Bill Status of HB 6004   98th General Assembly


Short Description:  STATES ATT&ASSISTANT-FIREARMS

House Sponsors
Rep. John E. Bradley

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
50 ILCS 710/1from Ch. 85, par. 515
430 ILCS 66/65
430 ILCS 66/75

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act. Includes in the definition of "peace officer" any sworn State's Attorney or authorized Assistant State's Attorney, except that any person who is deemed a peace officer solely by virtue of his or her employment as a State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney shall not be authorized to make arrests for offenses. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that notwithstanding the provisions prohibiting a licensee from carrying a firearm into certain places, except those places where firearms are prohibited by federal law and property used by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a licensee who is a State's Attorney prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm into an area of a prohibited location shall be permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her person if he or she has completed the required training to be qualified to carry a firearm as a peace officer, notwithstanding that he or she is not otherwise certified as a sworn peace officer. Exempts from the firearm training requirements, a sworn State's Attorney or Assistant State's Attorney authorized by the State's Attorney, who has completed the required training to be qualified to carry a firearm as a peace officer. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/19/2014HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley
  2/19/2014HouseFirst Reading
  2/19/2014HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  12/3/2014HouseSession Sine Die

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