103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2425

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 66/5
430 ILCS 66/65

    Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Defines "grounds".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
5changing Sections 5 and 65 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 66/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a license
9to 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
12carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed
13from view of the public or on or about a person within a
14vehicle.
15    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State
16Police.
17    "Grounds" means 75 feet from the entrance to any
18prohibited area on real property belonging to a forest
19preserve as identified in subsection (a-6) of Section 65 or
20any area enclosed by fencing located on real property
21belonging by a forest preserve, whichever is greater.
22    "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a
23projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion,

 

 

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1expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held
2and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not
3include:
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
18local law enforcement agency, including offices of State's
19Attorneys and the Office of the Attorney General.
20    "License" means a license issued by the Illinois State
21Police to carry a concealed handgun.
22    "Licensee" means a person issued a license to carry a
23concealed handgun.
24    "Municipality" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1
25of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
26    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it

 

 

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1in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
2(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
3    (430 ILCS 66/65)
4    Sec. 65. Prohibited areas.
5    (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a
6firearm 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
13private 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
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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
5district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into
6any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an
7aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue,
8picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center,
9pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot,
10driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure
11course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian
12center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue,
13grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve,
14land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or
15special event conducted on property that requires the issuance
16of a permit.
17    (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may
18prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property
19under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in
20accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that
21firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property
22is a private residence.
23    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of
24this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection
25(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm
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1subsection (a), (a-5), (a-6), or (a-10) of this Section shall
2be permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or
3her person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store
4a firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked
5vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the
6vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed
7firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle
8within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited
9purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the
10vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case"
11includes a glove compartment or console that completely
12encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the
13vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
14container.
15    (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section
16while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that
17touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a),
18(a-5), (a-6), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed
19firearm is carried on his or her person in accordance with the
20provisions of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by
21the licensee in accordance with all other applicable
22provisions of law.
23    (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is
24prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the
25entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified
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1premises is a private residence or forest preserve district.
2Signs shall be of a uniform design as established by the
3Illinois State Police and shall be 4 inches by 6 inches in
4size. The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules for
5standardized signs to be used under this subsection.
6(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)