SPRINGFIELD – A measure that would require anyone in Illinois owning a firearm to be fingerprinted appears to have stalled in an Illinois Senate committee Friday, the Illinois State Rifle Association is saying.
"Today there was a Senate Judiciary Hearing without SB 1966 being considered," Richard Pearson, the ISRA's Executive Director said in an advisory. "The bill will remain held in this committee, and the spring legislative session will end at Midnight without passage of this bill in the Illinois Senate."
"Thank you for your efforts during this legislative session, your support was vital in halting this dangerous legislation," Pearson wrote to gun rights supporters.
Wednesday, the measure titled "Fix the FOID" act, was sponsored by Democrat state Rep. Kathleen Willis. It passed the Illinois House earlier this week with a 62 to 52 vote.
The regular session ends Friday night at midnight. After tonight, any measure will require a three-fifths vote to pass to the Governor's desk.
SB 1966 would have required fingerprinting of anyone attempting to acquire a FOID card and would have shortened the FOID card renewal from 10 years to five, while doubling the ID card fee, among other requirements the ISRA resisted.
Here's how the Illinois House members voted on HB 1966:
Effingham County board member David Campbell explained SB 1966 to the National Rifle Association:
