103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3791
 
Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



430 ILCS 66/5
430 ILCS 66/65

 Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Defines "grounds".



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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 Sections 5 and 65 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 66/5)

7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a license 
9to carry a concealed firearm under this Act.
10 "Board" means the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.
11 "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded handgun 
12carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed 
13from view of the public or on or about a person within a 
14vehicle.
15 "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State 
16Police.
17 "Grounds" means 75 feet from the entrance to any 
18prohibited area on real property belonging to a forest 
19preserve as identified in subsection (a-6) of Section 65 or 
20any area enclosed by fencing located on real property 
21belonging by a forest preserve, whichever is greater. 
22 "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a 
23projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, 
 
 
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1expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held 
2and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not 
3include:
4  (1) a stun gun or taser;
5  (2) a machine gun as defined in item (i) of paragraph 
6 (7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code 
7 of 2012;
8  (3) a short-barreled rifle or shotgun as defined in 
9 item (ii) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Section 
10 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or
11  (4) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or 
12 B-B gun which
expels a single globular projectile not 
13 exceeding .18 inch in
diameter, or which has a maximum 
14 muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second, or which 
15 expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking 
16 colors.
17 "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or 
18local law enforcement agency, including offices of State's 
19Attorneys and the Office of the Attorney General.
20 "License" means a license issued by the Illinois State 
21Police to carry a concealed handgun.
22 "Licensee" means a person issued a license to carry a 
23concealed handgun.
24 "Municipality" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 
25of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
26 "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it 
 
 
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1in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

2(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

3 (430 ILCS 66/65)

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

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