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SB1206 • 2026
FIREARMS RESTRAIN-LAW ENFORCE
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FIREARMS RESTRAIN-LAW ENFORCE
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
To Firearms
Re-assigned to Executive
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
To Firearms
Assigned to Executive
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
FIREARMS RESTRAIN-LAW ENFORCE
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Full Text of SB1206 Home Legislation Full Text SB1206 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1206 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 67/5 Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that if the petitioner for a firearms restraining order against a respondent is a law enforcement officer, the petitioner shall be referred to as the law enforcement agency in which the officer is employed on all public indexes concerning the petition and not the individually named officer who filed the petition. Effective immediately. LRB104 02940 RLC 12956 b A BILL FOR SB1206 LRB104 02940 RLC 12956 b 1 AN ACT concerning safety. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended 5 by changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (430 ILCS 67/5) 7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: 8 "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former 9 spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in 10 common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any 11 other person related by blood or present marriage to the 12 respondent, or a person who shares a common dwelling with the 13 respondent. 14 "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the 15 court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in 16 his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or 17 receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm 18 parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm. 19 "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person 20 with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in 21 common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a 22 dating or engagement relationship. 23 "Petitioner" means: SB1206 - 2 - LRB104 02940 RLC 12956 b 1 (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in 2 this Act; or 3 (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition 4 alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing 5 personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having 6 in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, 7 or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that 8 could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing 9 firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable 10 firearm. 11 If the petitioner is a law enforcement officer, the 12 petitioner shall be referred to as the law enforcement agency 13 in which the officer is employed on all public indexes 14 concerning the petition and not the individually named officer 15 who filed the petition. 16 "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to 17 pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, 18 or another by having in his or her custody or control, 19 purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or 20 firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable 21 firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to 22 make an operable firearm. 23 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22 .) 24 Section 99. 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