SPRINGFIELD, Il (WSIL) -- Just before 1 a.m. Friday, the Illinois House passed Senate Bill 2226, a modified ban on high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines.
The bill would ban the manufacture, sale and possession of dozens of firearms defined by the state as "assault weapons".
The Protect Illinois Communities Act was created in response to the Highland Park mass shooting.
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The bill passed by a vote of 64-43 and will now go to the Senate.
If passed into law, many semi-automatic guns that are already owned would be required to be registered within 300 days of the bill’s enactment. Guns with magazines that hold more than 12 rounds would have to be modified or disposed of within 90 days.