100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4112
 
Introduced , by Rep. Scott Drury
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



   
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-2

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a violation of the unlawful use of weapons statute to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in this State, a trigger crank,
a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts,
component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-automatic rifle but does not convert the semi-automatic rifle
into a machine gun. Provides that a person who violates this provision commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the trigger crank,
bump-fire device, part, combination of parts,
component, device, attachment, or accessory is attached to a semi-automatic rifle and possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, or on the person, while the rifle is loaded, in which
case it shall be a Class X felony. Provides exemptions. Effective immediately.



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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing 
5Sections 24-1 and 24-2 as follows:




6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)


7 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons. 

8 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons 
9when
he knowingly:

10  (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
11 carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
12 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
13 regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any knife, 
14 commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a

15 blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to 
16 a button,
spring or other device in the handle of the 
17 knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that propels 
18 a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a coil 
19 spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or

20  (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
21 unlawfully
against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, 
22 dangerous knife, razor,
stiletto, broken bottle or other 
23 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or
any other dangerous or 
 
 
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1 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or

2  (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a 
3 tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object containing 
4 noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an object 
5 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or substance 
6 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18

7 years of age or older; or

8  (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on 
9 or about his
person except when on his land or in his own 
10 abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or on 
11 the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an 
12 invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, 
13 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except
that

14 this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect 
15 transportation of weapons
that meet one of the following 
16 conditions:

17   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

18   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

19   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
20 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
21 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
22 Owner's
Identification Card; or
23   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
24 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
25 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
26 Concealed Carry Act; or 

 
 
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1  (5) Sets a spring gun; or

2  (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
3 designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report 
4 of any firearm; or

5  (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
6 carries:

7   (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
8 purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which 
9 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
10 restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot 
11 without manually reloading by a single
function of the 
12 trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such 
13 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
14 or
carries any combination of parts designed or 
15 intended for
use in converting any weapon into a 
16 machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a 
17 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the

18 possession or under the control of a person;

19   (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less than 
20 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more

21 barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon 
22 made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by alteration, 
23 modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon
as 
24 modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches; 
25 or

26   (iii) any
bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or 
 
 
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1 other container containing an
explosive substance of 
2 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such
as, but 
3 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov 
4 cocktails or
artillery projectiles; or

5  (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser 
6 or other
deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to 
7 sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public gathering 
8 held pursuant to a license issued
by any governmental body 
9 or any public gathering at which an admission
is charged, 
10 excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture

11 involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is 
12 conducted.

13  This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or 
14 raffle of a firearm
held pursuant to
a license or permit 
15 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons

16 engaged
in firearm safety training courses; or

17  (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about 
18 his person any
pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or 
19 firearm or ballistic knife, when
he is hooded, robed or 
20 masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or

21  (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon 
22 any public street,
alley, or other public lands within the 
23 corporate limits of a city, village
or incorporated town, 
24 except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
purpose 
25 of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in 
26 weapons, or
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1 legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land 
2 or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee 
3 with that person's permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun 
4 gun or taser or other firearm, except that this
subsection 
5 (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of 
6 weapons that
meet one of the following conditions:

7   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

8   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

9   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
10 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
11 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
12 Owner's
Identification Card; or

13   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
14 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
15 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
16 Concealed Carry Act. 
17  A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a) 
18 means (i) any device
which is powered by electrical 
19 charging units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or 
20 several barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon 
21 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of 
22 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
23 to render him incapable of
normal functioning or (ii) any 
24 device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such 
25 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or

26 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of 
 
 
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1 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
2 to render him incapable
of normal functioning; or

3  (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive 
4 bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) "explosive 
5 bullet" means the projectile portion of
an ammunition 
6 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge 
7 which
will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human 
8 or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having 
9 a projectile affixed at the
front thereof and a cap or 
10 primer at the rear end thereof, with the
propellant 
11 contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap; 
12 or

13  (12) (Blank); or

14  (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person 
15 while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a 
16 billy club, other weapon of like character, or other 
17 instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon. 
18 For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a 
19 short stick or club commonly carried by police officers 
20 which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece 
21 of wood or other man-made material; or . 
22  (14) Imports, sells, manufactures, transfers, or 
23 possesses, in this State, a trigger crank,
a bump-fire 
24 device, or any part, combination of parts,
component, 
25 device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or 
26 functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a 
 
 
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1 semi-automatic rifle but does not convert the 
2 semi-automatic rifle
into a machine gun. 
3 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
4subsection 24-1(a)(1)
through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),

5subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a 
6Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a violation of 
7subsection
24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; a 
8person
convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
924-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)
commits a Class 3 felony. A person 
10convicted of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a 
11Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 
12of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the 
13weapon is possessed in the
passenger compartment of a motor 
14vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the
Illinois Vehicle 
15Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which

16case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a 
17violation of subsection
24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 felony 
18and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less 
19than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the trigger 
20crank,
bump-fire device, part, combination of parts,

21component, device, attachment, or accessory is attached to a 
22semi-automatic rifle and possessed in the passenger 
23compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of 
24the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the rifle is 
25loaded, in which
case it shall be a Class X felony. A person 
26convicted of a
second or subsequent violation of subsection 
 
 
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124-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) commits a 
2Class 3 felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of 
3this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.

4 (c) Violations in specific places.

5  (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
6 24-1(a)(7) in any
school, regardless of the time of day or 
7 the time of year, in residential
property owned, operated 
8 or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by
a public 
9 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income

10 development, in a
public park, in a courthouse, on the real 
11 property comprising any school,
regardless of the
time of 
12 day or the time of year, on residential property owned, 
13 operated
or
managed by a public housing agency
or leased by 
14 a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

15 mixed-income development,
on the real property comprising 
16 any
public park, on the real property comprising any 
17 courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted 
18 by a school to
transport students to or from school or a 
19 school related activity, in any conveyance
owned, leased, 
20 or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any

21 public way within 1,000 feet of the real property 
22 comprising any school,
public park, courthouse, public 
23 transportation facility, or residential property owned, 
24 operated, or managed
by a public housing agency
or leased 
25 by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

26 mixed-income development
commits a Class 2 felony and shall 
 
 
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1 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 
2 years and not more than 7 years.

3  (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
4 24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the 
5 time of day or the time of year,
in residential property 
6 owned, operated, or managed by a public
housing
agency
or 
7 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
8 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public
park, in a 
9 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school, 
10 regardless
of the time of day or the time of year, on 
11 residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a 
12 public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
13 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on 
14 the real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
15 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
16 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport 
17 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
18 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
19 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
20 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
21 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
22 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
23 public
housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
24 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development

25 commits a Class 3 felony.

26  (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1), 
 
 
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1 24-1(a)(2), or
24-1(a)(3)
in any school, regardless of the 
2 time of day or the time of year, in
residential property 
3 owned, operated or managed by a public housing
agency
or 
4 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
5 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public park, in a 
6 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,

7 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on 
8 residential property
owned, operated or managed by a public 
9 housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency as part 
10 of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on the 
11 real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
12 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
13 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport 
14 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
15 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
16 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
17 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
18 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
19 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
20 public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
21 as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development 
22 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse"
means any building 
23 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of

24 this State for the conduct of official business.

25  (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection 
26 (c) shall not
apply to law
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1 officers of such school, college, or
university or to 
2 students carrying or possessing firearms for use in 
3 training
courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on 
4 school ranges, or otherwise with
the consent of school 
5 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded

6 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation 
7 package.

8  (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school" 
9 means any public or
private elementary or secondary school, 
10 community college, college, or
university.

11  (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public 
12 transportation agency" means a public or private agency 
13 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of

14 persons by means available to the general public, except 
15 for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance 
16 of the general public as passengers; and "public 
17 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place

18 where one may obtain public transportation.

19 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public 
20omnibus of any
weapon, instrument or substance referred to in 
21subsection (a)(7) is
prima facie evidence that it is in the 
22possession of, and is being
carried by, all persons occupying 
23such automobile at the time such
weapon, instrument or 
24substance is found, except under the following
circumstances: 
25(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is
found upon 
26the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such

 
 
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1weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile 
2operated for
hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful 
3and proper pursuit of
his trade, then such presumption shall 
4not apply to the driver.

5 (e) Exemptions.
6  (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater

7 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic 
8 knife as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this 
9 Section.
10  (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
11 this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase, 
12 possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to 
13 as a switchblade knife, which has a
blade that opens 
14 automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
spring 
15 or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply 
16 to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's 
17 Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by 
18 the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity 
19 engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing 
20 switchblade knives. 

21(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)



22 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)



23 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 

24 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
2524-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of 
 
 
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1the following:

2  (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace 
3 officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the 
4 peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.

5  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,

6 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
7 detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, 
8 while in the performance of their
official duty, or while 
9 commuting between their homes and places of employment.

10  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
11 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the 
12 Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance 
13 of their official duty.

14  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
15 utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored 
16 car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of 
17 the duties of their employment or
commuting between their 
18 homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually 
19 engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
20 employment.

21  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
22 private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
23 employed by a private security contractor, private 
24 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by 
25 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
26 if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the 
 
 
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1 provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,

2 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
3 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the 
4 duties of their employment or commuting
between their homes 
5 and places of employment. A person shall be considered 
6 eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the 
7 required 20
hours of training for a private security 
8 contractor, private
detective, or private alarm 
9 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
10 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
11 agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has 
12 been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of 
13 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
14 renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the 
15 provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those 
16 cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, 
17 Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and 
18 Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card shall be 
19 carried by the private security contractor, private

20 detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the 
21 licensed private security contractor, private detective, 
22 or private alarm contractor agency at all
times when he or 
23 she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by 
24 his or her firearm control card.

25  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
26 industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection 
 
 
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1 of persons employed
and private property related to such 
2 commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged 
3 in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between 
4 sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as 
5 a security guard, is a member of a security force 
6 registered with the Department of Financial and 
7 Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard 
8 has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by 
9 and supervised by the Department of
Financial and 
10 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 
11 hours of training
that includes the theory of law 
12 enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of 
13 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this

14 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours 
15 of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required 
16 firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control 
17 card by
the Department of Financial and Professional 
18 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control 
19 cards issued under the provisions of this Section
shall be 
20 the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of 
21 the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, 
22 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm 
23 control card shall be carried by the security guard at all

24 times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
25 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.

26  (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois 
 
 
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1 Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the 
2 Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections 
3 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of

4 any investigation for the Commission.

5  (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a 
6 security guard for the protection of
other employees and 
7 property related to such financial institution, while

8 actually engaged in the performance of their duties, 
9 commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or 
10 traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by 
11 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, 
12 is a member of a security force registered with the 
13 Department; provided that
any person so employed has 
14 successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and 
15 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional 
16 Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of 
17 training which includes theory of
law enforcement, 
18 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person 
19 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he 
20 or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training for 
21 a security officer
and 20 hours of required firearm 
22 training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by the 
23 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

24 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued 
25 under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as 
26 for those issued under the
provisions of the Private 
 
 
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1 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
2 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card 
3 shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he 
4 or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted 
5 by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this 
6 subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, savings 
7 and loan association, credit union or company providing

8 armored car services.

9  (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to 
10 drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the 
11 performance of his duties.

12  (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers 
13 pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.

14  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
15 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
16 governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate 
17 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the 
18 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

19  (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
20 Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.

21  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
22 their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, 
23 places of employment or specific locations
that are part of 
24 their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge 
25 of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they have 
26 received weapons training according
to requirements of the 
 
 
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1 Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.

2  (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance 
3 of their official
duties, or while commuting between their 
4 homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the 
5 Sheriff.

6  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
7 a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or 
8 facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission 
9 who has completed the background screening and training

10 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
11 Regulatory Commission.

12  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
13 to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
14 (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.

15 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
16to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
17or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
18license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
19the commission of the offense. 
20 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
2124-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:

22  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
23 the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon 
24 established target ranges, whether
public or private, and 
25 patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are 
26 using their firearms on those target ranges.

 
 
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1  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
2 while parading,
with the special permission of the 
3 Governor.

4  (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

5 permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.

6  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a

7 non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

8  (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
9 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
10 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's 
11 permission. 
12 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
13of the
following:

14  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
15 official duties.

16  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
17 penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the 
18 detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.

19  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
20 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
21 the performance of their official
duty.

22  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
23 guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
24 (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the 
25 machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or 
26 are not immediately accessible.

 
 
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1  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
2 any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
3 discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or 
4 ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the 
5 business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but 
6 only with respect to activities which are within the lawful

7 scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
8 transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. 
9 This exemption does not authorize the
general private 
10 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or 
11 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
12 firing
device, but only such possession and activities as 
13 are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing 
14 business described in this paragraph.

15  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
16 down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately 
17 accessible.

18  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
19 transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental 
20 activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and 
21 weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for 
22 such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a 
23 person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant 
24 to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply 
25 of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the 
26 United States government or any
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1 of the United States, when such activities are
necessary 
2 and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

3  The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)

4 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
5 contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the 
6 scope of his employment, where
such activities involving 
7 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and 
8 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

9  (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
10 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
11 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
12 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B) 
13 the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally 
14 recognized military re-enacting group and the modification 
15 is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon 
16 for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in 
17 possession of a valid and current re-enacting group 
18 membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon 
19 as modified is not less than 26 inches.
20 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
21possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace 
22officer.

23 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
24manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that 
25subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.

26 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
 
 
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1Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or 
2organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting 
3at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
4private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.

5 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
6to:

7  (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
8 the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
9 the performance of their
official duty.

10  (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
11 ordnance.

12  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
13 ballistics, or
specializing in the development of 
14 ammunition or explosive ordnance.

15  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
16 explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
17 by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of 
18 those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision 
19 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

20 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
21 bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this 
22 Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased 
23 by an exempted manufacturer.

24 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
25persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or 
26attachment of any kind designed,
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1silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition

2for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually 
3engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, 
4firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities 
5that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the

6manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, 
7firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the 
8general private possession of any device or
attachment of any 
9kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the

10report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities 
11as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing 
12business described in this subsection
(g-5). During 
13transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon

14or
not immediately accessible.

15 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

1624-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole 
17supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
18prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
19Corrections. 
20 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
21officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
22or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
23own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
24kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
25report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
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1duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
2 (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and 
324-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an 
4athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and 
5Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of 
6competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic 
7Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the 
8International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in 
9connection with such athlete's training for and participation 
10in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic 
11Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic 
12and Paralympic Games. 
13 (g-15) Subsection 24-1(a)(14) does not apply with respect 
14to
the importation for, manufacture for, sale to, transfer to,

15or possession by or under the authority of, the United
States 
16or any department or agency of the United States or of this 
17State,
or a department, agency, or political subdivision of 
18this State. 
19 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
20any
subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions 
21contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden 
22of proving such an
exemption.

23 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
24affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
25pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned 
26to a common carrier operating
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1Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation, 
2carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful

3transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and 
4nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the 
5transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol, 
6revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of 
7and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of 
8this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm

9carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the 
10possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.

11(Source: P.A. 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)


12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.