Requires background checks for all gun sales, including by private sellers, curbing the flow of guns into the illegal secondary market. Combining a strong gun licensing system with background checks on all gun sales is proven to decrease gun violence 40% in states that implement these two measures.9

Requires applicants for FOID cards to submit fingerprints to spot dishonest applicants.

Reduces the risk of people who become prohibited after obtaining a FOID card from later using their card to purchase firearms.

Illegal intrastate gun trafficking is 48% lower in states that require background checks for private handgun sales.1

• Firearms are the leading cause of death for children in Illinois.7

• More than 34,000 Illinoisans have been deemed unsafe to own a gun. Nearly 80% may still be armed.13

• Illinois has the 9th highest rate of gun homicides in the country. Of all homicides in Illinois, 80% involve a gun, compared to 73% nationally.15

• The Aurora Henry Pratt shooter used an illegally-owned handgun. SB 1966 closes the background check loophole the shooter used to buy and keep the gun.

Children have the right to grow up f r e e f r o m g u n v i o l e n c e .

SB 1966Pass the BIO BIll to Fix the FOID

Requiring a point-of-sale background check for all gun sales, including those by an unlicensed seller.

• Under current law, an unlicensed seller must only verify that a prospective buyer has a valid FOID Card, but there is no requirement that a background check be conducted at the time of the sale. SB 1966 would require that unlicensed sales be facilitated by a licensed gun dealer and include a background check.

• The bill includes commonsense exceptions for law enforcement, gunsmiths, loans for shooting at a range or hunting, transfers through an estate, and buyback programs.

• Requiring a background check for every gun sale is the foundation of a strong and effective gun violence prevention policy and a valuable tool to help reduce illegal firearm trafficking. For example, a 2009 study found intrastate gun trafficking was 48% lower in cities in states that regulated unlicensed handgun sales.1

Modernizing the FOID Act• Reducing the FOID Card duration from 10 years to 5 years. Only one other

state has a license to purchase firearms that is valid for so long.2

• Shorter license durations, coupled with other measures like in-person applications and fingerprinting, are tied to lower levels of gun violence.3

• Shorter license durations also require persons seeking to purchase firearms to undergo background checks more often, enabling the licensing system to reduce the risk of people who become prohibited after obtaining a FOID card from later using their card to purchase firearms.

Requiring FOID applicants to submit fingerprints as part of their application• Requiring that FOID applicants submit fingerprints will help ensure that an

accurate criminal history can be ascertained at the time of the application.4

• Including fingerprints as part of a purchaser application, has shown to be effective at reducing gun violence.For example, Connecticut’s Permit to Purchase handgun licensing system, which requires an in-person application, fingerprinting, and safety training, and limits the validity of the license to only 5 years, was linked to a 40% reduction in gun homicides during the first 10 years of implementation.5

• Caps the live scan fingerprint vendor price to $30.

Amending the Mental Health Reporting Fund (a fund receiving money from Concealed Carry License Fees)

• Any surplus funds beyond what is necessary for compliance shall be allocated annually in equal parts to community-based mental health services aimed at reducing gun violence and school-based mental health grants.

• Clarifies that mental health reporting includes reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS.)

Requiring action by Illinois State Police (ISP) to remove guns once a FOID Card is revoked

• Create ISP led task force with mandated ISP enforcement, prioritizing certain “clear and present danger” revocations. Task Fund for the task force to come from and funded by the Revocation Enforcement Fund.

• Require ISP to send out revocation notices within 7 business days.

• Require Firearm Disposition Records to be filled out by firearm transferees.

• Current enforcement of the FOID revocation law is extremely lax. According to ISP, in 2018, 10,818 FOID cards were revoked but only 2,616 Firearm Disposition Records were received and only 3,469 FOID cards were returned to law enforcement.6

Improving information sharing and enforcement• Create the Law enforcement Prohibited Persons Portal so that revocation

information can be available in real time to law enforcement entities.

• ISP must make effort to have the portal available on Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS.)

Improving In-Court Enforcement• Update both bail and conviction sections to enumerate when revocations

are required and account for new Firearm Disposition Records requirements, the new transfer provisions that were included in the Firearm Restraining Orders Act, and the new universal background check provisions.

1 Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, and Maria T. Bulzacchelli, “Effects of State-Level Firearm Seller Accountability Policies on Firearms Tracking,” Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 86 (4) (2009): 525–537, available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704273/2 Crifasi, McCourt and Webster; Gi ords Law Center, “Licensing: Summary of State Law,” available at https://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/policy-areas/gun-owner-responsibilities/licensing/#state.3 Rudolph KE, Stuart EA, Vernick JS, Webster DW. Association Between Connecticut’s Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(8):e49-e54. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703.4 Illinois State Police, “FOID Frequently Asked Questions: What do I need to Complete My Application,” available at https://www.ispfsb.com/Public/FAQ.aspx.5 Rudolph KE, Stuart EA, Vernick JS, Webster DW. Association Between Connecticut’s Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(8):e49-e54. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703.6 Illinois State Police, “Illinois State Police Provide Additional Information Related to the FOID Pro-cess and Gary Martin,” available at http://www.isp.state.il.us/media/pressdetails.cfm?ID=1019.

7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. (2005) [cited Year Month (abbreviated) Day]. Available from URL: www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars8 https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/attachments/4961288b260a1bec68fe3ae7fc125a60ef1483a4/store/27b0ab6afd54a5667d9ce28c07a8a70d30b9b4ea619551aae932541350fb/City+Club+-Jens+Ludwig+20190318.pdf9 https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-gun-policy-and-research/_docs/impact-of-handgun-purchaser-licensing.pdf 10 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.318.4913&rep=rep1&type=pdf11 https://www.erikson.edu/policy-initiatives/risk-reach/12 https://www.luriechildrens.org/globalassets/documents/luriechildrens.org/research/re-search-areas/research-programs/smith-child-health-research-program/2019-ivdrs-adoles-cent-firearm-homocide-chicago-2013-2017.pdf13 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-guns-foid-cards-revoked-20190520-story.html14 The Conversation, CC-BY-ND; CDC Wonder, Get the data15 https://everytownresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Every-State-Fact-Sheet-Ilinois.pdf

When Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks for a purchase permit and at the point of sale, gun homicides dropped by 40%.5

Sponsors: Julie A. Morrison • Elgie R. Sims, Jr. • Jacqueline Y. Collins, Patricia Van Pelt, Ram Villivalam, Laura Fine, Ann Gillespie, Iris Y. Martinez, Antonio Muñoz, Robert Peters, Cristina Castro, Mattie Hunter, Laura M. Murphy

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