Bill > HB2985

This bill, titled "FIREARM OWNERS ID ACT-REPEAL", repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and makes conforming changes to various other Acts. The key provisions are: - Repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, removing the requirement for individuals to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms. - Amends the Open Meetings Act, Firearm Concealed Carry Act, Criminal Identification Act, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act, State Finance Act, Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act, Peace Officer Firearm Training Act, School Code, Illinois Explosives Act, Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, Unified Code of Corrections, Stalking No Contact Order Act, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act to remove references to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and conforming changes related to firearms. - Establishes a process for individuals prohibited from possessing firearms under State or federal law to petition the Director of the Illinois State Police or the circuit court to be relieved of the prohibition, with certain exceptions. The bill aims to repeal the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and make related changes to various other laws that currently reference or rely on that Act.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2985&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103