102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3713
 
Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



 
720 ILCS 5/24-2
730 ILCS 5/3-2-14 new
730 ILCS 125/26.1 new

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. 



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning correctional officers.


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 
5changing Section 24-2 as follows:


6 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)


7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-152)

8 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 

9 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
1024-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of 
11the following:

12  (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace 
13 officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the 
14 peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.

15  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,

16 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
17 detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, 
18 while in the performance of their
official duty, or while 
19 commuting between their homes and places of employment.

20  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
21 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the 
22 Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance 
23 of their official duty.

 
 
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1  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
2 utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored 
3 car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance 
4 of the duties of their employment or
commuting between 
5 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while 
6 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
7 employment.

8  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
9 private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
10 employed by a private security contractor, private 
11 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by 
12 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
13 if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the 
14 provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,

15 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
16 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the 
17 duties of their employment or commuting
between their 
18 homes and places of employment. 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 private security 
23 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
24 agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has 
25 been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of 
26 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
 
 
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1 renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the 
2 provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those 
3 cards issued under the provisions of the
Private 
4 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
5 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
6 card shall be carried by the private security contractor, 
7 private
detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
8 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
9 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
10 all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
11 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.

12  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
13 industrial
operation as a security guard for the 
14 protection of persons employed
and private property 
15 related to such commercial or industrial
operation, while 
16 actually engaged in the performance of his or her
duty or 
17 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the

18 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
19 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
20 and Professional
Regulation; provided that such security 
21 guard has successfully completed a
course of study, 
22 approved by and supervised by the Department of
Financial 
23 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
24 40 hours of training
that includes the theory of law 
25 enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of 
26 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this

 
 
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1 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours 
2 of training for a security officer and 20 hours of 
3 required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm 
4 control card by
the Department of Financial and 
5 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of

6 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this 
7 Section
shall be the same as for those cards issued under 
8 the provisions of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,

9 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
10 2004. The
firearm control card shall be carried by the 
11 security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession 
12 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
13 control card.

14  (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois 
15 Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the 
16 Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections 
17 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of

18 any investigation for the Commission.

19  (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a 
20 security guard for the protection of
other employees and 
21 property related to such financial institution, while

22 actually engaged in the performance of their duties, 
23 commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or 
24 traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by 
25 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, 
26 is a member of a security force registered with the 
 
 
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1 Department; provided that
any person so employed has 
2 successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and 
3 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional 
4 Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of 
5 training which includes theory of
law enforcement, 
6 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person 
7 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if 
8 he or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training 
9 for a security officer
and 20 hours of required firearm 
10 training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by 
11 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

12 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued 
13 under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as 
14 for those issued under the
provisions of the Private 
15 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
16 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
17 card shall be carried by the security guard at all times 
18 when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon 
19 permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes 
20 of this subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, 
21 savings and loan association, credit union or company 
22 providing
armored car services.

23  (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to 
24 drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the 
25 performance of his duties.

26  (10) Persons who have been classified as peace 
 
 
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1 officers pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation 
2 Act.

3  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
4 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
5 governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate 
6 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of 
7 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

8  (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
9 Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.

10  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
11 their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, 
12 places of employment or specific locations
that are part 
13 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
14 judge of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
15 have received weapons training according
to requirements 
16 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
17 Training Act.

18  (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance 
19 of their official
duties, or while commuting between their 
20 homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the 
21 Sheriff.

22  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
23 a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or 
24 facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission 
25 who has completed the background screening and training

26 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
 
 
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1 Regulatory Commission.

2  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
3 to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
4 (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.

5 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
6to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
7or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
8license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
9the commission of the offense.
10  (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
11to
or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
12officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the 
13federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. 
14 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
1524-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:

16  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
17 the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon 
18 established target ranges, whether
public or private, and 
19 patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are 
20 using their firearms on those target ranges.

21  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
22 while parading,
with the special permission of the 
23 Governor.

24  (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

25 permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.

26  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
 
 
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1 a
non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

2  (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
3 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
4 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
5 person's permission. 
6 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
7of the
following:

8  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
9 official duties.

10  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
11 penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the 
12 detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.

13  (3) 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  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
17 guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
18 (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the 
19 machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or 
20 are not immediately accessible.

21  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
22 any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
23 discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or 
24 ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the 
25 business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but 
26 only with respect to activities which are within the 
 
 
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1 lawful
scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
2 transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. 
3 This exemption does not authorize the
general private 
4 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or 
5 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
6 firing
device, but only such possession and activities as 
7 are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing 
8 business described in this paragraph.

9  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
10 down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately 
11 accessible.

12  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
13 transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or 
14 experimental activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, 
15 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or 
16 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where 
17 engaged in
by a person operating as a contractor or 
18 subcontractor pursuant to a
contract or subcontract for 
19 the development and supply of such rifles,
shotguns, 
20 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or 
21 any
branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
22 such activities are
necessary and incident to fulfilling 
23 the terms of such contract.

24  The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)

25 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
26 contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the 
 
 
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1 scope of his employment, where
such activities involving 
2 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and 
3 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

4  (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
5 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
6 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
7 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or 
8 (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, 
9 nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the 
10 modification is required and necessary to accurately 
11 portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; 
12 the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current 
13 re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall 
14 length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 
15 inches.
16 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
17possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a 
18peace officer.

19 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
20manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that 
21subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.

22 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
23Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or 
24organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting 
25at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
26private,
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1 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
2to:

3  (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
4 the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
5 the performance of their
official duty.

6  (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
7 ordnance.

8  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
9 ballistics, or
specializing in the development of 
10 ammunition or explosive ordnance.

11  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
12 explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
13 by the federal government,
in connection with the supply 
14 of those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision 
15 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

16 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
17 bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this 
18 Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased 
19 by an exempted manufacturer.

20 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
21persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device 
22or attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use 
23in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or

24ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
25actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing those 
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respect to

 
 
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1activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
2such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
3devices, firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not 
4authorize the general private possession of any device or

5attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
6silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession 
7and activities as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed 
8manufacturing business described in this subsection
(g-5). 
9During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
10any weapon
or
not immediately accessible.

11 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

1224-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole 
13supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
14prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
15Corrections. 
16 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
17officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
18or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
19own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
20kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
21report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
22maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
23duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
24 (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and 
2524-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an 
26athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and 
 
 
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1Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of 
2competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic 
3Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the 
4International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in 
5connection with such athlete's training for and participation 
6in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic 
7Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 
8Olympic and Paralympic Games. 
9 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
10any
subsection of this Article need not negative any 
11exemptions contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have 
12the burden of proving such an
exemption.

13 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
14affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
15pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
16consigned to a common carrier operating
under license of the 
17State of Illinois or the federal government, where
such 
18transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
19lawful
transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
20and nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
21affect the transportation, carrying,
or possession of any 
22pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the 
23subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
24subsection
24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
25enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or 
26other container, by the possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners 
 
 
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1Identification Card.

2(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)

3 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-152)

4 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 

5 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
624-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of 
7the following:

8  (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace 
9 officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the 
10 peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.

11  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,

12 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
13 detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, 
14 while in the performance of their
official duty, or while 
15 commuting between their homes and places of employment.

16  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
17 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the 
18 Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance 
19 of their official duty.

20  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
21 utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored 
22 car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance 
23 of the duties of their employment or
commuting between 
24 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while 
25 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
 
 
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1 employment.

2  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
3 private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
4 employed by a private security contractor, private 
5 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by 
6 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
7 if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the 
8 provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,

9 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
10 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the 
11 duties of their employment or commuting
between their 
12 homes and places of employment. A person shall be 
13 considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has 
14 completed the required 20
hours of training for a private 
15 security contractor, private
detective, or private alarm 
16 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
17 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
18 agency and 28 hours of required firearm
training, and has 
19 been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of 
20 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
21 renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the 
22 provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those 
23 cards issued under the provisions of the
Private 
24 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
25 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
26 card shall be carried by the private security contractor, 
 
 
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1 private
detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
2 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
3 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
4 all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
5 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.

6  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
7 industrial
operation as a security guard for the 
8 protection of persons employed
and private property 
9 related to such commercial or industrial
operation, while 
10 actually engaged in the performance of his or her
duty or 
11 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the

12 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
13 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
14 and Professional
Regulation; provided that such security 
15 guard has successfully completed a
course of study, 
16 approved by and supervised by the Department of
Financial 
17 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
18 48 hours of training
that includes the theory of law 
19 enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of 
20 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this

21 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours 
22 of training for a security officer and 28 hours of 
23 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 security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession 
6 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
7 control card.

8  (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois 
9 Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the 
10 Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections 
11 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of

12 any investigation for the Commission.

13  (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a 
14 security guard for the protection of
other employees and 
15 property related to such financial institution, while

16 actually engaged in the performance of their duties, 
17 commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or 
18 traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by 
19 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, 
20 is a member of a security force registered with the 
21 Department; 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 48 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 
2 he or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training 
3 for a security officer
and 28 hours of required firearm 
4 training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by 
5 the 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. The
firearm control 
11 card shall be carried by the security guard at all times 
12 when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon 
13 permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes 
14 of this subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, 
15 savings and loan association, credit union or company 
16 providing
armored car services.

17  (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to 
18 drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the 
19 performance of his duties.

20  (10) Persons who have been classified as peace 
21 officers pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation 
22 Act.

23  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
24 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
25 governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate 
26 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of 
 
 
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1 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

2  (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
3 Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.

4  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
5 their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, 
6 places of employment or specific locations
that are part 
7 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
8 judge of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
9 have received weapons training according
to requirements 
10 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
11 Training Act.

12  (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance 
13 of their official
duties, or while commuting between their 
14 homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the 
15 Sheriff.

16  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
17 a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or 
18 facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission 
19 who has completed the background screening and training

20 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
21 Regulatory Commission.

22  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
23 to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
24 (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.

25 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
26to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
 
 
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1or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
2license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
3the commission of the offense.
4  (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
5to
or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
6officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the 
7federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. 
8 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
924-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:

10  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
11 the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon 
12 established target ranges, whether
public or private, and 
13 patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are 
14 using their firearms on those target ranges.

15  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
16 while parading,
with the special permission of the 
17 Governor.

18  (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

19 permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.

20  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
21 a
non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

22  (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
23 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
24 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
25 person's permission. 
26 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
 
 
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1of the
following:

2  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
3 official duties.

4  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
5 penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the 
6 detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.

7  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
8 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
9 the performance of their official
duty.

10  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
11 guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
12 (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the 
13 machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or 
14 are not immediately accessible.

15  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
16 any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
17 discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or 
18 ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the 
19 business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but 
20 only with respect to activities which are within the 
21 lawful
scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
22 transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. 
23 This exemption does not authorize the
general private 
24 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or 
25 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
26 firing
device, but only such possession and activities as 
 
 
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1 are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing 
2 business described in this paragraph.

3  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
4 down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately 
5 accessible.

6  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
7 transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or 
8 experimental activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, 
9 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or 
10 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where 
11 engaged in
by a person operating as a contractor or 
12 subcontractor pursuant to a
contract or subcontract for 
13 the development and supply of such rifles,
shotguns, 
14 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or 
15 any
branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
16 such activities are
necessary and incident to fulfilling 
17 the terms of such contract.

18  The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)

19 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
20 contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the 
21 scope of his employment, where
such activities involving 
22 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and 
23 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

24  (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
25 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
26 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
 
 
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1 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or 
2 (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, 
3 nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the 
4 modification is required and necessary to accurately 
5 portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; 
6 the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current 
7 re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall 
8 length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 
9 inches.
10 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
11possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a 
12peace officer.

13 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
14manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that 
15subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.

16 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
17Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or 
18organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting 
19at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
20private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.

21 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
22to:

23  (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
24 the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
25 the performance of their
official duty.

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1 ordnance.

2  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
3 ballistics, or
specializing in the development of 
4 ammunition or explosive ordnance.

5  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
6 explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
7 by the federal government,
in connection with the supply 
8 of those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision 
9 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

10 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
11 bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this 
12 Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased 
13 by an exempted manufacturer.

14 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
15persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device 
16or attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use 
17in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or

18ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
19actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing those 
20devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to

21activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
22such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
23devices, firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not 
24authorize the general private possession of any device or

25attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
26silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession 
 
 
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1and activities as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed 
2manufacturing business described in this subsection
(g-5). 
3During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
4any weapon
or
not immediately accessible.

5 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

624-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole 
7supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
8prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
9Corrections. 
10 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
11officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
12or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
13own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
14kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
15report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
16maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
17duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
18 (g-8) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

1924-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any currently employed or 
20retired:
21  (1) State correctional officer who meets the 
22 qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 3-2-14 
23 of the Unified Code of Corrections; or
24  (2) county correctional officer who meets the 
25 qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 26.1 
26 of the County Jail Act. 
 
 
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1 (g-10) (Blank). 
2 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
3any
subsection of this Article need not negative any 
4exemptions contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have 
5the burden of proving such an
exemption.

6 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
7affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
8pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
9consigned to a common carrier operating
under license of the 
10State of Illinois or the federal government, where
such 
11transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
12lawful
transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
13and nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
14affect the transportation, carrying,
or possession of any 
15pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the 
16subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
17subsection
24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
18enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or 
19other container, by the possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners 
20Identification Card.

21(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-152, eff. 1-1-22.)

22 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 
23adding Section 3-2-14 as follows:

24 (730 ILCS 5/3-2-14 new)
 
 
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1 Sec. 3-2-14. State correctional officers; off-duty 
2firearms.
3 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
424-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not apply to currently 
5employed or retired State correctional officers who meet the 
6following conditions:
7  (1) The currently employed or retired State 
8 correctional officer must be at least 21 years of age and 
9 possess a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card as 
10 prescribed in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, 
11 receive
training in the use of firearms while off duty 
12 conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
13 Standards Board, and be certified as successfully 
14 completing the training by the Board. The Board shall 
15 determine the amount of the training and the course 
16 content for the training. The currently employed or 
17 retired State correctional officer shall requalify for the 
18 firearms training annually at a State range certified by 
19 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The 
20 expenses of the retraining shall be paid by the currently 
21 employed or retired State correctional officer and moneys 
22 for the costs of the requalification shall be expended at 
23 the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
24 Standards Board.
25  (2) The currently employed or retired State 
26 correctional officer shall purchase
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1 her own expense and shall register the firearm with the 
2 Illinois State Police and with any other local law 
3 enforcement agencies that require the registration.
4  (3) The currently employed or retired State 
5 correctional officer may not carry
any Illinois Department 
6 of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice 
7 State-issued firearm while off duty. A person who violates 
8 this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary action by 
9 the Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department 
10 of Juvenile Justice.
11  (4) State correctional officers who are or were 
12 discharged from
employment by the Illinois Department of 
13 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice for 
14 cause shall no longer be considered law enforcement 
15 officials and all their rights as law enforcement 
16 officials shall be revoked permanently, unless employed 
17 thereafter by the Department of Corrections or the 
18 Department of Juvenile Justice.
19 (b) As used in this Section, "State correctional officer" 
20means an employee of the Department of Corrections or the 
21Department of Juvenile Justice who has custody and control 
22over inmates in an adult or juvenile correctional facility.

23 Section 15. The County Jail Act is amended by adding 
24Section 26.1 as follows:

 
 
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1 (730 ILCS 125/26.1 new)
2 Sec. 26.1. County correctional officers; off-duty 
3firearms.
4 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
524-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not apply to currently 
6employed or retired county correctional officers who meet the 
7following conditions:
8  (1) The currently employed or retired county 
9 correctional officer must be at least 21 years of age and 
10 possess a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card as 
11 prescribed in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, 
12 receive
training in the use of firearms while off duty 
13 conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
14 Standards Board, and be certified as successfully 
15 completing the training by the Board. The Board shall 
16 determine the amount of the training and the course 
17 content for the training. The currently employed or 
18 retired county correctional officer shall requalify for 
19 the firearms training annually at a State range certified 
20 by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. 
21 The expenses of the retraining shall be paid by the 
22 currently employed or retired county correctional officer 
23 and moneys for the costs of the requalification shall be 
24 expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement 
25 Training Standards Board.
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1 correctional officer shall purchase
the firearm at his or 
2 her own expense and shall register the firearm with the 
3 Illinois State Police and with any other local law 
4 enforcement agencies that require the registration.
5  (3) The currently employed or retired county 
6 correctional officer may not carry
any county 
7 sheriff-issued firearm while off duty. A person who 
8 violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary 
9 action by the county sheriff.
10  (4) County correctional officers who are or were 
11 discharged from
employment by a county sheriff for cause 
12 shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials 
13 and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be 
14 revoked permanently, unless employed thereafter by a 
15 county sheriff.
16 (b) As used in this Section, "county correctional officer" 
17means an employee of the county who has custody and control 
18over inmates in a county jail or juvenile detention center.


19 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
20changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
21that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
22represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
23not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
24made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
25Public Act.