103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2919 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 68/5-35 Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer. LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2919 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 68/5-35 430 ILCS 68/5-35 Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer. LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2919 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 68/5-35 430 ILCS 68/5-35 430 ILCS 68/5-35 Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer. LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b A BILL FOR HB2919LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919 LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919 LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b 1 AN ACT concerning safety. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act is 5 amended by changing Section 5-35 as follows: 6 (430 ILCS 68/5-35) 7 Sec. 5-35. Inspection of licensees' places of business. 8 Licensees shall have their places of business open for 9 inspection by the Illinois State Police and law enforcement 10 during all hours of operation involving the selling, leasing, 11 or otherwise transferring of firearms, provided that the 12 Illinois State Police or law enforcement may conduct no more 13 than one unannounced inspection per business per year without 14 good cause. During an inspection, licensees shall make all 15 records, documents, and firearms accessible for inspection 16 upon the request of the Illinois State Police or law 17 enforcement agency. 18 An inspection may only be completed after business hours. 19 An inspection shall not interfere with the business 20 transactions occurring in the store. 21 If a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for 22 inspection, the owner of the business has the right to 23 prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2919 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 68/5-35 430 ILCS 68/5-35 430 ILCS 68/5-35 Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that an inspection of a licensee's place of business may only be completed after business hours. Provides that an inspection shall not interfere with the business transactions occurring in the store. Provides that if a law enforcement officer is assigned to a business for inspection, the owner of the business has the right to prohibit the officer from returning to the store as a customer. LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b A BILL FOR 430 ILCS 68/5-35 LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919 LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919- 2 -LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919 - 2 - LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b HB2919 - 2 - LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b 1 customer. 2 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) HB2919 - 2 - LRB103 28475 CPF 54856 b