HB4471 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

CRIM CD-CONVERTIBLE PISTOLS
Last Action
3/27/2026 - House: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-2  
Synopsis As Introduced
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of weapons when the person knowingly manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a convertible pistol. Establishes penalties. Provides exemptions. Provides that a machine gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with a switch. Defines "convertible pistol", "switch", and "common household tool". Contains a severability provision.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-2  
Adds reference to:
New Act  
5 ILCS 100/5-45.71 new  
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to manufacture a convertible pistol. Provides that it is unlawful for a certified licensee, as defined in the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, to sell, offer to sell, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any convertible pistol. Provides that a violation of the Act is punishable by a civil penalty of $10,000, which shall be paid to the Illinois State Police. Provides that, if the person who committed the violation is a certified dealer, at the discretion of the Illinois State Police, the Illinois State Police shall suspend or revoke the certified dealer's license under the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that the civil penalty and license suspension or revocation shall be assessed by the Illinois State Police after a hearing is held in accordance with the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that a second violation of the Act is punishable by a civil penalty of $25,000, which shall be paid to the Illinois State Police, and, if the person who committed the violation is a certified dealer, the Illinois State Police shall revoke the certified dealer's license pursuant to the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that the civil penalty and license revocation shall be assessed by the Illinois State Police after a hearing is held in accordance with the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides exemptions. Provides that the Illinois State Police may adopt rules to implement the Act. Provides for emergency rulemaking by the Illinois State Police to implement the Act. Defines "convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily altered by hand or with common household tools so that it can be converted into a machine gun by the installation or attachment of a switch. Provides that "convertible pistol" does not include hammer-fired semiautomatic pistols. A tab or other piece of material on a pistol frame is not sufficient to prevent ready alteration so that the pistol can be converted into a machine gun by the installation or attachment of a switch, and will not prevent such pistol from qualifying as a convertible pistol, if that tab or other piece of material can be readily removed with common household tools. Defines other terms. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make conforming changes.
Actions
DateChamberAction
1/16/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter
1/20/2026HouseFirst Reading
1/20/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2/10/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
2/27/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
3/12/2026HouseAssigned to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
3/17/2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter
3/17/2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Gun Violence Prevention Committee
3/19/2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Gun Violence Prevention Committee; by Voice Vote
3/20/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
3/27/2026HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee