---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARMS-PROJECT EXILE"
description: "FIREARMS-PROJECT EXILE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Illinois HB 231 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 77
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-01-16T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-10T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e11ff6bf-0f6c-44dd-bec4-0ba81fdea1b4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "65564483a4a28e0c346cda7eb403bd696113cd24944caf753f146cfe61179db9"
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 231 (92nd) — FIREARMS-PROJECT EXILE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0231LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- BIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- CROSS — cosponsor (person)
- DANIELS — cosponsor (person)
- DURKIN — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- KURTZ — cosponsor (person)
- LAUZEN — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- MOFFITT — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PARKE — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITZ — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- WINTERS — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-01-16T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO O'CONNOR
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KOSEL
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DANIELS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOEFT
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHMITZ
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KURTZ
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROSS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KRAUSE
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINTERS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR STEPHENS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MEYER
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HULTGREN
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BIGGINS
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINDNER
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DURKIN
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKE
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CRIMINAL H
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED 004-000-000/SUB `passage`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** REMAINS IN COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 012-000-000 HJUB
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO SCULLY
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-05
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 011-000-000 SJUD
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-14
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LAUZEN
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/O'CONNOR
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/113-000-001
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-21T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-10
- **2001-08-10T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0332

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e11ff6bf-0f6c-44dd-bec4-0ba81fdea1b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).