104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5403
 
Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 67/5
    Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Changes the definition of "petitioner" to include any medical personnel, social services and mental health personnel, crisis intervention personnel, or education personnel as described in a provision of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended 
5by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 67/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former 
9spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in 
10common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any 
11other person related by blood or present marriage to the 
12respondent, or a person who shares a common dwelling with the 
13respondent.
14    "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the 
15court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in 
16his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or 
17receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm 
18parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm. 
19    "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person 
20with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in 
21common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a 
22dating or engagement relationship.
23    "Petitioner" means:
 
 
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1        (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in 
2    this Act; or    
3        (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition 
4    alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing 
5    personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having 
6    in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, 
7    or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that 
8    could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing 
9    firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable 
10    firearm; or .
11        (3) any medical personnel, social services and mental 
12    health personnel, crisis intervention personnel, or 
13    education personnel as described in Section 4 of the 
14    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.    
15    "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to 
16pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, 
17or another by having in his or her custody or control, 
18purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or 
19firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable 
20firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to 
21make an operable firearm.
22(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)