IL bill granting FOID board immunity, ‘due process’ for revocations,
passes
[June 02, 2025]
By Greg Bishop | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinoisans who are either denied a Firearm Owners
ID Card or had their FOID card revoked could have a process to get their
rights back with a measure that cleared the General Assembly Saturday.
House Bill 850 was approved out of the Illinois House earlier in the
week. On the last day of session, state Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Lake
Forest, said the measure gives gun owners more due process to appeal a
decision from the FOID Card Review Board.
“It improves the FOID card process, providing more due process, more
access to records,” she said Saturday.
State Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, said calling this due process is
a misnomer.
“This is a lack of due process,” he said during floor debate. “This is
giving state police the ability to take a constitutional right away. And
then the gun owner having to petition the court to get his right back.”
The measure also provides for Illinois State Police to track certain
types of firearm data.
Morrison said House Bill 850 will assist in both maintaining public
safety and individual rights.
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A mockup of an Illinois Firearm Owners ID Card
isp.illinois.gov
“It's critical to preserve the ISP ability to take immediate
administrative action, including the revocation of FOID cards when
necessary, while ensuring a transparent process for reviewing and
correcting erroneous determinations,” Morrison said.
State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, said the measure goes
further to give FOID Card Review Board members immunity.
“This prohibits ISP and the FOID Card Review Board from being held
liable for damages in any civil action arising from the alleged
wrongful or improper granting, denying, renewing, revoking,
suspending or failing to grant, deny, renew, revoke or suspend a
firearm owner's identification card,” Bryant said during debate.
“With this bill, we're taking away the ability to have civil
litigation against the review board, for review board and against
ISP on all of these FOID issues.”
After clearing the General Assembly Saturday, the measure can now be
sent to the governor’s desk.
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