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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5788   Introduced , by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that a firearms restraining order may be granted against a respondent under the Act regardless of whether the respondent has in his or her custody or control a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts
that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
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 |  | HB5788 |  | LRB102 28590 RLC 40480 b |  
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended  | 
| 5 |  | by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 67/10) | 
| 7 |  |  Sec. 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
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| 8 |  |  (a) An action for a firearms restraining order is  | 
| 9 |  | commenced by filing a verified petition for a firearms  | 
| 10 |  | restraining order in any circuit court.
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| 11 |  |  (b) A petition for a firearms restraining order may be  | 
| 12 |  | filed in: (1) any county where the respondent resides or (2)  | 
| 13 |  | any county where an incident occurred that involved the  | 
| 14 |  | respondent posing an immediate and present danger of causing  | 
| 15 |  | personal injury to the respondent or another by having in his  | 
| 16 |  | or her custody or control, or purchasing, possessing, or  | 
| 17 |  | receiving, a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts
that could  | 
| 18 |  | be assembled to make an operable firearm.
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| 19 |  |  (c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for filing,  | 
| 20 |  | amending, vacating, certifying, printing, or photocopying  | 
| 21 |  | petitions or orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any  | 
| 22 |  | related filing service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff  | 
| 23 |  | or other law enforcement for service by the sheriff or other  |