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1		AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5		Section 24-2 as follows:
6		(720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7		Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8		(a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
9		24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10		the following:
11		(1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12		officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13		peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14		(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15		penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16		detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
17		while in the performance of their official duty, or while
18		commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19		(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20		the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
21		Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
22		of their official duty.
23		(4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

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1		utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
2		car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
3		the duties of their employment or commuting between their
4		homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
5		engaged in the performance of the duties of their
6		employment.
7		(5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
8		private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
9		employed by an agency certified by the Department of
10		Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
11		include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
12		the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
13		Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
14		actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
15		employment or commuting between their homes and places of
16		employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
17		within one hour from departure from home or place of
18		employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
19		considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
20		completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
21		security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
22		contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
23		of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
24		control card by the Department of Financial and
25		Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
26		firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this

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1		Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
2		the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
3		Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
4		2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
5		private security contractor, private detective, or private
6		alarm contractor, or employee of the licensed agency at all
7		times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
8		weapon.
9		(6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
10		industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
11		of persons employed and private property related to such
12		commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
13		in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
14		sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
15		a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
16		least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
17		and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
18		guard has successfully completed a course of study,
19		approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
20		and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
21		hours of training that includes the theory of law
22		enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
23		weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
24		exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
25		of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
26		firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control

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1		card by the Department of Financial and Professional
2		Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
3		cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
4		the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
5		the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
6		Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
7		control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
8		times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
9		weapon.
10		(7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
11		Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
12		Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
13		24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
14		any investigation for the Commission.
15		(8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
16		protection of other employees and property related to such
17		financial institution, while actually engaged in the
18		performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
19		and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
20		properties owned or operated by such financial
21		institution, provided that any person so employed has
22		successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
23		supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
24		Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
25		training which includes theory of law enforcement,
26		liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person

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1		shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
2		or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
3		a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
4		training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
5		Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
6		Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
7		under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
8		for those issued under the provisions of the Private
9		Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
10		Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
11		card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
12		when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
13		For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
14		means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
15		company providing armored car services.
16		(9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
17		drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
18		performance of his duties.
19		(10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
20		pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
21		(11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
22		Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
23		governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
24		Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
25		State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
26		(12) Special investigators appointed by a State's

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1		Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
2		(12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
3		their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
4		places of employment or specific locations that are part of
5		their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
6		of the circuit for which they are employed.
7		(13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
8		of their official duties, or while commuting between their
9		homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
10		Sheriff.
11		(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
12		a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
13		facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
14		who has completed the background screening and training
15		mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
16		Regulatory Commission.
17		(14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
18		to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
19		(13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
20		(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
21		24-1.6 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
13		of 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 branch of the Armed Forces

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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		During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
10		down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
11		accessible.
12		(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
13		barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
14		has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
15		Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
16		the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
17		recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
18		is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
19		for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
20		possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
21		membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
22		as modified is not less than 26 inches.
23		During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
24		down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
25		accessible.
26		(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,

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1		possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
2		officer.
3		(e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
4		manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
5		subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
6		(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
7		Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
8		organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
9		at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
10		private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
11		(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
12		to:
13		(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
14		the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
15		the performance of their official duty.
16		(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
17		ordinance.
18		(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
19		ballistics, or specializing in the development of
20		ammunition or explosive ordinance.
21		(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
22		explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
23		by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
24		those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
25		(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
26		outside this State, or the transportation of explosive

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1		bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
2		Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
3		by an exempted manufacturer.
4		(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
5		persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
6		attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
7		silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
8		for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
9		engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
10		firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
11		that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
12		manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
13		firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
14		general private possession of any device or attachment of any
15		kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
16		report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
17		as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
18		business described in this subsection (g-5). During
19		transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
20		or not immediately accessible.
21		(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
22		24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
23		supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
24		prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
25		Corrections.
26		(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace

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1		officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
2		or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
3		own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
4		kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
5		report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
6		maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
7		duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
8		(g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
9		24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
10		athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
11		Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
12		competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
13		Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
14		International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
15		connection with such athlete's training for and participation
16		in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
17		Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
18		and Paralympic Games.
19		(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
20		any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
21		contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
22		of proving such an exemption.
23		(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
24		affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
25		pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
26		to a common carrier operating under license of the State of

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1		Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
2		carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
3		transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
4		nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
5		transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
6		revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
7		and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
8		this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
9		carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
10		possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
11		(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 96-742,
12		eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-465, eff. 8-22-11;
13		97-676, eff. 6-1-12; 97-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13;
14		revised 8-23-12.)
15		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16		becoming law.