---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-FIREARM SALES-FED LICS"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense to sell or give a firearm while engaged in the business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Illinois HB 1377 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f7b944-698e-4919-80ba-94252e2c93c0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1377&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2155&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "9939dc61a6cbf3b4656155be849ee508d9b741a32cd32fbbfc90945109611125"
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 1377 (93rd) — CRIM CD-FIREARM SALES-FED LICS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense to sell or give a firearm while engaged in the business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1377&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2155&DocNum=1377&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1377eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2155&DocNum=1377&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1377enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2155&DocNum=1377&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2003-02-06** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terry R. Parke
- **2003-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2003-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2003-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2003-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2003-03-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward Petka
- **2003-03-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2003-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Effective Date July 10, 2003
- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53f7b944-698e-4919-80ba-94252e2c93c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).