103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2999
 
Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



     
5 ILCS 140/7.5
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
430 ILCS 65/4.1 rep.
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 rep.
720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 rep.

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 added by Public Act 102-1116 making it unlawful, beginning January 1, 2024, for any person within the State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge, with exemptions. Repeals provisions added by Public Act 102-1116 that make it unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with specified exemptions. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012 that prohibit the manufacture, possession, sale, or offer to
sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any
device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of
parts that is designed to and functions to increase the
rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard
rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts. Repeals amendatory provisions of the Freedom of Information Act added by Public Act 102-1116 that exempt from disclosure under the Act certain information concerning assault weapons endorsements received by the Illinois State Police. Effective immediately.



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A BILL FOR
 


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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 Freedom of Information Act is amended by 
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:



6 (5 ILCS 140/7.5)



7 Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for 
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be 
9exempt from inspection and copying:
10  (a) All information determined to be confidential 
11 under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and 
12 Development Act.
13  (b) Library circulation and order records identifying 
14 library users with specific materials under the Library 
15 Records Confidentiality Act.
16  (c) Applications, related documents, and medical 
17 records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation 
18 Procedures Board and any and all documents or other 
19 records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation 
20 Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it 
21 has received.
22  (d) Information and records held by the Department of 
23 Public Health and its authorized representatives relating 
 
 
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1 to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible 
2 disease or any information the disclosure of which is 
3 restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible 
4 Disease Control Act.
5  (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted 
6 under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7  (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of 
8 the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying 
9 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10  (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted 
11 and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid 
12 Tuition Act.
13  (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted 
14 under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and 
15 records of any lawfully created State or local inspector 
16 general's office that would be exempt if created or 
17 obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under 
18 that Act.
19  (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy 
20 plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a 
21 local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted 
22 under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23  (j) Information and data concerning the distribution 
24 of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers 
25 under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26  (k) Law enforcement officer identification information 
 
 
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1 or driver identification information compiled by a law 
2 enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation 
3 under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4  (l) Records and information provided to a residential 
5 health care facility resident sexual assault and death 
6 review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse 
7 Prevention Review Team Act.
8  (m) Information provided to the predatory lending 
9 database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential 
10 Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent 
11 authorized under that Article.
12  (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of 
13 compensation and expenses for court appointed trial 
14 counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the 
15 Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall 
16 apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even 
17 if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty 
18 prior to trial or sentencing.
19  (o) Information that is prohibited from being 
20 disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and 
21 Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22  (p) Security portions of system safety program plans, 
23 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or 
24 information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the 
25 Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and 
26 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the 
 
 
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1 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional 
2 Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the 
3 Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair 
4 County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety 
5 Act. 
6  (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the 
7 Personnel Record Review Act. 
8  (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the 
9 Illinois School Student Records Act. 
10  (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted 
11 under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act. 

12  (t) All identified or deidentified health information 
13 in the form of health data or medical records contained 
14 in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released 
15 from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and 
16 identified or deidentified health information in the form 
17 of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health 
18 Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois 
19 Health Information Exchange Office due to its 
20 administration of the Illinois Health Information 
21 Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall 
22 be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance 
23 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 
24 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any 
25 regulations promulgated thereunder. 
26  (u) Records and information provided to an independent 
 
 
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1 team of experts under the Developmental Disability and 
2 Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law). 
3  (v) Names and information of people who have applied 
4 for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under 
5 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for 
6 or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm 
7 Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the 
8 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the 
9 Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed 
10 Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed 
11 Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the 
12 Firearm Concealed Carry Act. 
13  (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification 
14 Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under 
15 Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
16  (w) Personally identifiable information which is 
17 exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section 
18 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
19  (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure 
20 under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section 
21 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. 
22  (y) Confidential information under the Adult 
23 Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling 
24 statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including 
25 information about the identity and administrative finding 
26 against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated 
 
 
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1 decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of 
2 an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established 
3 under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. 
4  (z) Records and information provided to a fatality 
5 review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory 
6 Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services 
7 Act. 
8  (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure 
9 under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. 
10  (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from 
11 disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. 
12  (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement 
13 Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent 
14 authorized under that Act.
15  (dd) Information that is prohibited from being 
16 disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common 
17 Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. 
18  (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure 
19 under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. 
20  (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure 
21 under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. 
22  (gg) Information that is prohibited from being 
23 disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle 
24 Code. 
25  (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under 
26 Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code. 
 
 
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1  (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure 
2 under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of 
3 the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. 
4  (jj) Information and reports that are required to be 
5 submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day 
6 and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from 
7 disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day 
8 and Temporary Labor Services Act. 
9  (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the 
10 Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. 
11  (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted 
12 and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public 
13 Aid Code. 
14  (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under 
15 Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. 
16  (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under 
17 Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. 
18  (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports 
19 arising out of a peer support counseling session 
20 prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders 
21 Suicide Prevention Act. 
22  (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to 
23 an employee of an emergency services provider or law 
24 enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide 
25 Prevention Act. 
26  (qq) Information and records held by the Department of 
 
 
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1 Public Health and its authorized representatives collected 
2 under the Reproductive Health Act. 
3  (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under 
4 the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 
5  (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of 
6 Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois 
7 Human Rights Act.
8  (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy 
9 Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that 
10 Act. 
11  (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under 
12 Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. 
13  (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under 
14 subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois 
15 Public Aid Code. 
16  (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under 
17 Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act. 
18  (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or 
19 information that shall not be made public under the 
20 Illinois Insurance Code. 
21  (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under 
22 the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
23  (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under 
24 the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. 
25  (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed 
26 under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code. 
 
 
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1  (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure 
2 by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State 
3 Police Act. 
4  (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section

5 2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil

6 Administrative Code of Illinois. 
7  (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed 
8 under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for 
9 Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human 
10 Trafficking, or Stalking Act. 
11  (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed 
12 under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic 
13 Violence Fatality Review Act. 
14  (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera 
15 Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after 
16 July 1, 2023. 
17  (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under 
18 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse 
19 Agency Licensing Act. 
20  (hhh) Information submitted to the Department of State 
21 Police in an affidavit or application for an assault 
22 weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement, 
23 .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge 
24 endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card 
25 Act. 
26(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 
 
 
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1101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. 
21-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, 
3eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; 
4101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff. 
51-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, 
6eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 
7102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 
87-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)

9 Section 10. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
10amended by changing Section 8 as follows:



11 (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)

12 Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Illinois 
13State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to 
14revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card 
15previously issued under this Act only if the Illinois State 
16Police finds that the
applicant or the person to whom such card 
17was issued is or was at the time
of issuance:

18  (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been 
19 convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or 
20 adjudged delinquent;

21  (b) This subsection (b) applies through the 180th day 
22 following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 
23 101-80). A person under 21 years of age who does not have 
24 the written consent
of his parent or guardian to acquire 
 
 
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1 and possess firearms and firearm
ammunition, or whose 
2 parent or guardian has revoked such written consent,
or 
3 where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a 
4 Firearm Owner's
Identification Card;
5  (b-5) This subsection (b-5) applies on and after the 
6 181st day following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of 
7 Public Act 101-80). A person under 21 years of age who is 
8 not an active duty member of the United States Armed 
9 Forces or the Illinois National Guard and does not have 
10 the written consent
of his or her parent or guardian to 
11 acquire and possess firearms and firearm
ammunition, or 
12 whose parent or guardian has revoked such written consent,

13 or where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a 
14 Firearm Owner's
Identification Card; 

15  (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of 
16 this or any other
jurisdiction;

17  (d) A person addicted to narcotics;

18  (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health 
19 facility within the
past 5 years or a person who has been a 
20 patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago 
21 who has not received the certification required under 
22 subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement 
23 officer employed by a unit of government or a Department 
24 of Corrections employee authorized to possess firearms who 
25 is denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's 
26 Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may 
 
 
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1 obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section 
2 10 of this Act if the officer or employee did not act in a 
3 manner threatening to the officer or employee, another 
4 person, or the public as determined by the treating 
5 clinical psychologist or physician, and the officer or 
6 employee seeks mental health treatment;

7  (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a 
8 nature that it poses
a clear and present danger to the 
9 applicant, any other person or persons, or
the community;

10  (g) A person who has an intellectual disability;

11  (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement 
12 in the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card application or 
13 endorsement affidavit;

14  (i) A noncitizen who is unlawfully present in
the 
15 United States under the laws of the United States;

16  (i-5) A noncitizen who has been admitted to the United 
17 States under a
non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined 
18 in Section 101(a)(26) of the
Immigration and Nationality 
19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this
subsection 
20 (i-5) does not apply to any noncitizen who has been 
21 lawfully admitted to
the United States under a 
22 non-immigrant visa if that noncitizen is:

23   (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
24 hunting or sporting purposes;

25   (2) an official representative of a foreign 
26 government who is:

 
 
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1    (A) accredited to the United States Government 
2 or the Government's
mission to an international 
3 organization having its headquarters in the United

4 States; or

5    (B) en route to or from another country to 
6 which that noncitizen is
accredited;

7   (3) an official of a foreign government or 
8 distinguished foreign visitor
who has been so 
9 designated by the Department of State;

10   (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a 
11 friendly foreign government
entering the United States 
12 on official business; or

13   (5) one who has received a waiver from the 
14 Attorney General of the United
States pursuant to 18 
15 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);

16  (j) (Blank);

17  (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 
18 years of battery,
assault, aggravated assault, violation 
19 of an order of protection, or a
substantially similar 
20 offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was

21 used or possessed;

22  (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic 
23 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially

24 similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before, 
25 on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public 
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1 previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
2 under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the 
3 right to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) 
4 tried by a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results 
5 in a conviction for an offense in which a domestic 
6 relationship is not a required element of the offense but 
7 in which a determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 
8 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of 
9 Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a 
10 judgment of conviction for that offense shall be grounds 
11 for denying an application for and for revoking and 
12 seizing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously 
13 issued to the person under this Act;

14  (m) (Blank);

15  (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or 
16 possessing
firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois 
17 State statute or by federal
law;

18  (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 
19 5-520 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the 
20 minor is a delinquent minor for
the commission of an 
21 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;


22  (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent 
23 minor under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 for the 
24 commission of an offense that if committed by an
adult 
25 would be a felony;

26  (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of 
 
 
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1 Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of 
2 Section 4; 
3  (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a person with 
4 a mental disability; 
5  (s) A person who has been found to have a 
6 developmental disability; 
7  (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental 
8 health facility; or 
9  (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's 
10 Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e) 
11 of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of 
12 subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she 
13 was a patient in a mental health facility as provided in 
14 subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to 
15 obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the 
16 5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a 
17 mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical 
18 psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are 
19 defined in the Mental Health and Developmental 
20 Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that 
21 he or she is not a clear and present danger to himself, 
22 herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist, 
23 or qualified examiner making the certification and his or 
24 her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or 
25 professionally liable for making or not making the 
26 certification required under this subsection, except for 
 
 
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1 willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not 
2 apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have 
3 been restored through administrative or judicial action 
4 under Section 10 or 11 of this Act. 
5 Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's 
6Identification Card, the Illinois State Police shall provide 
7notice to the person and the person shall comply with Section 
89.5 of this Act. 
9(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 
10102-645, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1030, eff. 
115-27-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)


12 (430 ILCS 65/4.1 rep.)
13 Section 15. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
14amended by repealing Section 4.1.

15 Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
16changing Section 24-1 as follows:



17 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)


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

19 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of 
20weapons when
he knowingly:

21  (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
22 carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
23 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
 
 
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1 regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any 
2 knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which 
3 has a
blade that opens automatically by hand pressure 
4 applied to a button,
spring or other device in the handle 
5 of the knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that 
6 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a 
7 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or

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

13  (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
14 unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church, 
15 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place 
16 used for religious worship; or 
17  (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a 
18 tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object containing 
19 noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an object 
20 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or substance 
21 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 
22 18
years of age or older; or

23  (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed 
24 on or about his
person except when on his land or in his 
25 own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or 
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1 an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, 
2 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except
that

3 this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect 
4 transportation of weapons
that meet one of the following 
5 conditions:

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

7   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

8   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
9 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
10 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
11 Owner's
Identification Card; or
12   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
13 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
14 been issued a currently valid license under the 
15 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or 

16  (5) Sets a spring gun; or

17  (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
18 designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report 
19 of any firearm; or

20  (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
21 carries:

22   (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
23 purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which 
24 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
25 restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot 
26 without manually reloading by a single
function of the 
 
 
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1 trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such 
2 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
3 or
carries any combination of parts designed or 
4 intended for
use in converting any weapon into a 
5 machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a 
6 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the

7 possession or under the control of a person;

8   (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less 
9 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or 
10 more
barrels less than 18 inches in length or any 
11 weapon made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by 
12 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a 
13 weapon
as modified has an overall length of less than 
14 26 inches; or

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

20  (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or 
21 taser or other
deadly weapon in any place which is 
22 licensed to sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public 
23 gathering held pursuant to a license issued
by any 
24 governmental body or any public gathering at which an 
25 admission
is charged, excluding a place where a showing, 
26 demonstration or lecture
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1 unloaded firearms is conducted.

2  This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction 
3 or raffle of a firearm
held pursuant to
a license or permit 
4 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to 
5 persons
engaged
in firearm safety training courses; or

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

11  (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
12 person, upon any public street,
alley, or other public 
13 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village,
or 
14 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or 
15 therein, for the
purpose of the display of such weapon or 
16 the lawful commerce in weapons, or
except when on his land 
17 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place 
18 of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of 
19 another person as an invitee with that person's 
20 permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or 
21 other firearm, except that this
subsection (a) (10) does 
22 not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that
meet 
23 one of the following conditions:

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

25   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

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

4   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
5 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
6 been issued a currently valid license under the 
7 Firearm Concealed Carry Act. 
8  A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a) 
9 means (i) any device
which is powered by electrical 
10 charging units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or 
11 several barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon 
12 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of 
13 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
14 to render him incapable of
normal functioning or (ii) any 
15 device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such 
16 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or

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

20  (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports, 
21 possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or 
22 .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or 
23 any explosive bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) 
24 "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of
an 
25 ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an 
26 explosive charge which
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1 flesh of a human or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular 
2 metal case having a projectile affixed at the
front 
3 thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with 
4 the
propellant contained in such tube between the 
5 projectile and the cap; or

6  (12) (Blank); or

7  (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
8 person while in a building occupied by a unit of 
9 government, a billy club, other weapon of like character, 
10 or other instrument of like character intended for use as 
11 a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" 
12 means a short stick or club commonly carried by police 
13 officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a 
14 solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
15  (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to 
16 sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any 
17 device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of 
18 parts that is designed to and functions to increase the 
19 rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard 
20 rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not 
21 equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts; 
22 or
23  (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50 
24 caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
25  (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or 
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1 violation of Section 24-1.9. 
2 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
3subsection 24-1(a)(1)
through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),

4subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13), or 
524-1(a)(15) commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted 
6of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits 
7a
Class 4 felony; a person
convicted of a violation of 
8subsection 24-1(a)(6), or 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or 
924-1(a)(16) or (iii)
commits a Class 3 felony. A person 
10convicted of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a 
11Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 
12of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the 
13weapon is possessed in the
passenger compartment of a motor 
14vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the
Illinois Vehicle 
15Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which

16case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a

17second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
1824-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(a)(15) commits 
19a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of 
20subsection 24-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 
21felony. The possession of each weapon or device in violation 
22of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.

23 (c) Violations in specific places.

24  (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
25 24-1(a)(7) in any
school, regardless of the time of day or 
26 the time of year, in residential
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1 or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by
a public 
2 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income

3 development, in a
public park, in a courthouse, on the 
4 real property comprising any school,
regardless of the

5 time of day or the time of year, on residential property 
6 owned, operated
or
managed by a public housing agency
or 
7 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
8 site or
mixed-income development,
on the real property 
9 comprising any
public park, on the real property 
10 comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased 
11 or contracted by a school to
transport students to or from 
12 school or a school related activity, in any conveyance

13 owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation 
14 agency, or on any
public way within 1,000 feet of the real 
15 property comprising any school,
public park, courthouse, 
16 public transportation facility, or 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
commits a Class 2 felony 
20 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not 
21 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.

22  (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
23 24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of 
24 the time of day or the time of year,
in residential 
25 property owned, operated, or managed by a public
housing

26 agency
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1 scattered site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public

2 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any 
3 school, regardless
of the time of day or the time of year, 
4 on residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a 
5 public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
6 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,

7 on the real property
comprising any public park, on the 
8 real property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
9 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport 
10 students
to or from school or a school related activity, 
11 in any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
12 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
13 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
14 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
15 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
16 public
housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
17 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development

18 commits a Class 3 felony.

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

26 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on 
 
 
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1 residential property
owned, operated or managed by a 
2 public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
3 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,

4 on the real property
comprising any public park, on the 
5 real property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
6 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport 
7 students
to or from school or a school related activity, 
8 in any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
9 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
10 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
11 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
12 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
13 public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
14 as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development 
15 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse"
means any building 
16 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court 
17 of
this State for the conduct of official business.

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

25 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation 
26 package.

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

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

7 persons by means available to the general public, except 
8 for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance 
9 of the general public as passengers; and "public 
10 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place

11 where one may obtain public transportation.

12 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public 
13omnibus of any
weapon, instrument or substance referred to in 
14subsection (a)(7) is
prima facie evidence that it is in the 
15possession of, and is being
carried by, all persons occupying 
16such automobile at the time such
weapon, instrument or 
17substance is found, except under the following
circumstances: 
18(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is
found 
19upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if 
20such
weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile 
21operated for
hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful 
22and proper pursuit of
his or her trade, then such presumption 
23shall not apply to the driver.

24 (e) Exemptions.
25  (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater

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1 knife as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
2 this Section.
3  (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
4 of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, 
5 purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly 
6 referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
blade that 
7 opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,

8 spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not 
9 apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm 
10 Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or 
11 her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an 
12 entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing 
13 switchblade knives. 

14(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 
15102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)


16 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 rep.)
17 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 rep.)
18 Section 30. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
19repealing Sections 24-1.9 and 24-1.10.


20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.