# Illinois SB1899: FOID-DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM Illinois SB1899, FOID-DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0398); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1899-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1899 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: FOID-DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0398 - Sponsor: Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: assignments, executive, restorative justice & public safety - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (241 yes, 11 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person charged with certain weapon-related offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012 and sentenced to the First Time Weapons Offense Program under the Unified Code of Corrections or any other court-ordered diversionary program created by law or by a court of the State of Illinois may submit an application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card before receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the program. Directs the Illinois State Police to issue a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to such a person upon receiving a court order demonstrating completion of the program, provided the person is otherwise eligible to receive a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Specifies that a FOID application made under this provision shall be approved or denied within 10 business days of receiving a court order or written notification from a State's Attorney that the person completed a diversionary program. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Firearm ID access after completing diversion: benefit, medium. People who successfully complete the First Time Weapon Offense Program or the applicable weapons-offense diversion program can seek firearm identification. They must first get a court order showing completion. Illinois State Police must issue a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card if the pers… - Diversion with conditions for first-time weapon defendants: mixed, low. The law creates supervised diversion instead of a conviction for eligible first-time weapon defendants. It covers unlawful weapon possession charges under sections 24-1 or 24-1.6, punishable as a Class 4 felony or lower. Eligible offenses must have occurred on or after January 1, 2018. The defendan… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Christopher Belt (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Justin Slaughter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-31 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2025-05-28 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-05-23 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 97 | 11 | | | 2025-05-01 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee; | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 54 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Executive; | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899sam002.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1899sam002.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1899-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).