---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARM TRAINING-WAIVER"
description: "FIREARM TRAINING-WAIVER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 3843"
citation: "Illinois HB 3843 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fb13e2f-19a8-4a86-8e7e-667bd5e65152"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7cef0fe763247e891bf5517163926f9f62846ef26cc550221558dcd25c3e800c"
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 HB 3843 (90th) — FIREARM TRAINING-WAIVER

## Version chain

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

1. **HB3843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB3843LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERGMAN — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- CAPPARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- MCAULIFFE — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCAULIFFE
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BERGMAN
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-003-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-03-26
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SHADID
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-30
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-04
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DUDYCZ
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-24
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0646

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fb13e2f-19a8-4a86-8e7e-667bd5e65152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).