103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0020

Introduced 3/13/2024, by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. I. Sec. 22

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that, subject only to the police power, the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms and to carry firearms (rather than the right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms) shall not be infringed. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
8of this resolution a proposition to amend Article I of the
9Illinois Constitution by changing Section 22 as follows:
10
ARTICLE I
11
BILL OF RIGHTS
12 (ILCON Art. I. Sec. 22)
13SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
14 Subject only to the police power, the right of the
15individual citizen to keep and bear arms and to carry firearms
16shall not be infringed.
17(Source: Illinois Constitution.)