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Bill	FIREARM OWNERS ID-MILITARY	Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the application fee. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4198	Illinois HB 4198 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2009-02-27	2009-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/4f51a09a-d43a-40cc-88e3-2520cd8f8e4a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4198&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47068&SessionID=76&GA=96	96e47ffae9d497ac7a919095005214cf4a6fa8298db0e3f057ba2ee0ec24e8c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4198 (96th) — FIREARM OWNERS ID-MILITARY

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the application fee. 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

• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens filing
• 2009-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2009-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2009-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2009-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2009-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2009-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2009
• 2009-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0091 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f51a09a-d43a-40cc-88e3-2520cd8f8e4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).