HB3245 Summary: Firearm Owners ID-Omnibus

• Reduces Firearm Owner's Identification Card (FOID) validity from 10 years to 5 years, with existing cardholders retaining 10-year validity until renewal.

• Requires fingerprints in electronic format for all FOID applicants beginning 180 days after enactment, unless previously submitted under FOID or Concealed Carry Act.

• Mandates private firearm transfers through federally licensed dealers (with limited exceptions for family, law enforcement, and sporting events) and establishes a $10 maximum transfer fee.

• Establishes a Violent Crime Intelligence Task Force led by State Police to enforce FOID revocations and pursue firearm-related offenses, with dedicated funding through the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund.

• Creates a "Firearm Disposition Record" requiring persons with revoked/suspended FOID cards to disclose all firearms and their locations, with transferees signing sworn statements about legal possession obligations.