103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2931
 
Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



430 ILCS 66/65
430 ILCS 66/76 new

 Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a concealed carry licensee who is an employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school may carry a concealed firearm into the school building, real property, and parking area under the control of the school where he or she is employed if, in addition to the training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license, he or she receives additional training from a training program established by the Illinois State Police. Provides that within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois State Police shall establish a training program for licensees who are employees of a public or private elementary or secondary school to permit the employees to carry firearms into the school buildings where they are employed and their adjacent parking lots and real property. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish the training curriculum and the amount of training, which shall not exceed 48 hours, of which a maximum of 28 hours shall be firearm training. Provides that the training shall include the safe handling of firearms around children. Provides that the training must be completed annually. 



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning safety.


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

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by 
5changing Section 65 and by adding Section 76 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 66/65)

7 Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. 
8 (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a 
9firearm on or into:
10  (1) Any building, real property, and parking area 
11 under the control of a public or private elementary or 
12 secondary school, except that a licensee who is an 
13 employee of a public or private elementary or secondary 
14 school may carry a concealed firearm into a school 
15 building, real property, and parking area under the 
16 control of the school where he or she is employed if, in 
17 addition to the training requirement prescribed in Section 
18 75, the licensee has received the additional training 
19 requirements prescribed in Section 76.
20  (2) Any building, real property, and parking area 
21 under the control of a pre-school or child care facility, 
22 including any room or portion of a building under the 
23 control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in 
 
 
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1 this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care 
2 facility in a family home from owning or possessing a 
3 firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child 
4 under child care at the home is present in the home or the 
5 firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a 
6 child under child care at the home is present in the home.
7  (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a 
8 building under the control of an officer of the executive 
9 or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing 
10 in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying 
11 a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or 
12 trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural 
13 Resources or any other designated public hunting area or 
14 building where firearm possession is permitted as 
15 established by the Department of Natural Resources under 
16 Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code.
17  (4) Any building designated for matters before a 
18 circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or 
19 any building or portion of a building under the control of 
20 the Supreme Court.
21  (5) Any building or portion of a building under the 
22 control of a unit of local government.
23  (6) Any building, real property, and parking area 
24 under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or 
25 correctional institution, prison, or jail.
26  (7) Any building, real property, and parking area 
 
 
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1 under the control of a public or private hospital or 
2 hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing 
3 home.
4  (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for 
5 in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, 
6 real property, and parking area under the control of a 
7 public transportation facility paid for in whole or in 
8 part with public funds.
9  (9) Any building, real property, and parking area 
10 under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol 
11 on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's 
12 gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale 
13 of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly 
14 fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as 
15 provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false 
16 statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed 
17 firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty 
18 under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor 
19 Control Act of 1934.
20  (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted 
21 on property open to the public that requires the issuance 
22 of a permit from the unit of local government, provided 
23 this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must 
24 walk through a public gathering in order to access his or 
25 her residence, place of business, or vehicle.
26  (11) Any building or real property that has been 
 
 
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1 issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in 
2 Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time 
3 designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event 
4 Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as 
5 defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor 
6 Control Act during the time designated for the sale of 
7 alcohol by the Special use permit license.
8  (12) Any public playground.
9  (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic 
10 facility under the control of a municipality or park 
11 district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit 
12 a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a 
13 trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway 
14 includes a public park.
15  (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook 
16 County Forest Preserve District.
17  (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical 
18 clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, 
19 entertainment venue, officially recognized 
20 university-related organization property, whether owned or 
21 leased, and any real property, including parking areas, 
22 sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public 
23 or private community college, college, or university.
24  (16) Any building, real property, or parking area 
25 under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the 
26 Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 
 
 
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1 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
2  (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or 
3 parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any 
4 collegiate or professional sporting event.
5  (18) Any building, real property, or parking area 
6 under the control of a public library.
7  (19) Any building, real property, or parking area 
8 under the control of an airport.
9  (20) Any building, real property, or parking area 
10 under the control of an amusement park.
11  (21) Any building, real property, or parking area 
12 under the control of a zoo or museum.
13  (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, 
14 building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used 
15 by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site 
16 or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
17 Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance 
18 store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a 
19 compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere 
20 in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, 
21 building, or facility described in this paragraph.
22  (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under 
23 federal law.
24 (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or 
25private community college, college, or university from:
26  (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within 
 
 
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1 a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or 
2 university;
3  (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
4 regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and 
5 discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
6  (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
7 regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which 
8 must include designated areas where persons can park 
9 vehicles that carry firearms; and
10  (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the 
11 purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially 
12 recognized programs, including but not limited to military 
13 science and law enforcement training programs, or in any 
14 designated area used for hunting purposes or target 
15 shooting.
16 (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may 
17prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property 
18under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in 
19accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that 
20firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property 
21is a private residence.
22 (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of 
23this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection 
24(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm 
25into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in 
26subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be 
 
 
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1permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her 
2person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a 
3firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked 
4vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the 
5vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed 
6firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle 
7within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited 
8purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the 
9vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" 
10includes a glove compartment or console that completely 
11encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the 
12vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other 
13container.
14 (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section 
15while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that 
16touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), 
17(a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is 
18carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions 
19of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the 
20licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of 
21law.
22 (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is 
23prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the 
24entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified 
25in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or 
26premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform 
 
 
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1design as established by the Illinois State Police and shall 
2be 4 inches by 6 inches in size. The Illinois State Police 
3shall adopt rules for standardized signs to be used under this 
4subsection.

5(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

6 (430 ILCS 66/76 new)
7 Sec. 76. Employees of a public or private elementary or 
8secondary school; firearm training. Within 120 days after the 
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General 
10Assembly, the Illinois State Police shall establish a training 
11program for licensees who are employees of a public or private 
12elementary or secondary school to permit the employees to 
13carry firearms into the school buildings where they are 
14employed and their adjacent parking lots and real property. 
15The Illinois State Police shall establish the training 
16curriculum and the amount of training, which shall not exceed 
1748 hours, of which a maximum of 28 hours shall be firearm 
18training. The training shall include the safe handling of 
19firearms around children. The training must be completed 
20annually.