IL HB5403

Expands the definition of "petitioner" under the Firearms Restraining Order Act to allow additional professionals to file petitions for firearm restraining orders against individuals deemed dangerous.

Adds medical personnel, social services and mental health personnel, crisis intervention personnel, and education personnel to those authorized to file petitions, as defined in Section 4 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.

Current law limits petitioners to family members of the respondent and law enforcement officers; this bill creates a third category of eligible petitioners.

Firearms restraining orders prohibit named individuals from possessing, purchasing, or controlling firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled into an operable weapon.