104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5483
 
Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 500/50-41 new
    Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires bidders who submit a bid to a State agency for a contract to supply the State agency with firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories and contractors who are awarded those contracts to make certain certifications and provide the State agency with certain information. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning procurement.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 
5adding Section 50-41 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/50-41 new)
7    Sec. 50-41. Firearms; ammunition, accessories, and parts.
8    (a) As used in this Section:    
9    "Ammunition" means firearm ammunition as defined in 
10Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.    
11    "Firearm" has the meaning given to that term in Section 
121.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.    
13    "Firearm accessory" means a supplementary item designed to 
14enhance a firearm's functionality, performance, or user 
15experience or to modify a firearm or external gear used in 
16conjunction with a firearm, including, but not limited to, the 
17following: sights and optics; holsters; magazines; grips; 
18slings; muzzle devices, suppressors, compensators, and flash 
19hiders; bipods; trigger upgrades and conversion devices; 
20cleaning kits; and ammunition carriers.    
21    "Firearm precursor part" means any forging, casting, 
22printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar object that has 
23reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be 
 
 
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1completed, assembled, or converted for use as a firearm frame 
2or receiver or that is marketed or sold to the public to become 
3or to be used as a firearm frame or receiver once completed, 
4assembled, or converted.    
5    (b) Each bidder who submits a bid to a State agency for a 
6contract to supply the State agency with firearms, ammunition, 
7or firearm accessories must certify to the State agency as 
8part of the bid, under penalty of perjury, that the bidder does 
9not sell unserialized gun build kits or firearm precursor 
10parts, including, but not limited to, unserialized firearms, 
11unserialized unfinished frames, and unserialized unfinished 
12receivers.    
13    (c) Each bidder who submits a bid to a State agency for a 
14contract to supply the State agency with firearms, ammunition, 
15or firearm accessories and each contractor who is awarded such 
16a contract shall, during the public procurement process, on an 
17annual basis, and upon request of the State agency provide to 
18the State agency:    
19        (1) a copy of all licenses, permits, or certificates 
20    required for the sale of firearms, ammunition, or firearm 
21    accessories, as applicable;    
22        (2) materials documenting (i) the number of trace 
23    requests the bidder or contractor received from the 
24    federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
25    Explosives during the 5 calendar years immediately 
26    preceding the date on which the material is provided to 
 
 
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1    the State agency and (ii) the amount of time that elapsed 
2    between the sale of the subject firearm and the receipt of 
3    that trace request;    
4        (3) materials documenting any theft or losses of 
5    firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories from the 
6    bidder's or contractor's premises during the 5 calendar 
7    years immediately preceding the date on which the material 
8    is provided to the State agency; and    
9        (4) copies of the 2 most recent inspection reports of 
10    any inspection conducted by a federal, State, or local 
11    agency focused on compliance with firearm or ammunition 
12    laws, including, but not limited to, any follow-up 
13    materials documenting administrative actions taken by the 
14    agency.    
15    If a bidder for or party to a contract with a State agency 
16for the procurement of firearms, ammunition, or firearm 
17accessories is unable to provide sufficient materials required 
18under items (1) through (4), then the bidder must submit to the 
19State agency a declaration explaining why the bidder is unable 
20to do so and the steps the bider is taking to be able to do so 
21within a year.    
22    Each bidder described in this subsection (c) must affirm 
23to the State agency that the bidder complies with all 
24applicable local, State, and federal laws related to the sale 
25or transfer of firearms, ammunition and firearms accessories.    
26    (d) In addition to the requirements of subsections (b) and 
 
 
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1(c), each bidder who submits a bid to a State agency for a 
2contract to supply the State agency with firearms, ammunition, 
3or firearm accessories and each contractor who is awarded such 
4a contract shall, during the public procurement process, on an 
5annual basis, and upon request of the State agency, provide to 
6the State agency in writing any practices or policies, 
7including, but not limited to, any amendments to those 
8practices or policies made during the public procurement 
9process, that are in effect or adopted by the bidder or 
10contractor or required by the terms of any contract to which 
11the bidder or contractor is a party and that:    
12        (1) prevent, detect, and screen for the transfer of 
13    firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories to straw 
14    purchasers or firearm traffickers;    
15        (2) prevent, detect, and screen against the sale of 
16    firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories to an 
17    individual prohibited from possessing a firearm by 
18    federal, State, or local law, or court order;    
19        (3) prevent, detect, and document the theft or loss of 
20    firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories;    
21        (4) pertain to the training of employees to ensure 
22    compliance with all applicable federal, State, and local 
23    firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories laws and 
24    regulations;    
25        (5) assist law enforcement agencies in the 
26    investigation or prevention of criminal access to 
 
 
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1    firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories; and    
2        (6) pertain to the operation of a digital video 
3    surveillance system as required under the Firearm Dealer 
4    License Certification Act.    
5    (e) A State agency shall reject a bid for any contract to 
6supply the State agency with firearms, ammunition, or firearm 
7accessories if the bidder or contractor has not complied with 
8the provisions of this Section.    
9    (f) A State agency shall not waive any of the requirements 
10of this Section or make exigent or emergency purchases of 
11firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories.    
12    (g) The Office of the Attorney General shall adopt rules 
13to implement the provisions of this Section. Those rules shall 
14include, but shall not be limited to:
15        (1) a process to administer and assess a bidder's or 
16    contractor's compliance with the requirements of this 
17    Section as part of contract awards and renewals; and    
18        (2) a prequalification process to preapprove potential 
19    bidders.    
20    (h) This Section applies to any contract for the 
21procurement of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories 
22that a State agency solicits, enters into, awards, amends, 
23renews, or extends on or after the effective date of this 
24amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.    
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
26becoming law.