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SB3097 • 2026
FOID-RENEWAL
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FOID-RENEWAL
Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John F. Curran
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
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
To Firearms
Assigned to Executive
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale Fowler
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
FOID-RENEWAL
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Full Text of SB3097 Home Legislation Full Text SB3097 - 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 SB3097 Introduced 1/29/2026, by Sen. Dale Fowler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 65/5 from Ch. 38, par. 83-5 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that, if the Illinois State Police fails to renew a Firearm Owner's Identification Card within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted his or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the renewal application for the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be granted unless subject to revocation or suspension. Provides that failure of the Illinois State Police to approve or deny an application or renew an application within the time frames under these provisions shall constitute a civil violation and, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, may incur a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, every day the violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation. Provides that penalties shall be collected by the State Treasurer, who shall deposit the money into the General Revenue Fund. LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b A BILL FOR SB3097 LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows: 6 (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5) 7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-131 ) 8 Sec. 5. Application and renewal. 9 (a) The Illinois State Police shall either approve or deny 10 all applications within 30 days from the date they are 11 received, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), and 12 every applicant found qualified under Section 8 of this Act by 13 the Illinois State Police shall be entitled to a Firearm 14 Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee and 15 applicable processing fees. The processing fees shall be 16 limited to charges by the State Treasurer for using the 17 electronic online payment system. Any applicant who is an 18 active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a 19 member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the 20 Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the 21 application fee. $5 of each fee derived from the issuance of a 22 Firearm Owner's Identification Card or renewals thereof shall 23 be deposited in the State Police Firearm Services Fund and $5 SB3097 - 2 - LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b 1 into the State Police Firearm Enforcement Fund. 2 (b) Renewal applications shall be approved or denied 3 within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted his 4 or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his or 5 her Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If a renewal 6 application has been submitted prior to the expiration date of 7 the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the 8 Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid while 9 the Illinois State Police processes the application, unless 10 the person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation 11 under this Act. The cost for a renewal application shall be $10 12 and may include applicable processing fees, which shall be 13 limited to charges by the State Treasurer for using the 14 electronic online payment system, which shall be deposited 15 into the State Police Firearm Services Fund. If the Illinois 16 State Police fails to renew a Firearm Owner's Identification 17 Card within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted 18 his or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his 19 or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the renewal 20 application for the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall 21 be granted unless subject to revocation or suspension. 22 (c) If the Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a 23 licensee under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act expires during 24 the term of the licensee's concealed carry license, the 25 Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the license remain 26 valid and the licensee does not have to renew his or her SB3097 - 3 - LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b 1 Firearm Owner's Identification Card during the duration of the 2 concealed carry license. Unless the Illinois State Police has 3 reason to believe the licensee is no longer eligible for the 4 card, the Illinois State Police may automatically renew the 5 licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and send a 6 renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the licensee. 7 (c-5) Failure of the Illinois State Police to approve or 8 deny an application or renew an application within the time 9 frames under subsection (a) or (b) shall constitute a civil 10 violation and, in addition to any other penalty provided by 11 law, may incur a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 12 for each violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, 13 every day the violation continues shall be deemed a separate 14 violation. Penalties shall be collected by the State 15 Treasurer, who shall deposit the money into the General 16 Revenue Fund. 17 (d) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules concerning 18 the use of voluntarily submitted fingerprints, as allowed by 19 State and federal law. 20 (Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 21 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-609, eff. 7-1-24.) 22 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-131 ) 23 Sec. 5. Application and renewal. 24 (a) The Illinois State Police shall either approve or deny 25 all applications within 30 days from the date they are SB3097 - 4 - LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b 1 received, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), and 2 every applicant found qualified under Section 8 of this Act by 3 the Illinois State Police shall be entitled to a Firearm 4 Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee and 5 applicable processing fees. The processing fees shall be 6 limited to charges by the State Treasurer for using the 7 electronic online payment system. Any applicant who is an 8 active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a 9 member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the 10 Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the 11 application fee. $10 of each fee derived from the issuance of a 12 Firearm Owner's Identification Card or renewals thereof shall 13 be deposited in the State Police Firearm Services Fund. 14 (b) Renewal applications shall be approved or denied 15 within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted his 16 or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his or 17 her Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If a renewal 18 application has been submitted prior to the expiration date of 19 the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the 20 Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid while 21 the Illinois State Police processes the application, unless 22 the person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation 23 under this Act. The cost for a renewal application shall be $10 24 and may include applicable processing fees, which shall be 25 limited to charges by the State Treasurer for using the 26 electronic online payment system, which shall be deposited SB3097 - 5 - LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b 1 into the State Police Firearm Services Fund. If the Illinois 2 State Police fails to renew a Firearm Owner's Identification 3 Card within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted 4 his or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his 5 or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the renewal 6 application for the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall 7 be granted unless subject to revocation or suspension. 8 (c) If the Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a 9 licensee under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act expires during 10 the term of the licensee's concealed carry license, the 11 Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the license remain 12 valid and the licensee does not have to renew his or her 13 Firearm Owner's Identification Card during the duration of the 14 concealed carry license. Unless the Illinois State Police has 15 reason to believe the licensee is no longer eligible for the 16 card, the Illinois State Police may automatically renew the 17 licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and send a 18 renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the licensee. 19 (c-5) Failure of the Illinois State Police to approve or 20 deny an application or renew an application within the time 21 frames under subsection (a) or (b) shall constitute a civil 22 violation and, in addition to any other penalty provided by 23 law, may incur a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 24 for each violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, 25 every day the violation continues shall be deemed a separate 26 violation. Penalties shall be collected by the State SB3097 - 6 - LRB104 18896 TRT 32341 b 1 Treasurer, who shall deposit the money into the General 2 Revenue Fund. 3 (d) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules concerning 4 the use of voluntarily submitted fingerprints, as allowed by 5 State and federal law. 6 (Source: P.A. 103-609, eff. 7-1-24; 104-131, eff. 9-1-26.) 7 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 8 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 9 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 10 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 11 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 12 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 13 Public Act. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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