§134-9.6  Annual report on licenses to carry.  (a)  The department of the attorney general shall publish an annual report on its publicly available website that includes, if available:

     (1)  The number of licenses to carry applied for, issued, revoked, and denied, further categorized by the age, gender, race, and county of residence of each applicant or licensee;

     (2)  The specific reasons for each revocation and denial;

     (3)  Analysis of denials based on applicants' failure to meet the standards of section 134-9(d), and recommendations to remedy any disparities in denial rates by age, gender, or race;

     (4)  The number of appeals and appeals granted; and

     (5)  The number of violations of section 134-9.1.

     (b)  No later than March 31 of each year, the chief of police of each county shall provide to the department of the attorney general the data for the prior calendar year that the department requires to complete the report under subsection (a). [L 2023, c 52, pt of §2; am L 2025, c 23, §1]