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HB1373 - 104th General Assembly

PEACE OFFICER&FIREARMS-ETRACE
Last Action
04/09/2025 - Senate: Referred to Assignments
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/2-13from Ch. 38, par. 2-13
720 ILCS 5/24-8
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that upon recovering a firearm that was (i) unlawfully possessed, (ii) used for any unlawful purpose, (iii) recovered from the scene of a crime, (iv) reasonably believed to have been used or associated with the commission of a crime, or (v) acquired by the law enforcement agency as an abandoned, lost, or discarded firearm, a law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace (deletes when necessary), to determine how and from whom the person gained possession of the firearm and to determine prior ownership of the firearm. Provides that law enforcement shall use the National Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' eTrace platform or successor platform in complying with this provision. Provides that law enforcement shall participate in the National Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' eTrace platform or successor platform's collective data sharing program for the purpose of sharing firearm trace reports among all law enforcement agencies in this State on a reciprocal basis. Defines "peace officer" for the purpose of the investigation of specified offenses shall include investigators of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
In the definition of "peace officer" makes the definition gender neutral. In the firearm evidence statute, provides that upon seizing or taking into custody (rather than recovering) a firearm that was (i) unlawfully possessed, (ii) used for any unlawful purpose, (iii) recovered from the scene of a crime, or (iv) reasonably believed to have been used or associated with the commission of a crime, or when a firearm is acquired by the law enforcement agency as an abandoned, lost, or discarded firearm, a law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace, to determine how and from whom the person gained possession of the firearm and to determine prior ownership of the firearm.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
01/15/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
01/28/2025 House First Reading
01/28/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
02/11/2025 House Assigned to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
02/19/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
02/20/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
02/20/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
02/20/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
02/20/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
02/27/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
02/27/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
03/04/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
03/05/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Gun Violence Prevention Committee; by Voice Vote
03/05/2025 House Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Gun Violence Prevention Committee; 009-004-000
03/06/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
03/14/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
03/19/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
03/19/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
03/25/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
03/27/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
04/08/2025 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-040-000
04/08/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
04/08/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
04/08/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
04/09/2025 Senate Arrive in Senate
04/09/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
04/09/2025 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
04/09/2025 Senate First Reading
04/09/2025 Senate Referred to Assignments