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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2587 Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the 72-hour waiting period before delivery of a concealable firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to a person who has been issued a valid license to carry a concealed handgun under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 11018 RLC 21100 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2587 Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3 720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the 72-hour waiting period before delivery of a concealable firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to a person who has been issued a valid license to carry a concealed handgun under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 11018 RLC 21100 b LRB104 11018 RLC 21100 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
1515 5 changing Section 24-3 as follows:
1616 6 (720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
1717 7 Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
1818 8 (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
1919 9 delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
2020 10 following:
2121 11 (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
2222 12 concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
2323 13 age.
2424 14 (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
2525 15 years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
2626 16 than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
2727 17 (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
2828 18 (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
2929 19 been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
3030 20 other jurisdiction.
3131 21 (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
3232 22 been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
3333 23 years. In this subsection (e):
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6868 1 "Mental institution" means any hospital,
6969 2 institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
7070 3 health center, or part thereof, which is used
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7373 6 "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
7474 7 was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
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7676 9 unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
7777 10 alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
7878 11 substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
7979 12 (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
8080 13 person with an intellectual disability.
8181 14 (g) Delivers any firearm, incidental to a sale,
8282 15 without withholding delivery of the firearm for at least
8383 16 72 hours after application for its purchase has been made,
8484 17 or delivers a stun gun or taser, incidental to a sale,
8585 18 without withholding delivery of the stun gun or taser for
8686 19 at least 24 hours after application for its purchase has
8787 20 been made. However, this paragraph (g) does not apply to:
8888 21 (1) the sale of a firearm to a law enforcement officer if
8989 22 the seller of the firearm knows that the person to whom he
9090 23 or she is selling the firearm is a law enforcement officer
9191 24 or the sale of a firearm to a person who desires to
9292 25 purchase a firearm for use in promoting the public
9393 26 interest incident to his or her employment as a bank
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104104 1 guard, armed truck guard, or other similar employment; (2)
105105 2 a mail order sale of a firearm from a federally licensed
106106 3 firearms dealer to a nonresident of Illinois under which
107107 4 the firearm is mailed to a federally licensed firearms
108108 5 dealer outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) (blank);
109109 6 (4) the sale of a firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal
110110 7 firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
111111 8 Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923); (4.1) the sale of a
112112 9 firearm to a person who has been issued a valid license to
113113 10 carry a concealed handgun under the Firearm Concealed
114114 11 Carry Act; or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
115115 12 shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
116116 13 competitor or attendee or non-resident registered
117117 14 competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal
118118 15 firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
119119 16 Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at
120120 17 the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national
121121 18 governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales under
122122 19 subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the Department of
123123 20 Natural Resources shall give notice to the Illinois State
124124 21 Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any competitive
125125 22 shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned
126126 23 by a national governing body. The notification shall be
127127 24 made on a form prescribed by the Illinois State Police.
128128 25 The sanctioning body shall provide a list of all
129129 26 registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours
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140140 1 before the events to the Illinois State Police. Any
141141 2 changes to the list of registered competitors and
142142 3 attendees shall be forwarded to the Illinois State Police
143143 4 as soon as practicable. The Illinois State Police must
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145145 6 no later than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing
146146 7 in this paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed
147147 8 firearm dealer from the requirements of conducting a NICS
148148 9 background check through the Illinois Point of Contact
149149 10 under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of this paragraph
150150 11 (g), "application" means when the buyer and seller reach
151151 12 an agreement to purchase a firearm. For purposes of this
152152 13 paragraph (g), "national governing body" means a group of
153153 14 persons who adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of
154154 15 a national firearm sporting organization.
155155 16 (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
156156 17 manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
157157 18 Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
158158 19 unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
159159 20 or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
160160 21 other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
161161 22 temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
162162 23 purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
163163 24 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
164164 25 "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
165165 26 fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
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176176 1 combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
177177 2 assembled.
178178 3 (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
179179 4 under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
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181181 6 (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
182182 7 business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail
183183 8 without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
184184 9 Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
185185 10 U.S.C. 923). In this paragraph (j):
186186 11 A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
187187 12 devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
188188 13 activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
189189 14 principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
190190 15 include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
191191 16 or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
192192 17 trigger mechanisms to firearms.
193193 18 "With the principal objective of livelihood and
194194 19 profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
195195 20 disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
196196 21 livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other
197197 22 intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal
198198 23 firearms collection; however, proof of profit shall not be
199199 24 required as to a person who engages in the regular and
200200 25 repetitive purchase and disposition of firearms for
201201 26 criminal purposes or terrorism.
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212212 1 (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
213213 2 person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
214214 3 the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
215215 4 Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
216216 5 transferee's name by the Illinois State Police under the
217217 6 provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act;
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219219 8 firearm that has previously been issued in the
220220 9 transferee's name by the Illinois State Police under the
221221 10 Firearm Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not
222222 11 apply to the transfer of a firearm to a person who is
223223 12 exempt from the requirement of possessing a Firearm
224224 13 Owner's Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm
225225 14 Owners Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this
226226 15 Section, a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
227227 16 Card or license to carry a concealed firearm means receipt
228228 17 of an approval number issued in accordance with subsection
229229 18 (a-10) of Section 3 or Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
230230 19 Identification Card Act.
231231 20 (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
232232 21 paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
233233 22 licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
234234 23 subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
235235 24 Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
236236 25 a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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248248 1 with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
249249 2 paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
250250 3 civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
251251 4 transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
252252 5 willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
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254254 7 (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
255255 8 delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
256256 9 converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses
257257 10 a firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
258258 11 removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is
259259 12 stolen or converted.
260260 13 (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
261261 14 firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
262262 15 78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
263263 16 nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
264264 17 purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment
265265 18 of Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under
266266 19 the provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act
267267 20 78-355 shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any
268268 21 firearm if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6
269269 22 months after the enactment of that Public Act.
270270 23 (C) Sentence.
271271 24 (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
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273273 26 or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
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284284 1 (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
285285 2 of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
286286 3 subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
287287 4 (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
288288 5 of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection
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290290 7 (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
291291 8 of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
292292 9 subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
293293 10 comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
294294 11 property comprising a school, at a school related
295295 12 activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance
296296 13 owned, leased, or contracted by a school or school
297297 14 district to transport students to or from school or a
298298 15 school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
299299 16 time of year at which the offense was committed, commits a
300300 17 Class 1 felony. Any person convicted of a second or
301301 18 subsequent violation of unlawful sale or delivery of
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303303 20 subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
304304 21 comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
305305 22 property comprising a school, at a school related
306306 23 activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance
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321321 2 Class 1 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
322322 3 imprisonment of no less than 5 years and no more than 15
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324324 5 (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
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326326 7 subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
327327 8 managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
328328 9 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
329329 10 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
330330 11 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
331331 12 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
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333333 14 on the real property comprising any public park, on the
334334 15 real property comprising any courthouse, or on any public
335335 16 way within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
336336 17 public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
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339339 20 mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
340340 21 (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
341341 22 of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection
342342 23 (A) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
343343 24 violation is a Class 4 felony.
344344 25 (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
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356356 1 (A) commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
357357 2 subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
358358 3 not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
359359 4 subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
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361361 6 (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
362362 7 unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
363363 8 paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
364364 9 that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
365365 10 age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
366366 11 forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
367367 12 not to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
368368 13 forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
369369 14 under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
370370 15 (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
371371 16 of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection
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373373 18 (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
374374 19 of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection
375375 20 (A) commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one
376376 21 firearm. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
377377 22 of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection
378378 23 (A) commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
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380380 25 within a one-year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
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392392 1 of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
393393 2 she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
394394 3 less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
395395 4 delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
396396 5 firearms at the same time or within a 2-year period. Any
397397 6 person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
398398 7 in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
399399 8 Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
400400 9 term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
401401 10 than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
402402 11 not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a
403403 12 3-year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
404404 13 delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
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406406 15 shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
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408408 17 of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
409409 18 same time or within a 4-year period. Any person convicted
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411411 20 paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
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413413 22 imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
414414 23 years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
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429429 2 "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
430430 3 academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
431431 4 participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or
432432 5 in part by a school or school district.
433433 6 (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
434434 7 subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
435435 8 after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
436436 9 violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
437437 10 subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
438438 11 after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
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440440 13 (Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
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