republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-132.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-FIREARMS-FELONS"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a violation of the offense prohibiting possession by a felon of a firearm with respect to each firearm and ammunition for that firearm constitutes a single and separate violation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 132"
citation: "Illinois HB 132 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-01-10"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a360b822-d3e6-487c-9466-126fecb8e326"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=132&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14308&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0bc10be1c4512b26132715bd3fd79bb0e441cf1f7180dddce76d60def0582f9a"
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 132 (94th) — CRIM CD-FIREARMS-FELONS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a violation of the offense prohibiting possession by a felon of a firearm with respect to each firearm and ammunition for that firearm constitutes a single and separate violation. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0132&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14308&DocNum=132&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0132eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14308&DocNum=132&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0132enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14308&DocNum=132&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-10** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2005-02-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terry R. Parke
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2005-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2005-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Peter J. Roskam `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass as Amended 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** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2005-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. John J. Millner
- **2005-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000
- **2005-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2005-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2005
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0284 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a360b822-d3e6-487c-9466-126fecb8e326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).