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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5750

Introduced 4/22/2026, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-8

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the Illinois State
Police shall enter into an agreement for a grant program for ballistics
detection and imaging through a partnership with the Illinois Association
of Chiefs of Police. Provides that the Illinois Association of Chiefs of
Police shall, subject to appropriation, make grants available for State
and local police agencies for the purchase, expansion, and maintenance of
equipment services that support the National Integrated Ballistics
Information Network (NIBIN) and other ballistic technology equipment for
ballistic imaging. Provides that grantees may receive payment by advance
payment, reimbursement, or working capital advance, subject to the
approval of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and using Grant
Accountability and Transparency Act standards. Provides that the Illinois
Association of Chiefs of Police's allowable costs include managing,
tracking, documenting, reporting, and processing grant funds.
LRB104 21595 RLC 37044 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
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changing Section 24-8 as follows:

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(720 ILCS 5/24-8)
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Sec. 24-8.
Firearm evidence.
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(a) Upon seizing or taking into custody a firearm that was
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(i) unlawfully possessed, (ii) used for any unlawful purpose,
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(iii) recovered from the scene of a crime, or (iv) reasonably
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believed to have been used or associated with the commission
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of a crime, or when a firearm is acquired by the law
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enforcement agency as an abandoned, lost, or discarded
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firearm, a law enforcement agency shall use the best available
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information, including a firearms trace, to determine how and
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from whom the person gained possession of the firearm and to
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determine prior ownership of the firearm.
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(b) Law enforcement shall use the National Tracing Center
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of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
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Explosives and the National Crime Information Center of the
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Federal Bureau of Investigation in complying with subsection
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(a) of this Section.
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(b-5) Law enforcement shall use the National Tracing

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Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
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Explosives' eTrace platform or successor platform in complying
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with subsection (a). Law enforcement shall participate in the
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National Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,
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Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' eTrace platform or successor
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platform's collective data sharing program for the purpose of
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sharing firearm trace reports among all law enforcement
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agencies in this State on a reciprocal basis.
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(c) Law enforcement agencies shall use the Illinois State
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Police Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) Gun File
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to enter all stolen, seized, or recovered firearms as
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prescribed by LEADS regulations and policies.
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(d) Whenever a law enforcement agency recovers a fired
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cartridge case at a crime scene or has reason to believe that
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the recovered fired cartridge case is related to or associated
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with the commission of a crime, the law enforcement agency
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shall submit the evidence to the National Integrated
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Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) or an Illinois State
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Police laboratory for NIBIN processing. Whenever a law
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enforcement agency seizes or recovers a semiautomatic firearm
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that is deemed suitable to be entered into the NIBIN that was:
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(i) unlawfully possessed, (ii) used for any unlawful purpose,
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(iii) recovered from the scene of a crime, (iv) is reasonably
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believed to have been used or associated with the commission
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of a crime, or (v) is acquired by the law enforcement agency as
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an abandoned or discarded firearm, the law enforcement agency

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shall submit the evidence to the NIBIN or an Illinois State
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Police laboratory for NIBIN processing. When practicable, all
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NIBIN-suitable evidence and NIBIN-suitable test fires from
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recovered firearms shall be entered into the NIBIN within 2
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business days of submission to Illinois State Police
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laboratories that have NIBIN access or another NIBIN site.
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Exceptions to this may occur if the evidence in question
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requires analysis by other forensic disciplines. The Illinois
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State Police laboratory, submitting agency, and relevant court
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representatives shall determine whether the request for
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additional analysis outweighs the 2 business-day requirement.
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Illinois State Police laboratories that do not have NIBIN
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access shall submit NIBIN-suitable evidence and test fires to
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an Illinois State Police laboratory with NIBIN access. Upon
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receipt at the laboratory with NIBIN access, when practicable,
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the evidence and test fires shall be entered into the NIBIN
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within 2 business days. Exceptions to this 2 business-day
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requirement may occur if the evidence in question requires
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analysis by other forensic disciplines. The Illinois State
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Police laboratory, submitting agency, and relevant court
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representatives shall determine whether the request for
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additional analysis outweighs the 2 business-day requirement.
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Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to conflict with
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standards and policies for NIBIN sites as promulgated by the
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federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or
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successor agencies.

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(e) The Illinois State Police shall enter into an
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agreement for a grant program for ballistics detection and
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imaging through a partnership with the Illinois Association of
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Chiefs of Police. The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
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shall, subject to appropriation, make grants available for
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State and local police agencies for the purchase, expansion,
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and maintenance of equipment services that support the
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National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) and
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other ballistic technology equipment for ballistic imaging.
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Grantees may receive payment by advance payment,
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reimbursement, or working capital advance, subject to the
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approval of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and
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using Grant Accountability and Transparency Act standards. The
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Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's allowable costs
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include managing, tracking, documenting, reporting, and
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processing grant funds.

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(Source: P.A. 104-30, eff. 7-28-25.)

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