102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1758
 
Introduced , by Rep. David Friess
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new
430 ILCS 66/65
720 ILCS 5/24-2

 Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to provide for armed security in the schools of this State and grants to schools for the training of teachers in armed security, including grants for teachers to obtain a concealed carry license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the unlawful use of weapons offense does not apply to carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, or handgun by a full-time teacher or full-time professor or administrator of a public or private school, community college, college, or university who has a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and who has been designated by his or her school district board or the board of trustees of his or her community college, college, or university as a school or college protection officer, into: (1) any building, real property, and parking area
under the control of the public or private elementary or secondary school in which the person is employed; or (2)
any building, classroom, laboratory, medical
clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, entertainment venue, officially recognized university-related organization property, whether owned or leased, and any real property, including parking areas, sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public or private community college, college, or university
in which the person is employed. Effective immediately.



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1 AN ACT concerning school security.


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

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 
52-3.182 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new)
7 Sec. 2-3.182. Grants for arming teachers and school 
8security. The State Board of Education shall establish a grant 
9program to provide for armed security in the schools of this 
10State and grants to schools for the training of teachers in 
11armed security, including grants for teachers to obtain a 
12concealed carry license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

13 Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by 
14changing Section 65 as follows:

15 (430 ILCS 66/65)

16 Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. 
17 (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a 
18firearm on or into:
19  (1) Any building, real property, and parking area 
20 under the control of a public or private elementary or 
21 secondary school, except as otherwise provided in 
 
 
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1 subsection (a-5) of Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 
2 2012.
3  (2) Any building, real property, and parking area 
4 under the control of a pre-school or child care facility, 
5 including any room or portion of a building under the 
6 control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in 
7 this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care 
8 facility in a family home from owning or possessing a 
9 firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child 
10 under child care at the home is present in the home or the 
11 firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a 
12 child under child care at the home is present in the home.
13  (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a 
14 building under the control of an officer of the executive 
15 or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing 
16 in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying 
17 a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or 
18 trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural 
19 Resources or any other designated public hunting area or 
20 building where firearm possession is permitted as 
21 established by the Department of Natural Resources under 
22 Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code.
23  (4) Any building designated for matters before a 
24 circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or 
25 any building or portion of a building under the control of 
26 the Supreme Court.
 
 
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1  (5) Any building or portion of a building under the 
2 control of a unit of local government.
3  (6) Any building, real property, and parking area 
4 under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or 
5 correctional institution, prison, or jail.
6  (7) Any building, real property, and parking area 
7 under the control of a public or private hospital or 
8 hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing 
9 home.
10  (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for 
11 in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, 
12 real property, and parking area under the control of a 
13 public transportation facility paid for in whole or in 
14 part with public funds.
15  (9) Any building, real property, and parking area 
16 under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol 
17 on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's 
18 gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale 
19 of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly 
20 fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as 
21 provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false 
22 statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed 
23 firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty 
24 under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor 
25 Control Act of 1934.
26  (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted 
 
 
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1 on property open to the public that requires the issuance 
2 of a permit from the unit of local government, provided 
3 this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must 
4 walk through a public gathering in order to access his or 
5 her residence, place of business, or vehicle.
6  (11) Any building or real property that has been 
7 issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in 
8 Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time 
9 designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event 
10 Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as 
11 defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor 
12 Control Act during the time designated for the sale of 
13 alcohol by the Special use permit license.
14  (12) Any public playground.
15  (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic 
16 facility under the control of a municipality or park 
17 district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit 
18 a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a 
19 trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway 
20 includes a public park.
21  (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook 
22 County Forest Preserve District.
23  (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical 
24 clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, 
25 entertainment venue, officially recognized 
26 university-related organization property, whether owned or 
 
 
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1 leased, and any real property, including parking areas, 
2 sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public 
3 or private community college, college, or university, 
4 except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5) of 
5 Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
6  (16) Any building, real property, or parking area 
7 under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the 
8 Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 
9 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
10  (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or 
11 parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any 
12 collegiate or professional sporting event.
13  (18) Any building, real property, or parking area 
14 under the control of a public library.
15  (19) Any building, real property, or parking area 
16 under the control of an airport.
17  (20) Any building, real property, or parking area 
18 under the control of an amusement park.
19  (21) Any building, real property, or parking area 
20 under the control of a zoo or museum.
21  (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, 
22 building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used 
23 by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site 
24 or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
25 Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance 
26 store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a 
 
 
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1 compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere 
2 in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, 
3 building, or facility described in this paragraph.
4  (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under 
5 federal law.
6 (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or 
7private community college, college, or university from:
8  (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within 
9 a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or 
10 university;
11  (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
12 regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and 
13 discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
14  (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
15 regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which 
16 must include designated areas where persons can park 
17 vehicles that carry firearms; and
18  (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the 
19 purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially 
20 recognized programs, including but not limited to military 
21 science and law enforcement training programs, or in any 
22 designated area used for hunting purposes or target 
23 shooting.
24 (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may 
25prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property 
26under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in 
 
 
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1accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that 
2firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property 
3is a private residence.
4 (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of 
5this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection 
6(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm 
7into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in 
8subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be 
9permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her 
10person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a 
11firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked 
12vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the 
13vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed 
14firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle 
15within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited 
16purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the 
17vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" 
18includes a glove compartment or console that completely 
19encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the 
20vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other 
21container.
22 (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section 
23while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that 
24touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), 
25(a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is 
26carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions 
 
 
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1of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the 
2licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of 
3law.
4 (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is 
5prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the 
6entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified 
7in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or 
8premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform 
9design as established by the Department and shall be 4 inches 
10by 6 inches in size. The Department shall adopt rules for 
11standardized signs to be used under this subsection.

12(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)

13 Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
14changing Section 24-2 as follows:


15 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)



16 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 

17 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
1824-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of 
19the following:

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

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

24 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
 
 
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1 detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, 
2 while in the performance of their
official duty, or while 
3 commuting between their homes and places of employment.

4  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
5 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the 
6 Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance 
7 of their official duty.

8  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
9 utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored 
10 car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance 
11 of the duties of their employment or
commuting between 
12 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while 
13 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
14 employment.

15  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
16 private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
17 employed by a private security contractor, private 
18 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by 
19 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
20 if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the 
21 provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,

22 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
23 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the 
24 duties of their employment or commuting
between their 
25 homes and places of employment. A person shall be 
26 considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has 
 
 
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1 completed the required 20
hours of training for a private 
2 security contractor, private
detective, or private alarm 
3 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
4 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
5 agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has 
6 been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of 
7 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
8 renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the 
9 provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those 
10 cards issued under the provisions of the
Private 
11 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
12 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
13 card shall be carried by the private security contractor, 
14 private
detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
15 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
16 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
17 all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
18 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.

19  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
20 industrial
operation as a security guard for the 
21 protection of persons employed
and private property 
22 related to such commercial or industrial
operation, while 
23 actually engaged in the performance of his or her
duty or 
24 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the

25 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
26 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
 
 
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1 and Professional
Regulation; provided that such security 
2 guard has successfully completed a
course of study, 
3 approved by and supervised by the Department of
Financial 
4 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
5 40 hours of training
that includes the theory of law 
6 enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of 
7 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this

8 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours 
9 of training for a security officer and 20 hours of 
10 required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm 
11 control card by
the Department of Financial and 
12 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of

13 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this 
14 Section
shall be the same as for those cards issued under 
15 the provisions of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,

16 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
17 2004. The
firearm control card shall be carried by the 
18 security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession 
19 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
20 control card.

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

25 any investigation for the Commission.

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

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

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

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

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

10  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
11 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
12 governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate 
13 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of 
14 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

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

17  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
18 their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, 
19 places of employment or specific locations
that are part 
20 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
21 judge of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
22 have received weapons training according
to requirements 
23 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
24 Training Act.

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

3  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
4 a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or 
5 facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission 
6 who has completed the background screening and training

7 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
8 Regulatory Commission.

9  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
10 to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
11 (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.

12 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
13to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
14or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
15license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
16the commission of the offense, including carrying a concealed 
17pistol, revolver, or handgun by a full-time teacher or 
18full-time professor or administrator of a public or private 
19school, community college, college, or university who has been 
20designated by his or her school district board or the board of 
21trustees of his or her community college, college, or 
22university as a school or college protection officer, into:
23  (1) any building, real property, and parking area

24 under the control of the public or private elementary or 
25 secondary school in which the person is employed; or
26  (2)
any building, classroom, laboratory, medical

 
 
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1 clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, 
2 entertainment venue, officially recognized 
3 university-related organization property, whether owned or 
4 leased, and any real property, including parking areas, 
5 sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public 
6 or private community college, college, or university
in 
7 which the person is employed.
8  (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
9to
or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
10officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the 
11federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. 
12 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
1324-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:

14  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
15 the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon 
16 established target ranges, whether
public or private, and 
17 patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are 
18 using their firearms on those target ranges.

19  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
20 while parading,
with the special permission of the 
21 Governor.

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

23 permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.

24  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
25 a
non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

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

6  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
7 official duties.

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

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

14  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
15 guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
16 (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the 
17 machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or 
18 are not immediately accessible.

19  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
20 any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
21 discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or 
22 ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the 
23 business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but 
24 only with respect to activities which are within the 
25 lawful
scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
26 transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. 
 
 
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1 This exemption does not authorize the
general private 
2 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or 
3 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
4 firing
device, but only such possession and activities as 
5 are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing 
6 business described in this paragraph.

7  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
8 down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately 
9 accessible.

10  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
11 transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or 
12 experimental activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, 
13 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or 
14 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where 
15 engaged in
by a person operating as a contractor or 
16 subcontractor pursuant to a
contract or subcontract for 
17 the development and supply of such rifles,
shotguns, 
18 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or 
19 any
branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
20 such activities are
necessary and incident to fulfilling 
21 the terms of such contract.

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

23 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
24 contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the 
25 scope of his employment, where
such activities involving 
26 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and 
 
 
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1 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

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

17 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
18manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that 
19subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.

20 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
21Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or 
22organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting 
23at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
24private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.

25 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
26to:

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

4  (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
5 ordnance.

6  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
7 ballistics, or
specializing in the development of 
8 ammunition or explosive ordnance.

9  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
10 explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
11 by the federal government,
in connection with the supply 
12 of those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision 
13 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

14 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
15 bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this 
16 Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased 
17 by an exempted manufacturer.

18 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
19persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device 
20or attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use 
21in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or

22ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
23actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing those 
24devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to

25activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
26such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
 
 
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1devices, firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not 
2authorize the general private possession of any device or

3attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
4silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession 
5and activities as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed 
6manufacturing business described in this subsection
(g-5). 
7During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
8any weapon
or
not immediately accessible.

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

1024-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole 
11supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
12prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
13Corrections. 
14 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
15officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
16or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
17own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
18kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
19report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
20maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
21duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
22 (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and 
2324-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an 
24athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and 
25Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of 
26competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic 
 
 
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1Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the 
2International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in 
3connection with such athlete's training for and participation 
4in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic 
5Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 
6Olympic and Paralympic Games. 
7 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
8any
subsection of this Article need not negative any 
9exemptions contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have 
10the burden of proving such an
exemption.

11 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
12affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
13pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
14consigned to a common carrier operating
under license of the 
15State of Illinois or the federal government, where
such 
16transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
17lawful
transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
18and nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
19affect the transportation, carrying,
or possession of any 
20pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the 
21subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
22subsection
24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
23enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or 
24other container, by the possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners 
25Identification Card.

26(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)


 
 
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.