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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2723 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Safe Gun Storage Act. Provides that a firearm owner shall not store or keep any firearm in any premises unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, properly engaged so as to render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. Provides that if the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user, then the firearm is deemed lawfully stored or kept. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 if any person knows or reasonably should know that a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that person and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains the firearm. Provides that a violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 if a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person obtains a firearm and uses it to injure or cause the death of a person or uses the firearm in connection with a crime. Provides that any money received from the collection of a civil penalty shall be deposited in the Mental Health Fund. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the age of a minor from under 14 to under 18 years of age for which it is unlawful, with certain exception,
for any person to
store or leave, within premises under his or her control, a firearm if
the
person knows or has reason to believe that a minor who does not have a Firearm Owner's Identification Card is likely to gain
access to the firearm without the lawful permission
of the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor, and
the minor causes death or great bodily harm with the firearm.
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| | HB2723 | | LRB103 26916 RLC 53280 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe |
| 5 | | Gun Storage Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Storage of firearms. A firearm owner shall not |
| 7 | | store or keep any firearm in any premises unless the firearm is |
| 8 | | secured in a locked container, properly engaged so as to |
| 9 | | render the firearm inaccessible or unusable to any person |
| 10 | | other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. If the |
| 11 | | firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or |
| 12 | | other lawfully authorized user, then the firearm is deemed |
| 13 | | lawfully stored or kept.
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| 14 | | Section 10. Penalties; violations. |
| 15 | | (a) A violation of Section 5 constitutes a civil |
| 16 | | infraction subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. |
| 17 | | (b) A violation of Section 5 constitutes a civil |
| 18 | | infraction subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 if |
| 19 | | any person knows or reasonably should know that a minor, an |
| 20 | | at-risk person, or a prohibited person is likely to gain |
| 21 | | access to a firearm belonging to or under the control of that |
| 22 | | person, and a minor, an at-risk person, or a prohibited person |