Bill Text: IL HJRCA0009 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Right to Arms provision of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that subject only to the police power, in addition to the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms, the individual citizen has the right to carry firearms. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-22 - Referred to Rules Committee [HJRCA0009 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HJRCA0009-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0009 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. I. Sec. 22
Proposes to amend the Right to Arms provision of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that subject only to the police power, in addition to the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms, the individual citizen has the right to carry firearms. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
of this resolution a proposition to amend Article I of the
Illinois Constitution by changing Section 22 as follows:
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
(ILCON Art. I. Sec. 22)
SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
Subject only to the police power, the right of the
individual citizen to keep and bear arms and to carry firearms
shall not be infringed.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.