101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2653
 
Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:








720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases penalties by one class for unlawful use of weapons when a person knowingly: (1) carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his
or her person except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm; or (2) carries or possesses on or about his or her person, upon any public street,
alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality except when an invitee in or on the public street,
alley, or other public lands, for the
purpose of the display of the weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or
except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm. Provides that a first offense of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where certain factors exist is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony), for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Increases the penalty by one class for unlawful possession of firearms. Makes other changes. 



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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


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

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing 
5Sections 24-1, 24-1.6, and 24-3.1 as follows:




6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)


7 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons. 

8 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons 
9when
he or she knowingly:

10  (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
11 carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
12 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
13 regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any knife, 
14 commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a

15 blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to 
16 a button,
spring or other device in the handle of the 
17 knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that propels 
18 a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a coil 
19 spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or

20  (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
21 unlawfully
against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, 
22 dangerous knife, razor,
stiletto, broken bottle or other 
23 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or
any other dangerous or 
 
 
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1 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or

2  (3) Carries on or about his or her person or in any 
3 vehicle, a tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object 
4 containing noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an 
5 object containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or 
6 substance designed solely for personal defense carried by a 
7 person 18
years of age or older; or

8  (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on 
9 or about his
or her person except when on his or her land 
10 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place 
11 of
business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of 
12 another person as an invitee with that person's permission, 
13 any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, 
14 except
that
this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or 
15 affect transportation of weapons
that meet one of the 
16 following conditions:

17   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

18   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

19   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
20 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
21 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
22 Owner's
Identification Card; or
23   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
24 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
25 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
26 Concealed Carry Act; or 

 
 
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1  (5) Sets a spring gun; or

2  (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
3 designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report 
4 of any firearm; or

5  (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
6 carries:

7   (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
8 purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which 
9 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
10 restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot 
11 without manually reloading by a single
function of the 
12 trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such 
13 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
14 or
carries any combination of parts designed or 
15 intended for
use in converting any weapon into a 
16 machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a 
17 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the

18 possession or under the control of a person;

19   (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less than 
20 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more

21 barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon 
22 made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by alteration, 
23 modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon
as 
24 modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches; 
25 or

26   (iii) any
bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or 
 
 
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1 other container containing an
explosive substance of 
2 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such
as, but 
3 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov 
4 cocktails or
artillery projectiles; or

5  (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser 
6 or other
deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to 
7 sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public gathering 
8 held pursuant to a license issued
by any governmental body 
9 or any public gathering at which an admission
is charged, 
10 excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture

11 involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is 
12 conducted.

13  This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or 
14 raffle of a firearm
held pursuant to
a license or permit 
15 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons

16 engaged
in firearm safety training courses; or

17  (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about 
18 his or her person any
pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser 
19 or firearm or ballistic knife, when
he or she is hooded, 
20 robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her 
21 identity; or

22  (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
23 person, upon any public street,
alley, or other public 
24 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village
or 
25 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or 
26 therein, for the
purpose of the display of such weapon or 
 
 
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1 the lawful commerce in weapons, or
except when on his or 
2 her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or 
3 fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal 
4 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's 
5 permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or 
6 other firearm, except that this
subsection (a) (10) does 
7 not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that
meet 
8 one of the following conditions:

9   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

10   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

11   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
12 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
13 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
14 Owner's
Identification Card; or

15   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
16 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
17 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
18 Concealed Carry Act. 
19  A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a) 
20 means (i) any device
which is powered by electrical 
21 charging units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or 
22 several barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon 
23 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of 
24 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
25 to render him incapable of
normal functioning or (ii) any 
26 device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such 
 
 
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1 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or

2 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of 
3 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
4 to render him incapable
of normal functioning; or

5  (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive 
6 bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) "explosive 
7 bullet" means the projectile portion of
an ammunition 
8 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge 
9 which
will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human 
10 or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having 
11 a projectile affixed at the
front thereof and a cap or 
12 primer at the rear end thereof, with the
propellant 
13 contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap; 
14 or

15  (12) (Blank); or

16  (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person 
17 while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a 
18 billy club, other weapon of like character, or other 
19 instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon. 
20 For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a 
21 short stick or club commonly carried by police officers 
22 which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece 
23 of wood or other man-made material. 
24 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
25subsection 24-1(a)(1), subsection 24-1(a)(2), subsection 
2624-1(a)(3), subsection 24-1(a)(5),
through (5), subsection 
 
 
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124-1(a)(10),
subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) 
2commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a 
3violation of subsection
24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), 24-1(a)(8), 
4or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; a person
convicted of a 
5violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)

6commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of 
7subsection
24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony and shall be 
8sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years 
9and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is possessed in 
10the
passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in 
11Section 1-146 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person, 
12while the weapon is loaded, in which
case it shall be a Class X 
13felony. A person convicted of a
second or subsequent violation 
14of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), or

1524-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3 felony. The possession of each 
16weapon in violation of this Section constitutes a single and 
17separate violation.

18 (c) Violations in specific places.

19  (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
20 24-1(a)(7) in any
school, regardless of the time of day or 
21 the time of year, in residential
property owned, operated 
22 or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by
a public 
23 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income

24 development, in a
public park, in a courthouse, on the real 
25 property comprising any school,
regardless of the
time of 
26 day or the time of year, on residential property owned, 
 
 
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1 operated
or
managed by a public housing agency
or leased by 
2 a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

3 mixed-income development,
on the real property comprising 
4 any
public park, on the real property comprising any 
5 courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted 
6 by a school to
transport students to or from school or a 
7 school related activity, in any conveyance
owned, leased, 
8 or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any

9 public way within 1,000 feet of the real property 
10 comprising any school,
public park, courthouse, public 
11 transportation facility, or residential property owned, 
12 operated, or managed
by a public housing agency
or leased 
13 by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

14 mixed-income development
commits a Class 2 felony and shall 
15 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 
16 years and not more than 7 years.

17  (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
18 24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the 
19 time of day or the time of year,
in residential property 
20 owned, operated, or managed by a public
housing
agency
or 
21 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
22 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public
park, in a 
23 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school, 
24 regardless
of the time of day or the time of year, on 
25 residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a 
26 public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
 
 
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1 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on 
2 the real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
3 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
4 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport 
5 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
6 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
7 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
8 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
9 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
10 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
11 public
housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
12 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development

13 commits a Class 3 felony.

14  (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1), 
15 24-1(a)(2), or
24-1(a)(3)
in any school, regardless of the 
16 time of day or the time of year, in
residential property 
17 owned, operated or managed by a public housing
agency
or 
18 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
19 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public park, in a 
20 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,

21 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on 
22 residential property
owned, operated or managed by a public 
23 housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency as part 
24 of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on the 
25 real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
26 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
 
 
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1 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport 
2 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
3 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
4 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
5 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
6 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
7 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
8 public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
9 as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development 
10 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse"
means any building 
11 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of

12 this State for the conduct of official business.

13  (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection 
14 (c) shall not
apply to law
enforcement officers or security 
15 officers of such school, college, or
university or to 
16 students carrying or possessing firearms for use in 
17 training
courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on 
18 school ranges, or otherwise with
the consent of school 
19 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded

20 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation 
21 package.

22  (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school" 
23 means any public or
private elementary or secondary school, 
24 community college, college, or
university.

25  (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public 
26 transportation agency" means a public or private agency 
 
 
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1 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of

2 persons by means available to the general public, except 
3 for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance 
4 of the general public as passengers; and "public 
5 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place

6 where one may obtain public transportation.

7 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public 
8omnibus of any
weapon, instrument or substance referred to in 
9subsection (a)(7) is
prima facie evidence that it is in the 
10possession of, and is being
carried by, all persons occupying 
11such automobile at the time such
weapon, instrument or 
12substance is found, except under the following
circumstances: 
13(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is
found upon 
14the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such

15weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile 
16operated for
hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful 
17and proper pursuit of
his or her trade, then such presumption 
18shall not apply to the driver.

19 (e) Exemptions.
20  (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater

21 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic 
22 knife as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this 
23 Section.
24  (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
25 this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase, 
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1 as a switchblade knife, which has a
blade that opens 
2 automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
spring 
3 or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply 
4 to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's 
5 Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by 
6 the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity 
7 engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing 
8 switchblade knives. 

9(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)


10 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
11 Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. 
12 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use 
13of a weapon when
he or she knowingly:
14  (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any 
15 vehicle or concealed
on or about his or her person except 
16 when on his or her land or in his or her
abode, legal 
17 dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in 
18 the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with 
19 that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or 
20 taser or
other firearm; or
21  (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person, 
22 upon any public
street, alley, or other public lands within 
23 the corporate limits of a city,
village or incorporated 
24 town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for
the 
25 purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful 
 
 
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1 commerce in weapons, or
except when on his or her own land 
2 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place 
3 of
business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of 
4 another person as an invitee with that person's permission, 
5 any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm; 
6 and
7  (3) One of the following factors is present:
8   (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or 
9 handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and 
10 immediately accessible
at the time of the offense; or
11   (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed 
12 was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible
at the 
13 time of the offense and the person possessing the 
14 pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a 
15 currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed 
16 Carry Act; or 
17   (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or 
18 handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the 
19 ammunition for
the weapon was immediately accessible 
20 at the time of the offense; or
21   (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed 
22 was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for
the 
23 weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the 
24 offense and the person possessing the pistol, 
25 revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently 
26 valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or 
 
 
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1   (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been 
2 issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's 
3 Identification Card; or
4   (D) the person possessing the weapon was 
5 previously adjudicated
a delinquent minor under the 
6 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if
committed 
7 by an adult would be a felony; or
8   (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in 
9 a misdemeanor
violation of the Cannabis
Control Act, in 
10 a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled 
11 Substances
Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the 
12 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; 
13 or
14   (F) (blank); or
15   (G) the person possessing the weapon had an order 
16 of protection issued
against him or her within the 
17 previous 2 years; or
18   (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in 
19 the commission or
attempted commission of
a 
20 misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence 
21 against
the person or property of another; or
22   (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21 
23 years of age and in
possession of a handgun, unless the 
24 person under 21
is engaged in lawful activities under 
25 the Wildlife Code or described in
subsection 
26 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
 
 
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1 (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning 
2given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. 
3 (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the 
4same definition
given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
5 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the 
6transportation or
possession
of weapons that:
7  (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
8  (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
9  (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
10 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a person 
11 who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's

12 Identification Card.
13 (d) Sentence.
14  (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 3 4 
15 felony;
a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony 
16 for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of 
17 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 
18 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the 
19 Unified Code of Corrections. 
20  (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and 
21 (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated 
22 unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a 
23 person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in 
24 both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and (C) of 
25 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a Class 3 4 
26 felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term 
 
 
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1 of imprisonment of not less than 2 one year and not more 
2 than 5 3 years.
3  (3) Aggravated unlawful use of
a weapon by a person who 
4 has been previously
convicted of a felony in this State or 
5 another jurisdiction is a Class 2
felony for which the 
6 person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not 
7 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, except as 
8 provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of 
9 Corrections. 
10  (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing 
11 or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1 
12 by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms 
13 Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of 
14 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X 
15 felony.

16 (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this 
17Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
18(Source: P.A. 100-3, eff. 1-1-18; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)



19 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)



20 Sec. 24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm 
21ammunition. 

22 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of 
23firearms
or firearm ammunition when:


24  (1) He or she is under 18 years of age and has in his or 
25 her possession
any firearm of
a size which may be concealed 
 
 
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1 upon the person; or


2  (2) He or she is under 21 years of age, has been 
3 convicted of a misdemeanor
other than a traffic offense or 
4 adjudged delinquent and has
any firearms or
firearm 
5 ammunition in his or her possession; or


6  (3) He or she is a narcotic addict and has
any firearms 
7 or firearm ammunition
in his or her possession; or


8  (4) He or she has been a patient in a mental 
9 institution within the past 5 years
and has
any firearms or 
10 firearm ammunition in his or her possession. For purposes 
11 of this paragraph (4):
12   "Mental institution" means any hospital, 
13 institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental 
14 health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily 
15 for the care or treatment of persons with mental 
16 illness.
17   "Patient in a mental institution" means the person 
18 was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to 
19 a mental institution for mental health treatment, 
20 unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an 
21 alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary 
22 substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or


23  (5) He or she is a person with an intellectual 
24 disability and has
any firearms or firearm ammunition
in 
25 his or her possession; or


26  (6) He or she has in his or her possession any 
 
 
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1 explosive bullet.

2 For purposes of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means the 
3projectile
portion of an ammunition cartridge which contains or 
4carries an explosive
charge which will explode upon contact 
5with the flesh of a human or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a 
6tubular metal case having a projectile affixed at the
front 
7thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the 
8propellant
contained in such tube between the projectile and 
9the cap.

10 (b) Sentence.

11 Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and 
12firearm
ammunition is a Class A misdemeanor. Unlawful 
13possession of firearms handguns is a
Class 4 felony. The 
14possession of each firearm or firearm ammunition in violation 
15of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.


16 (c) Nothing in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this 
17Section prohibits
a person under 18 years of age from 
18participating in any lawful recreational
activity with a 
19firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at

20targets upon established public or private target ranges or 
21hunting, trapping,
or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife 
22Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code.

23(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)