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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	FIREARM OWNERS ID-FIREARM	Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Excludes from the definition of "firearm", any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter or (rather than and) which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4063	Illinois HB 4063 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	1	2012-01-24	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e71f6987-e628-4f9b-9f57-efe1a1e7b610	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4063&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63317&SessionID=84&GA=97	4d9d0c01ddcf678eddf46ea2dfabad39f1931bd102fca7ef27cbbef4384e3670	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4063 (97th) — FIREARM OWNERS ID-FIREARM

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Excludes from the definition of "firearm", any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter or (rather than and) which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Harris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2012-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-01-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-02-06 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2012-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2012-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Harris
• 2012-03-21 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2012-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Effective Date July 13, 2012
• 2012-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0776 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e71f6987-e628-4f9b-9f57-efe1a1e7b610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).