HB5888 Summary

• Reduces the reporting deadline for lost or stolen firearms from 72 hours to 48 hours to local law enforcement for Firearm Owner's Identification Card (FOID) holders.

• Requires Illinois State Police to include written notice in English and Spanish on FOID cards and internet systems informing owners of their 48-hour reporting obligation.

• Expands stolen firearm database requirements: dealers must check a publicly accessible online system to verify firearms are not stolen before sale or transfer, with new firearms from manufacturers exempt.

• Creates revocation of FOID card as penalty for second or subsequent failure to report lost or stolen firearms within 48 hours, and allows prosecution within 3 years of discovery.

• Modifies firearms trafficking, possession of stolen firearm, and related criminal charges to include knowledge that a firearm was reported stolen on the state's publicly accessible database as grounds for inference of guilt.