SB 1139

Abstract

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Extends from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2025, the date of the inoperability of the eavesdropping exemption that provides with prior request to and written or verbal approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a qualified offense as defined in the exemption. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Extends from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023, (in the introduced bill, January 1, 2025) the date of the inoperability of the eavesdropping exemption that provides with prior request to and written or verbal approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a qualified offense as defined in the exemption. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4 430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8 430 ILCS 66/50 430 ILCS 68/5-5 430 ILCS 68/5-25 520 ILCS 5/3.4b new 720 ILCS 5/24-2 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is under 21 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. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry license shall be renewed for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration on the applicant's current license upon the applicant completing the necessary requirements under the Act. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that "retail location" does not include the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Provides that the provisions of the Act related to the certification of a license do not apply to transfers of firearms to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms dealer at a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a national governing body. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a current or retired law enforcement officer authorized by law to possess a concealed firearm shall be exempt from the provisions of the Code prohibiting possession of those firearms. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to exempt current or retired law enforcement officers. Effective immediately.