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Bill	CRIM CD-FIREARM VIOLATIONS	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2165	Illinois SB 2165 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	80	5	2004-01-14	2004-11-22	openstates	ocd-bill/17f77ac6-2492-4282-ac69-ec881c77ba22	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2165&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7961&SessionID=3&GA=93	08ba46a9c00a1596b14490aa389653335196a92adf77657f20c9ebe2bcc46195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2165 (93rd) — CRIM CD-FIREARM VIOLATIONS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion — 40–18 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 38–20 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 85–30 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 90–25 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 41–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Petka — primary (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
• Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul D. Froehlich — cosponsor (person)
• Ricca Slone — cosponsor (person)
• Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Grunloh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-01-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward Petka filing
• 2004-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-01-14 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-01-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2004-02-03 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2004-02-04 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-02-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward Petka amendment-introduction
• 2004-02-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2004-02-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2004-02-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
• 2004-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2004-02-10 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2004
• 2004-02-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam
• 2004-02-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
• 2004-02-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2004-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
• 2004-02-24 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
• 2004-02-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2004-03-02 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2004-03-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 038-020-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
• 2004-03-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2004-03-30 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2004-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2004-04-27 Motion Filed to Discharge Committee Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
• 2004-04-30 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2004
• 2004-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley amendment-introduction
• 2004-05-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-06 Motion Withdrawn Rep. John E. Bradley; Withdrawn
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2004-05-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-025-001 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2004-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2004-05-13 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2004-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 17, 2004
• 2004-05-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Edward Petka filing
• 2004-05-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 006-004-000
• 2004-05-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2004-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 041-016-000
• 2004-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2004-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-20 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2004-11-05 Placed Calendar Total Veto November 8, 2004
• 2004-11-05 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Edward Petka
• 2004-11-09 3/5 Vote Required
• 2004-11-09 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 040-018-000
• 2004-11-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-11-10 Placed on Calendar Total Veto November 16, 2004
• 2004-11-10 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-11-16 3/5 Vote Required
• 2004-11-16 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 085-030-001
• 2004-11-16 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2004-11-19 Effective Date November 16, 2004
• 2004-11-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1048 became-law
• 2004-11-22 Removed Alt Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17f77ac6-2492-4282-ac69-ec881c77ba22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).