99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1379
 
Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional
printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly uses a
three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning firearm. Adds exemptions for: (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of
manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, but only with respect to the
activities which are within the lawful scope of that business; or (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to create a prototype of a firearm. Adds definitions of "prototype" and "three-dimensional printer". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.



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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding 
5Section 24-2.3 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new)
7 Sec. 24-2.3. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to

8create a firearm.
9 (a) As used in this Section:
10 "Prototype" means a sample, model, or release of a product 
11built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be 
12replicated or learned from the sample, model, or release. 
13"Prototype" includes:
14  (1) a sample, model, or release used to test some 
15 aspect of the design without attempting to exactly simulate 
16 the visual appearance,
choice of materials, or intended 
17 manufacturing process;
18  (2) a sample, model, or release used to explore the 
19 basic
size, look, and feel of the product without 
20 simulating the actual function or exact visual
appearance 
21 of the product;
22  (3) a sample, model, or release intended to capture the 
23 design aesthetic and simulate the
appearance, color, and 
 
 
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1 surface textures of the intended product but which does not 
2 actually
embody the functions of the final product; or
3  (4) a functional prototype or working prototype which, 
4 to the greatest extent
practical, attempt to simulate the 
5 final design, aesthetics, materials, and functionality of 
6 the
intended design.
7 "Three-dimensional printer"
means a computer capable of 
8producing a
three-dimensional object from a digital model. 
9 (b) A person commits unlawful use of a three-dimensional

10printer to create a firearm when he or she knowingly uses a

11three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning 
12firearm.
This subsection (b) does not apply to:
13  (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture 
14 firearms under subsection (a) of Section 923 of the federal 
15 Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923(a));
16  (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of

17 manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, 
18 but only with respect to the
activities which are within 
19 the lawful scope of that business; or 
20  (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to 
21 create a prototype of a firearm.
22 (c) Sentence. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer

23to create a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.