---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFETY-TECH"
description: "Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 784"
citation: "Illinois SB 784 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "Jay Hoffman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e2dcbbf-a3dd-4549-8c37-6ab60bab9d2b"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=784&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=158495&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "6e54b8b30980cbdfba1337ae828dc77fcd5dcf0857dddfa9c38de573bb0a4ae4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 784 (104th) — SAFETY-TECH

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0784.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0784eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0784sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0784enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Government, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Police & Fire Committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2025-04-09** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2025-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2025-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Belt `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2025-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2025-05-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2025-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2025-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0364 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e2dcbbf-a3dd-4549-8c37-6ab60bab9d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).