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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 5 and 65 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 66/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a license | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | to carry a concealed firearm under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Board" means the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded handgun | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | from view of the public or on or about a person within a | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Police. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Grounds" means 75 feet from the entrance to any | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | prohibited area on real property belonging to a forest | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | preserve as identified in subsection (a-6) of Section 65 or | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | any area enclosed by fencing located on real property | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | belonging by a forest preserve, whichever is greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, |
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1 | expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held | ||||||
2 | and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not | ||||||
3 | include: | ||||||
4 | (1) a stun gun or taser; | ||||||
5 | (2) a machine gun as defined in item (i) of paragraph | ||||||
6 | (7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
7 | of 2012; | ||||||
8 | (3) a short-barreled rifle or shotgun as defined in | ||||||
9 | item (ii) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
10 | 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or | ||||||
11 | (4) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or | ||||||
12 | B-B gun which
expels a single globular projectile not | ||||||
13 | exceeding .18 inch in
diameter, or which has a maximum | ||||||
14 | muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second, or which | ||||||
15 | expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking | ||||||
16 | colors. | ||||||
17 | "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or | ||||||
18 | local law enforcement agency, including offices of State's | ||||||
19 | Attorneys and the Office of the Attorney General. | ||||||
20 | "License" means a license issued by the Illinois State | ||||||
21 | Police to carry a concealed handgun. | ||||||
22 | "Licensee" means a person issued a license to carry a | ||||||
23 | concealed handgun. | ||||||
24 | "Municipality" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 | ||||||
25 | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
26 | "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it |
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1 | in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) | ||||||
3 | (430 ILCS 66/65)
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4 | Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. | ||||||
5 | (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a | ||||||
6 | firearm on or into: | ||||||
7 | (1) Any building, real property, and parking area | ||||||
8 | under the control of a public or private elementary or | ||||||
9 | secondary school. | ||||||
10 | (2) Any building, real property, and parking area | ||||||
11 | under the control of a pre-school or child care facility, | ||||||
12 | including any room or portion of a building under the | ||||||
13 | control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in | ||||||
14 | this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care | ||||||
15 | facility in a family home from owning or possessing a | ||||||
16 | firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child | ||||||
17 | under child care at the home is present in the home or the | ||||||
18 | firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a | ||||||
19 | child under child care at the home is present in the home. | ||||||
20 | (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a | ||||||
21 | building under the control of an officer of the executive | ||||||
22 | or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing | ||||||
23 | in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying | ||||||
24 | a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or | ||||||
25 | trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural |
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1 | Resources or any other designated public hunting area or | ||||||
2 | building where firearm possession is permitted as | ||||||
3 | established by the Department of Natural Resources under | ||||||
4 | Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code. | ||||||
5 | (4) Any building designated for matters before a | ||||||
6 | circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or | ||||||
7 | any building or portion of a building under the control of | ||||||
8 | the Supreme Court. | ||||||
9 | (5) Any building or portion of a building under the | ||||||
10 | control of a unit of local government. | ||||||
11 | (6) Any building, real property, and parking area | ||||||
12 | under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or | ||||||
13 | correctional institution, prison, or jail. | ||||||
14 | (7) Any building, real property, and parking area | ||||||
15 | under the control of a public or private hospital or | ||||||
16 | hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing | ||||||
17 | home. | ||||||
18 | (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for | ||||||
19 | in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, | ||||||
20 | real property, and parking area under the control of a | ||||||
21 | public transportation facility paid for in whole or in | ||||||
22 | part with public funds. | ||||||
23 | (9) Any building, real property, and parking area | ||||||
24 | under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol | ||||||
25 | on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's | ||||||
26 | gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale |
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1 | of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly | ||||||
2 | fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as | ||||||
3 | provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false | ||||||
4 | statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed | ||||||
5 | firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty | ||||||
6 | under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor | ||||||
7 | Control Act of 1934. | ||||||
8 | (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted | ||||||
9 | on property open to the public that requires the issuance | ||||||
10 | of a permit from the unit of local government, provided | ||||||
11 | this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must | ||||||
12 | walk through a public gathering in order to access his or | ||||||
13 | her residence, place of business, or vehicle. | ||||||
14 | (11) Any building or real property that has been | ||||||
15 | issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in | ||||||
16 | Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time | ||||||
17 | designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event | ||||||
18 | Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as | ||||||
19 | defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor | ||||||
20 | Control Act during the time designated for the sale of | ||||||
21 | alcohol by the Special use permit license. | ||||||
22 | (12) Any public playground. | ||||||
23 | (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic | ||||||
24 | facility under the control of a municipality or park | ||||||
25 | district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit | ||||||
26 | a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a |
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1 | trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway | ||||||
2 | includes a public park. | ||||||
3 | (14) (Blank). Any real property under the control of | ||||||
4 | the Cook County Forest Preserve District . | ||||||
5 | (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical | ||||||
6 | clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, | ||||||
7 | entertainment venue, officially recognized | ||||||
8 | university-related organization property, whether owned or | ||||||
9 | leased, and any real property, including parking areas, | ||||||
10 | sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public | ||||||
11 | or private community college, college, or university. | ||||||
12 | (16) Any building, real property, or parking area | ||||||
13 | under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of | ||||||
15 | 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee. | ||||||
16 | (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or | ||||||
17 | parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any | ||||||
18 | collegiate or professional sporting event. | ||||||
19 | (18) Any building, real property, or parking area | ||||||
20 | under the control of a public library. | ||||||
21 | (19) Any building, real property, or parking area | ||||||
22 | under the control of an airport. | ||||||
23 | (20) Any building, real property, or parking area | ||||||
24 | under the control of an amusement park. | ||||||
25 | (21) Any building, real property, or parking area | ||||||
26 | under the control of a zoo or museum. |
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1 | (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, | ||||||
2 | building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used | ||||||
3 | by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site | ||||||
4 | or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory | ||||||
5 | Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance | ||||||
6 | store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a | ||||||
7 | compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere | ||||||
8 | in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, | ||||||
9 | building, or facility described in this paragraph. | ||||||
10 | (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under | ||||||
11 | federal law. | ||||||
12 | (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or | ||||||
13 | private community college, college, or university from: | ||||||
14 | (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within | ||||||
15 | a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or | ||||||
16 | university; | ||||||
17 | (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | ||||||
18 | regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and | ||||||
19 | discipline, including suspension and expulsion; | ||||||
20 | (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | ||||||
21 | regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which | ||||||
22 | must include designated areas where persons can park | ||||||
23 | vehicles that carry firearms; and | ||||||
24 | (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the | ||||||
25 | purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially | ||||||
26 | recognized programs, including but not limited to military |
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1 | science and law enforcement training programs, or in any | ||||||
2 | designated area used for hunting purposes or target | ||||||
3 | shooting. | ||||||
4 | (a-6) Nothing in this Act prohibits a forest preserve | ||||||
5 | district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into | ||||||
6 | any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an | ||||||
7 | aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, | ||||||
8 | picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, | ||||||
9 | pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, | ||||||
10 | driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure | ||||||
11 | course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian | ||||||
12 | center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, | ||||||
13 | grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, | ||||||
14 | land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or | ||||||
15 | special event conducted on property that requires the issuance | ||||||
16 | of a permit. | ||||||
17 | (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may | ||||||
18 | prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property | ||||||
19 | under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in | ||||||
20 | accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that | ||||||
21 | firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property | ||||||
22 | is a private residence. | ||||||
23 | (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of | ||||||
24 | this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection | ||||||
25 | (a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm | ||||||
26 | into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in |
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1 | subsection (a), (a-5), (a-6), or (a-10) of this Section shall | ||||||
2 | be permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or | ||||||
3 | her person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store | ||||||
4 | a firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked | ||||||
5 | vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the | ||||||
6 | vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed | ||||||
7 | firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle | ||||||
8 | within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited | ||||||
9 | purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the | ||||||
10 | vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" | ||||||
11 | includes a glove compartment or console that completely | ||||||
12 | encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the | ||||||
13 | vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other | ||||||
14 | container. | ||||||
15 | (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section | ||||||
16 | while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that | ||||||
17 | touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), | ||||||
18 | (a-5), (a-6), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed | ||||||
19 | firearm is carried on his or her person in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | provisions of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by | ||||||
21 | the licensee in accordance with all other applicable | ||||||
22 | provisions of law. | ||||||
23 | (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is | ||||||
24 | prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the | ||||||
25 | entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified | ||||||
26 | in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or |
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1 | premises is a private residence or forest preserve district . | ||||||
2 | Signs shall be of a uniform design as established by the | ||||||
3 | Illinois State Police and shall be 4 inches by 6 inches in | ||||||
4 | size. The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules for | ||||||
5 | standardized signs to be used under this subsection.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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