card is suspended or revoked. Provides that upon receipt of a second revocation of an explosives license, the person shall no longer be eligible to apply for an Illinois individual explosive license. Provides that any bulk storage or holding of consumer fireworks in quantities of 1,001 pounds or greater that is not in compliance with the Pyrotechnic Use Act or the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing Act must be stored in a Department certified Type 1, Type 2, or Type 4 magazine and must meet the distancing requirements for low explosives in applicable law. Provides that no consumer firework cake, designed for consumer use, shall exceed 500 grams in total explosive chemical composition. Provides that any person transporting explosive materials in the State shall comply with the placard requirements, as required by federal administrative rule. Makes other changes.
 
Senate Amendment 1 to SB2431 - Adopted 3/19/2025
 
Makes a change concerning the definition of "consumer fireworks". In provisions concerning storage requirements, provides that any bulk storage or holding of consumer fireworks in quantities of 1,001 pounds or greater that is not in compliance with the Pyrotechnic Use Act or the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing Act must be stored in a Department certified Type 1, Type 2, or Type 4 magazine and must meet the distancing requirements, provided by administrative rule, that pertain to the safe storage of low explosives (rather than the distancing requirements for low explosives in federal rules and applicable law). Removes the language that provides that no consumer firework cake, designed for consumer use, shall exceed 500 grams in total explosive chemical composition. In provisions concerning unlawful possession, storage, and transfer, makes changes concerning penalties. Corrects typographical errors.
  
Senate Amendment 2 to SB2431 - Adopted 4/9/2025
 
Removes language providing that no person may possess or store a firework cake, designed for consumer use, that exceeds 500 grams in total explosive chemical composition.
 
House Amendment 1 to SB2431 - Adopted 5/6/2025
 
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following change. In provisions concerning the powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Natural Resources, adds the ability to authorize any officer or Department employee to enter upon, inspect, and examine, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, the records and properties of persons licensed or certified under the Act to the extent such records and properties relate to the safe and proper storage, handling, and use of explosive materials. Makes grammatical changes.
 
 

 
 
 

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The House is delayed until 9:45 AM.

 

 

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Now 10:00 AM.

 

 

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The House is coming to order.

 

93 members are present.

 

 

 

 

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The House stands adjourned until 5/13/2025 @ 12:00 Noon.