4/5/17 Update

Bill passed the Senate today 4/5 by a vote of 52/0/0.
Now on to the House

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OP

Auto Knives / Switchblade with a FOID is on the agenda for now.

Witness slips are open for SB0607 in Criminal Law Committee

http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/100589?committeeHearingId=14275&LegislationId=100589&SCommittees3%2F4%2F2017-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=7&_=1488029818652

Tracking

http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/WitnessSlipInfo/100589?hearingId=14275&LegislationDocumentId=127690&SCommittees3%2F4%2F2017-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=7&_=1488029818652

Scheduled Date 2/28/2017 - 4:30 PM
Location 400 - Capitol - - Springfield, IL
Posting Date 2/22/2017 - 4:22 PM

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=607&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100589&SessionID=91&GA=100

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides an exemption from the prohibition on sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of a switchblade knife to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing switchblade knives. Effective immediately.

Other agenda items

http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/HearingDetail/14275?SCommittees3/4/2017-page=1&SCommittees3/4/2017-orderBy=&SCommittees3/4/2017-filter=&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=7&_=1488029818652

Bump for committee hearing today.   11 for and 2 against on witness slips


EDIT:  Bill was passed out of committee yesterday

11 YEAS   0 NAYS   0 PRESENT   0 NOT VOTING

So they're legal now??

Nope, not that easy.   Out of committee and on to Senate where it must be read 3 times and can be called for a vote.   Bill is on agenda for 2nd reading 3/2/17.   If it passes Senate, it also has to go to House for reading and votes.   If amendments are introduced, those must be reconciled between both chambers.

Of some hope is that it did get enough votes initially last session but didnt get called up for final passage  from what I understand...there was an issue with some Chicago woman who killed another with a switchblade which I think introduced the FOID requirement.

How a bill becomes law.

http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lis/98bill_law.pdf

Edit: Senate adjourned until 3/7.   Bill did not get called for reading today  as best I can tell.

A little bit closer

3/14/2017  SB0607 Crim Cd Switchblades is moved to third reading

1/24/2017SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins
 1/24/2017SenateFirst Reading
 1/24/2017SenateReferred to Assignments
 2/1/2017SenateAssigned to Criminal Law
 2/8/2017SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
 3/1/2017SenateDo Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000
 3/1/2017SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2017
 3/14/2017SenateSecond Reading
 3/14/2017SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2017

Bill passed the Senate today 4/5 by a vote of 52/0/0.

Now on to the House for debate.

Just curious what the best guess on the odds of this actually passing, and getting signed by Rauner, might be?


Larry

In English what does this mean

For a bill to become law it needs to be approved by both the Senate and the House.

The bill to allow possession of an auto knife (i.e. what they are calling switchblades) if you have a FOID card has now passed the Senate and must now be approved by the House.

I dont know.   I'm surprised there were not any no votes out of the Senate.  It came close to passing in the last legislative session for whatever that is worth, although there are new people in the kegislature now.

I can't find the archived  posts from last year using the new "improved" arfcom search, but iirc a similar bill was approved by the Senate and sent to the House.  There it was amended...maybe adding the FOID requirement after a Chicago woman was killed with a knife...approved and sent back to Senate for concurrence,  It never got recalled on the Senate agenda but it was at the end of session and I think the original bill sponsor had resigned so there was someone new driving it.

So what are the chances this has preemption attached to remove the 2.5" limit in Chicago?

SSDD

...Didn't realize it was that short, nothing about preemption.

SSDD

Probably would be the fastest way to kill the bill.

Yeah probably, because somehow in Chicago a 3" blade is more dangerous then the firearm I can legally carry...

SSDD