104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2621
 
Introduced , by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 65/2 from Ch. 38, par. 83-2
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the age at which a person who is not an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card from 21 to 18 and provides that a person who is under 18 years of age may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental consent required if he or she is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Provides that if the applicant is under 18 (rather than 21) years of age that he or she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent and is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces.


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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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 8 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
7 Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required; 
8exceptions. 
9 (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun 
10gun, or taser within this State without having in his or her 
11possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously 
12issued in his or her name by the Illinois State Police under 
13the provisions of this Act.
14 (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition 
15within this State without having in his or her possession a 
16Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his 
17or her name by the Illinois State Police under the provisions 
18of this Act.
19 (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the 
20possession of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and 
21tasers do not apply to:
22  (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the 
23 operation of their official duties;
 
 
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1  (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
2 or the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of 
3 their official duties;
4  (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms, 
5 while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
6  (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which 
7 receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the 
8 United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial 
9 purposes with blank ammunition;
10  (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with 
11 valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area 
12 where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times 
13 and in all other places these persons must have their 
14 firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
15  (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting 
16 license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's 
17 Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural 
18 Resources owned or managed sites;
19  (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range 
20 recognized by the Illinois State Police; however, these 
21 persons must at all other times and in all other places 
22 have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case; 
23  (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display 
24 recognized by the Illinois State Police; however, at all 
25 other times and in all other places these persons must 
26 have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
 
 
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1  (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and 
2 enclosed in a case;
3  (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or 
4 registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
5  (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and 
6 immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or 
7 other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or 
8 legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the 
9 minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification 
10 Card;
11  (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations 
12 or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using 
13 firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
14  (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does 
15 not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a 
16 firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting 
17 licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned 
18 by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's 
19 Identification Card and while in an area within a 
20 commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where 
21 hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance 
22 upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural 
23 Resources;
24  (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to 
25 hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a 
26 valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area 
 
 
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1 within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code 
2 where hunting is permitted and controlled; and 
3  (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a 
4 Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is 
5 under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm 
6 Owner's Identification Card who is 18 21 years of age or 
7 older while the person is on a firing or shooting range or 
8 is a participant in a firearms safety and training course 
9 recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national, 
10 statewide shooting sports organization. 
11 (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the 
12acquisition and possession of firearms, firearm ammunition, 
13stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement 
14officials of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in 
15the operation of their official duties.
16 (c-5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
17subsection (a) of this Section regarding the possession of 
18firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply to the holder of a 
19valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm 
20Concealed Carry Act who is in physical possession of the 
21concealed carry license. 
22 (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is 
23not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using 
24a firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have 
25a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or 
26firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she 
 
 
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1obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois 
2Identification Card. 
3(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)

4 (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
5 Sec. 4. Application for Firearm Owner's Identification 
6Cards. 
7 (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
8Card must: 
9  (1) Submit an application as made available by the 
10 Illinois State Police; and
11  (2) Submit evidence to the Illinois State Police that:
12   (i) (Blank); This subparagraph (i) applies through 
13 the 180th day following July 12, 2019 (the effective 
14 date of Public Act 101-80). He or she is 21 years of 
15 age or over, or if he or she is under 21 years of age 
16 that he or she has the written consent of his or her 
17 parent or legal guardian to possess and acquire 
18 firearms and firearm ammunition and that he or she has 
19 never been convicted of a misdemeanor other than a 
20 traffic offense or adjudged delinquent, provided, 
21 however, that such parent or legal guardian is not an 
22 individual prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's 
23 Identification Card and files an affidavit with the 
24 Department as prescribed by the Department stating 
25 that he or she is not an individual prohibited from 
 
 
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1 having a Card;
2   (i-5) This subparagraph (i-5) applies on and after 
3 the 181st day following July 12, 2019 (the effective 
4 date of Public Act 101-80). He or she is 18 21 years of 
5 age or over, or if he or she is under 18 21 years of 
6 age that he or she has never been convicted of a 
7 misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged 
8 delinquent and is an active duty member of the United 
9 States Armed Forces or the Illinois National Guard or 
10 has the written consent of his or her parent or legal 
11 guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm 
12 ammunition, provided, however, that such parent or 
13 legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from 
14 having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files 
15 an affidavit with the Illinois State Police as 
16 prescribed by the Illinois State Police stating that 
17 he or she is not an individual prohibited from having a 
18 Card or the active duty member of the United States 
19 Armed Forces or the Illinois National Guard under 21 
20 years of age annually submits proof to the Illinois 
21 State Police, in a manner prescribed by the Illinois 
22 State Police; 
23   (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony 
24 under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
25   (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
26   (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental 
 
 
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1 health facility within the past 5 years or, if he or 
2 she has been a patient in a mental health facility more 
3 than 5 years ago submit the certification required 
4 under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;
5   (v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual 
6 disability;
7   (vi) He or she is not a noncitizen who is 
8 unlawfully present in the United States under the laws 
9 of the United States;
10   (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order 
11 of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a 
12 firearm;
13   (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the 
14 past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, 
15 violation of an order of protection, or a 
16 substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction, 
17 in which a firearm was used or possessed;
18   (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic 
19 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a 
20 substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction 
21 committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the 
22 effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant 
23 knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have 
24 an offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a 
25 jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a 
26 conviction for an offense in which a domestic 
 
 
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1 relationship is not a required element of the offense 
2 but in which a determination of the applicability of 
3 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of 
4 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the 
5 court of a judgment of conviction for that offense 
6 shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm 
7 Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
8   (x) (Blank);
9   (xi) He or she is not a noncitizen who has been 
10 admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant 
11 visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of 
12 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
13 1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is a noncitizen who 
14 has been lawfully admitted to the United States under 
15 a non-immigrant visa if that noncitizen is:
16    (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
17 hunting or sporting purposes;
18    (2) an official representative of a foreign 
19 government who is:
20     (A) accredited to the United States 
21 Government or the Government's mission to an 
22 international organization having its 
23 headquarters in the United States; or
24     (B) en route to or from another country to 
25 which that noncitizen is accredited;
26    (3) an official of a foreign government or 
 
 
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1 distinguished foreign visitor who has been so 
2 designated by the Department of State;
3    (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a 
4 friendly foreign government entering the United 
5 States on official business; or
6    (5) one who has received a waiver from the 
7 Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 
8 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
9   (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a 
10 petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile 
11 Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a 
12 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that 
13 if committed by an adult would be a felony;
14   (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been 
15 adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile 
16 Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that 
17 if committed by an adult would be a felony;
18   (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of 
19 Illinois; 
20   (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person 
21 with a mental disability; 
22   (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily 
23 admitted into a mental health facility; and 
24   (xvii) He or she is not a person with a 
25 developmental disability; and 
26  (3) Upon request by the Illinois State Police, sign a 
 
 
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1 release on a form prescribed by the Illinois State Police 
2 waiving any right to confidentiality and requesting the 
3 disclosure to the Illinois State Police of limited mental 
4 health institution admission information from another 
5 state, the District of Columbia, any other territory of 
6 the United States, or a foreign nation concerning the 
7 applicant for the sole purpose of determining whether the 
8 applicant is or was a patient in a mental health 
9 institution and disqualified because of that status from 
10 receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. No mental 
11 health care or treatment records may be requested. The 
12 information received shall be destroyed within one year of 
13 receipt.
14 (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
15Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Illinois 
16State Police either his or her Illinois driver's license 
17number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as 
18provided in subsection (a-10).
19 (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
20Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed 
21security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military 
22permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois 
23resident, shall furnish to the Illinois State Police his or 
24her driver's license number or state identification card 
25number from his or her state of residence. The Illinois State 
26Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this 
 
 
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1subsection (a-10).
2 (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's 
3Identification Card moves from the residence address named in 
4the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form 
5and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police of that 
6change of address.
7 (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
8Card shall furnish to the Illinois State Police his or her 
9photograph. An applicant who is 21 years of age or older 
10seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement 
11must furnish with the application an approved copy of United 
12States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service 
13Form 4029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of 
14age seeking a religious exemption to the photograph 
15requirement shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner 
16prescribed by the Illinois State Police with his or her 
17application. 
18 (a-25) Beginning January 1, 2023, each applicant for the 
19issuance of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card may include 
20a full set of his or her fingerprints in electronic format to 
21the Illinois State Police, unless the applicant has previously 
22provided a full set of his or her fingerprints to the Illinois 
23State Police under this Act or the Firearm Concealed Carry 
24Act.
25 The fingerprints must be transmitted through a live scan 
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1Professional Regulation. The fingerprints shall be checked 
2against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the 
3Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation 
4criminal history records databases, including all available 
5State and local criminal history record information files.
6 The Illinois State Police shall charge applicants a 
7one-time fee for conducting the criminal history record check, 
8which shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund 
9and shall not exceed the actual cost of the State and national 
10criminal history record check.
11 (a-26) The Illinois State Police shall research, explore, 
12and report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2022 on the 
13feasibility of permitting voluntarily submitted fingerprints 
14obtained for purposes other than Firearm Owner's 
15Identification Card enforcement that are contained in the 
16Illinois State Police database for purposes of this Act. 
17 (b) Each application form shall include the following 
18statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false 
19information on an application for a Firearm Owner's 
20Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in 
21accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm 
22Owners Identification Card Act.".
23 (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4, 
24paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the 
25consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the 
26applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 
2102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1030, eff. 
35-27-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)

4 (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
5 Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Illinois 
6State Police has authority to deny an application for or to 
7revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
8previously issued under this Act only if the Illinois State 
9Police finds that the applicant or the person to whom such card 
10was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
11  (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been 
12 convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or 
13 adjudged delinquent;
14  (b) (Blank); This subsection (b) applies through the 
15 180th day following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of 
16 Public Act 101-80). A person under 21 years of age who does 
17 not have the written consent of his parent or guardian to 
18 acquire and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or 
19 whose parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, 
20 or where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a 
21 Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
22  (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the 
23 181st day following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of 
24 Public Act 101-80). A person under 18 21 years of age who 
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1 Forces or the Illinois National Guard and does not have 
2 the written consent of his or her parent or guardian to 
3 acquire and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or 
4 whose parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, 
5 or where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a 
6 Firearm Owner's Identification Card; 
7  (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of 
8 this or any other jurisdiction;
9  (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
10  (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health 
11 facility within the past 5 years or a person who has been a 
12 patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago 
13 who has not received the certification required under 
14 subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement 
15 officer employed by a unit of government or a Department 
16 of Corrections employee authorized to possess firearms who 
17 is denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's 
18 Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may 
19 obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section 
20 10 of this Act if the officer or employee did not act in a 
21 manner threatening to the officer or employee, another 
22 person, or the public as determined by the treating 
23 clinical psychologist or physician, and the officer or 
24 employee seeks mental health treatment;
25  (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a 
26 nature that it poses a clear and present danger to the 
 
 
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1 applicant, any other person or persons, or the community;
2  (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;
3  (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement 
4 in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application or 
5 endorsement affidavit;
6  (i) A noncitizen who is unlawfully present in the 
7 United States under the laws of the United States;
8  (i-5) A noncitizen who has been admitted to the United 
9 States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined 
10 in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality 
11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection 
12 (i-5) does not apply to any noncitizen who has been 
13 lawfully admitted to the United States under a 
14 non-immigrant visa if that noncitizen is:
15   (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
16 hunting or sporting purposes;
17   (2) an official representative of a foreign 
18 government who is:
19    (A) accredited to the United States Government 
20 or the Government's mission to an international 
21 organization having its headquarters in the United 
22 States; or
23    (B) en route to or from another country to 
24 which that noncitizen is accredited;
25   (3) an official of a foreign government or 
26 distinguished foreign visitor who has been so 
 
 
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1 designated by the Department of State;
2   (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a 
3 friendly foreign government entering the United States 
4 on official business; or
5   (5) one who has received a waiver from the 
6 Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 18 
7 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
8  (j) (Blank);
9  (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 
10 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation 
11 of an order of protection, or a substantially similar 
12 offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was 
13 used or possessed;
14  (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic 
15 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially 
16 similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before, 
17 on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public 
18 Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been 
19 previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
20 under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the 
21 right to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) 
22 tried by a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results 
23 in a conviction for an offense in which a domestic 
24 relationship is not a required element of the offense but 
25 in which a determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 
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1 Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a 
2 judgment of conviction for that offense shall be grounds 
3 for denying an application for and for revoking and 
4 seizing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously 
5 issued to the person under this Act;
6  (m) (Blank);
7  (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or 
8 possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois 
9 State statute or by federal law;
10  (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 
11 5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the 
12 minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an 
13 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony; 
14  (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent 
15 minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the 
16 commission of an offense that if committed by an adult 
17 would be a felony;
18  (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of 
19 Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of 
20 Section 4; 
21  (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with 
22 a mental disability; 
23  (s) A person who has been found to have a 
24 developmental disability; 
25  (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental 
26 health facility; or 
 
 
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1  (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's 
2 Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e) 
3 of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of 
4 subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she 
5 was a patient in a mental health facility as provided in 
6 subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to 
7 obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the 
8 5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a 
9 mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical 
10 psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are 
11 defined in the Mental Health and Developmental 
12 Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that 
13 he or she is not a clear and present danger to himself, 
14 herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist, 
15 or qualified examiner making the certification and his or 
16 her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or 
17 professionally liable for making or not making the 
18 certification required under this subsection, except for 
19 willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not 
20 apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have 
21 been restored through administrative or judicial action 
22 under Section 10 or 11 of this Act. 
23 Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's 
24Identification Card, the Illinois State Police shall provide 
25notice to the person and the person shall comply with Section 
269.5 of this Act. 
 
 
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