101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3166

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-2

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts from a violation of the unlawful use of weapons statute and the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statute, the carrying or possessing of firearms by wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, whether or not the firearms are carried while in the performance of their official duty or whether or not they are commuting between their homes and places of employment (currently, if the corrections officer is not a holder of a concealed carry license, he or she may carry a firearm outside his or her land or outside his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or outside the land or outside the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, only while in the performance of his or her official duty, or while commuting between his or her home and place of employment).
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-2 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
924-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10the following:
11 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12 officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13 peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14 (2) (Blank). Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
15 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
16 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
17 offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
18 or while commuting between their homes and places of
19 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 of
4 the duties of their employment or commuting between their
5 homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
6 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 homes
18 and places of employment. A person shall be considered
19 eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
20 required 20 hours of training for a private security
21 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 Detective,
4 Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
5 Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card shall be
6 carried by the private security contractor, private
7 detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the
8 licensed private security contractor, private detective,
9 or private alarm contractor agency at all times when he or
10 she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by
11 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 protection
14 of persons employed and private property related to such
15 commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
16 in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
17 sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
18 a security guard, is a member of a security force
19 registered with the Department of Financial and
20 Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
21 has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
22 and supervised by the Department of Financial and
23 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
24 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 required
3 firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
4 card by the Department of Financial and Professional
5 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
6 cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
7 the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
8 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
9 Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
10 control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
11 times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
12 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
13 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
14 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
15 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
16 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
17 any investigation for the Commission.
18 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
19 security guard for the protection of other employees and
20 property related to such financial institution, while
21 actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
22 commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
23 traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
24 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
25 is a member of a security force registered with the
26 Department; provided that any person so employed has

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1 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
2 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
3 Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
4 training which includes theory of law enforcement,
5 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
6 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
7 or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
8 a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
9 training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
10 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
11 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
12 under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
13 for those issued under the provisions of the Private
14 Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
15 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card
16 shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he
17 or she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted
18 by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this
19 subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, savings
20 and loan association, credit union or company providing
21 armored car services.
22 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
23 drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
24 performance of his duties.
25 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
26 pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.

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1 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
2 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
3 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
4 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
5 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
6 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
7 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
8 (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
9 their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
10 places of employment or specific locations that are part of
11 their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
12 of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
13 received weapons training according to requirements of the
14 Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
15 (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
16 of their official duties, or while commuting between their
17 homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
18 Sheriff.
19 (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
20 a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
21 facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
22 who has completed the background screening and training
23 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
24 Regulatory Commission.
25 (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
26 to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through

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1 (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
2 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
3to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
4or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
5license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
6the commission of the offense.
7 (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(13) do not apply
8to or affect wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
9penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the detention
10of persons accused or convicted of an offense, while in the
11performance of their official duty, or while commuting between
12their homes and places of employment.
13 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
15 (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
16 the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
17 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
18 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
19 using their firearms on those target ranges.
20 (1.5) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
21 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
22 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
23 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
24 while parading, with the special permission of the
25 Governor.
26 (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

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1 permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
2 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
3 non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
4 (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
5 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
6 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
7 permission.
8 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
9of the following:
10 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
11 official duties.
12 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
13 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
14 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
15 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
16 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
17 the performance of their official duty.
18 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
19 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
20 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
21 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
22 are not immediately accessible.
23 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
24 any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
25 discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
26 ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the

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1 business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
2 only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
3 scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
4 transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
5 This exemption does not authorize the general private
6 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
7 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
8 firing device, but only such possession and activities as
9 are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
10 business described in this paragraph.
11 During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
12 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
13 accessible.
14 (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
15 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
16 activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
17 weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
18 such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
19 person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
20 to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
21 of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
22 United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
23 of the United States, when such activities are necessary
24 and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
25 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
26 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such

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1 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
2 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
3 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
4 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
5 (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
6 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
7 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
8 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
9 the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
10 recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
11 is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
12 for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
13 possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
14 membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
15 as modified is not less than 26 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 peace
18officer.
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, while using their firearms on those target ranges.

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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 of
14 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 or
22attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
23silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
24for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
25engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
26firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities

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1that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
2manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
3firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
4general private possession of any device or attachment of any
5kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
6report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
7as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
8business described in this subsection (g-5). During
9transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
10or 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 Olympic
8and Paralympic Games.
9 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
10any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
11contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
12of 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 consigned
16to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
17Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
18carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
19transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
20nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
21transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
22revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
23and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
24this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
25carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
26possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.

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1(Source: P.A. 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)