republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-686.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-SILENCERS-POSSESSION	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that that the statute that prohibits a person from possessing a device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm and that prohibits the possession of a sawed-off rifle or shotgun, machine gun, and of certain bombs does not apply to a business entity that designs, develops, and manufactures ammunition and uses that device, attachment or weapon solely for the purpose of testing the ammunition for legitimate business purposes. Provides that the Department of State Police, upon proper determination, shall issue a certificate of exemption from the unlawful use of weapons provisions. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 686	Illinois SB 686 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	41	3	2003-02-19	2003-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/736515aa-e35b-404b-a0fb-94874f94935c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=686&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3354&SessionID=3&GA=93	6312513f97c9f89679289e80f187ee770f614004286ff68988c25fec7e489c48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 686 (93rd) — CRIM CD-SILENCERS-POSSESSION

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that that the statute that prohibits a person from possessing a device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm and that prohibits the possession of a sawed-off rifle or shotgun, machine gun, and of certain bombs does not apply to a business entity that designs, develops, and manufactures ammunition and uses that device, attachment or weapon solely for the purpose of testing the ammunition for legitimate business purposes. Provides that the Department of State Police, upon proper determination, shall issue a certificate of exemption from the unlawful use of weapons provisions. 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

• Concurrence — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-002 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Steve Davis
• 2003-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2003-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-14 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 15, 2002
• 2003-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2003-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 007-000-000
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
• 2003-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-05 Effective Date August 5, 2003
• 2003-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0439 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/736515aa-e35b-404b-a0fb-94874f94935c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).