---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIREARM-REPORT-LAW ENFORCEMENT"
description: "Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police must report the name and address of a person to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides if the person attempting to purchase a firearm is disqualified from purchasing a firearm because of information obtained during the dial-up telephone communication with the Department of State Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "Illinois HB 348 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-21"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba67bb0e-b51a-4c0f-8ccb-8254b94a033a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=348&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14589&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "187fd10a6772dec90b9550dbba969fe29bcf38dcc9a6caf34c9292ab49500d96"
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 348 (94th) — FIREARM-REPORT-LAW ENFORCEMENT

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police must report the name and address of a person to the local law enforcement agency where the person resides if the person attempting to purchase a firearm is disqualified from purchasing a firearm because of information obtained during the dial-up telephone communication with the Department of State Police.

## 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=09400HB0348&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14589&DocNum=348&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0348eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14589&DocNum=348&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0348enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14589&DocNum=348&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `filing`
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-04-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2005-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-07** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0125 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba67bb0e-b51a-4c0f-8ccb-8254b94a033a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).