102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5529
 
Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:












720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
720 ILCS 5/24-1.7
720 ILCS 5/24-2.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.1
720 ILCS 5/24-3.6

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the name of the offense of unlawful use of weapons to unlawful possession of weapons. Makes similar changes to the names of the offenses of aggravated unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of Department of Corrections facilities, unlawful use of firearm projectiles, and unlawful use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone. Makes conforming changes.



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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 
5changing Sections 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.6, 24-1.7, 24-2.1, and 
624-3.6 as follows:



7 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)


8 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful possession use of weapons. 

9 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession 
10use of weapons when
he knowingly:

11  (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
12 carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
13 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
14 regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any 
15 knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which 
16 has a
blade that opens automatically by hand pressure 
17 applied to a button,
spring or other device in the handle 
18 of the knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that 
19 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a 
20 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or

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

3  (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
4 unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church, 
5 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place 
6 used for religious worship; or 
7  (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a 
8 tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object containing 
9 noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an object 
10 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or substance 
11 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 
12 18
years of age or older; or

13  (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed 
14 on or about his
person except when on his land or in his 
15 own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or 
16 on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as 
17 an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, 
18 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except
that

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

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

23   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

24   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
25 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
26 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
 
 
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1 Owner's
Identification Card; or
2   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
3 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
4 been issued a currently valid license under the 
5 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or 

6  (5) Sets a spring gun; or

7  (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
8 designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report 
9 of any firearm; or

10  (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
11 carries:

12   (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
13 purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which 
14 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
15 restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot 
16 without manually reloading by a single
function of the 
17 trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such 
18 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
19 or
carries any combination of parts designed or 
20 intended for
use in converting any weapon into a 
21 machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a 
22 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the

23 possession or under the control of a person;

24   (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less 
25 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or 
26 more
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1 weapon made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by 
2 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a 
3 weapon
as modified has an overall length of less than 
4 26 inches; or

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

10  (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or 
11 taser or other
deadly weapon in any place which is 
12 licensed to sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public 
13 gathering held pursuant to a license issued
by any 
14 governmental body or any public gathering at which an 
15 admission
is charged, excluding a place where a showing, 
16 demonstration or lecture
involving the exhibition of 
17 unloaded firearms is conducted.

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

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

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

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

15   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

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

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

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

10  (11) Sells, manufactures, or purchases any explosive 
11 bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) "explosive 
12 bullet" means the projectile portion of
an ammunition 
13 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge 
14 which
will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human 
15 or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular metal case 
16 having a projectile affixed at the
front thereof and a cap 
17 or primer at the rear end thereof, with the
propellant 
18 contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap; 
19 or

20  (12) (Blank); or

21  (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
22 person while in a building occupied by a unit of 
23 government, a billy club, other weapon of like character, 
24 or other instrument of like character intended for use as 
25 a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" 
26 means a short stick or club commonly carried by police 
 
 
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1 officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a 
2 solid piece of wood or other man-made material. 
3 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
4subsection 24-1(a)(1)
through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),

5subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a 
6Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a violation of 
7subsection
24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; 
8a person
convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
924-1(a)(7)(ii) 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) commits a Class 3 
19felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection 
2024-1(a)(2.5) commits a Class 2 felony. The possession of each 
21weapon in violation of this Section constitutes a single and 
22separate 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
property owned, operated 
 
 
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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
or leased by a public housing agency as part of a 
 
 
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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.)




15 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.1)


16 Sec. 24-1.1. Unlawful use or possession of weapons by 
17felons or
persons in the custody of the
Department of 
18Corrections facilities.
19 (a) It is unlawful
for a person to knowingly possess on or 
20about his person or on his land or
in his own abode or fixed 
21place of business any weapon prohibited under
Section 24-1 of 
22this Act or any firearm or any firearm ammunition if the
person 
23has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or 
24any
other jurisdiction. This Section shall not apply if the 
25person has been
granted relief by the Director of the Illinois 
 
 
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1State Police
under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners 
2Identification
Card Act.

3 (b) It is unlawful for any person confined in a penal 
4institution,
which is a facility of the Illinois Department of 
5Corrections, to possess
any weapon prohibited under Section 
624-1 of this Code or any firearm or
firearm ammunition, 
7regardless of the intent with which he possesses it.

8 (c) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of 
9subsection (b), that such possession was specifically 
10authorized by rule,
regulation, or directive of the Illinois 
11Department of Corrections or order
issued pursuant thereto.

12 (d) The defense of necessity is not available to a person 
13who is charged
with a violation of subsection (b) of this 
14Section.

15 (e) Sentence. Violation of this Section by a person not 
16confined
in a penal institution shall be a Class 3 felony
for 
17which the person shall be sentenced to no less than 2 years and 
18no
more than 10 years. A second or subsequent violation of this 
19Section shall be a Class 2 felony for which the person shall be 
20sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years 
21and not more than 14 years, except as provided for in Section 
225-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Violation of 
23this Section by a person not confined in a
penal institution 
24who has been convicted of a forcible felony, a felony

25violation of Article 24 of this Code or of the Firearm Owners 
26Identification
Card Act, stalking or aggravated stalking, or a 
 
 
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1Class 2 or greater felony
under the Illinois Controlled 
2Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the 
3Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act is a

4Class 2 felony for which the person
shall be sentenced to not 
5less than 3 years and not more than 14 years, except as 
6provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of 
7Corrections.
Violation of this Section by a person who is on 
8parole or mandatory supervised
release is a Class 2 felony for 
9which the person shall be sentenced to not less than 3 years 
10and not more than 14
years, except as provided for in Section 
115-4.5-110 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Violation of 
12this Section by a person not confined in a penal
institution is 
13a Class X felony when the firearm possessed is a machine gun.

14Any person who violates this Section while confined in a penal

15institution, which is a facility of the Illinois Department of

16Corrections, is guilty of a Class 1
felony, if he possesses any 
17weapon prohibited under Section 24-1 of this
Code regardless 
18of the intent with which he possesses it, a Class X
felony if 
19he possesses any firearm, firearm ammunition or explosive, and 
20a
Class X felony for which the offender shall be sentenced to 
21not less than 12
years and not more than 50 years when the 
22firearm possessed is a machine
gun. A violation of this 
23Section while wearing or in possession of body armor as 
24defined in Section 33F-1 is a Class X felony punishable by a 
25term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more 
26than 40 years.
The possession of each firearm or firearm 
 
 
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1ammunition in violation of this Section constitutes a single 
2and separate violation.

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


4 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
5 Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful possession use of a 
6weapon. 
7 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful 
8possession use of a weapon when
he or she knowingly:
9  (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any 
10 vehicle or concealed
on or about his or her person except 
11 when on his or her land or in his or her
abode, legal 
12 dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in 
13 the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with 
14 that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun 
15 or taser or
other firearm; or
16  (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
17 person, upon any public
street, alley, or other public 
18 lands within the corporate limits of a city,
village or 
19 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or 
20 therein, for
the purpose of the display of such weapon or 
21 the lawful commerce in weapons, or
except when on his or 
22 her own land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or 
23 fixed place of
business, or on the land or in the legal 
24 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
25 person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or 
 
 
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1 taser or other firearm; and
2  (3) One of the following factors is present:
3   (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or 
4 handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and 
5 immediately accessible
at the time of the offense; or
6   (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed 
7 was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible
at the 
8 time of the offense and the person possessing the 
9 pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a 
10 currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed 
11 Carry Act; or 
12   (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or 
13 handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the 
14 ammunition for
the weapon was immediately accessible 
15 at the time of the offense; or
16   (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed 
17 was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for
the 
18 weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the 
19 offense and the person possessing the pistol, 
20 revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently 
21 valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act; 
22 or 
23   (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been 
24 issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's 
25 Identification Card; or
26   (D) the person possessing the weapon was 
 
 
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1 previously adjudicated
a delinquent minor under the 
2 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if
committed 
3 by an adult would be a felony; or
4   (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged 
5 in a misdemeanor
violation of the Cannabis
Control 
6 Act, in a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois 
7 Controlled Substances
Act, or in a misdemeanor 
8 violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community 
9 Protection Act; or
10   (F) (blank); or
11   (G) the person possessing the weapon had an order 
12 of protection issued
against him or her within the 
13 previous 2 years; or
14   (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged 
15 in the commission or
attempted commission of
a 
16 misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence 
17 against
the person or property of another; or
18   (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21 
19 years of age and in
possession of a handgun, unless the 
20 person under 21
is engaged in lawful activities under 
21 the Wildlife Code or described in
subsection 
22 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
23 (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning 
24given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. 
25 (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the 
26same definition
given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
 
 
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1 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the 
2transportation or
possession
of weapons that:
3  (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
4  (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
5  (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
6 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a person 
7 who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's

8 Identification Card.
9 (d) Sentence.
10  (1) Aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon is 
11 a Class 4 felony;
a second or subsequent offense is a Class 
12 2 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term 
13 of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 
14 7 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of 
15 the Unified Code of Corrections. 
16  (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and 
17 (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated 
18 unlawful possession use of a weapon committed with a 
19 firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where the 
20 factors listed in both items (A) and (C) or both items 
21 (A-5) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are 
22 present is a Class 4 felony, for which the person shall be 
23 sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one 
24 year and not more than 3 years.
25  (3) Aggravated unlawful possession use of
a weapon by 
26 a person who has been previously
convicted of a felony in 
 
 
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1 this State or another jurisdiction is a Class 2
felony for 
2 which the person shall be sentenced to a term of 
3 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 
4 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the 
5 Unified Code of Corrections. 
6  (4) Aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon 
7 while wearing or in possession of body armor as defined in 
8 Section 33F-1 by a person who has not been issued a valid 
9 Firearms Owner's Identification Card in accordance with 
10 Section 5 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
11 a Class X felony.

12 (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this 
13Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
14(Source: P.A. 100-3, eff. 1-1-18; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

15 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7)
16 Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal.
17 (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed 
18habitual
criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or 
19transfers
any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 
20or more
times of any combination of the following offenses:
21  (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of 
22 this Code;
23  (2) unlawful possession use of a weapon by a felon; 
24 aggravated unlawful possession use of a weapon; aggravated 
25 discharge of a firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated 
 
 
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1 vehicular hijacking; aggravated battery of a child as 
2 described in Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of 
3 Section 12-3.05;
intimidation; aggravated intimidation; 
4 gunrunning; home invasion; or aggravated battery with a 
5 firearm as described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision 
6 (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05; or
7  (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled 
8 Substances
Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is 
9 punishable as a Class 3
felony or higher.
10 (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class 
11X
felony.

12(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)




13 (720 ILCS 5/24-2.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.1)



14 Sec. 24-2.1. Unlawful possession use of firearm 
15projectiles. 

16 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession 
17use of firearm projectiles
when he or she knowingly 
18manufactures, sells, purchases, possesses, or carries
any 
19armor piercing bullet, dragon's breath shotgun shell,
bolo 
20shell, or flechette shell.

21 For the purposes of this Section:

22 "Armor piercing bullet" means
any handgun bullet or 
23handgun ammunition with projectiles or projectile cores

24constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of 
25other substances)
from
tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, 
 
 
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1bronze, beryllium copper
or depleted uranium, or fully 
2jacketed bullets larger than
22 caliber designed and intended 
3for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a
weight of more than 
425% of the total weight of the projectile, and excluding
those 
5handgun
projectiles whose cores are composed of soft materials 
6such as lead or lead
alloys, zinc or zinc alloys, frangible 
7projectiles designed primarily for
sporting purposes, and any

8other projectiles or projectile cores that the U. S. Secretary 
9of the Treasury
finds to be primarily intended to be used for 
10sporting purposes or industrial
purposes or that otherwise 
11does not constitute "armor piercing ammunition" as
that term 
12is defined by federal law.

13 The definition contained herein shall not be construed to 
14include shotgun
shells.

15 "Dragon's breath shotgun shell" means any shotgun shell 
16that contains
exothermic pyrophoric mesh metal as the 
17projectile and is designed for the
purpose of throwing or 
18spewing a flame or fireball to simulate a flame-thrower.

19 "Bolo shell" means any shell that can be fired in a firearm 
20and expels as
projectiles 2 or more metal balls connected by 
21solid metal wire.

22 "Flechette shell" means any shell that can be fired in a 
23firearm and expels
2 or more pieces of fin-stabilized solid 
24metal wire or 2 or more solid
dart-type projectiles.

25 (b) Exemptions. This Section does not apply to or affect 
26any of the
following:


 
 
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1  (1) Peace officers.


2  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
3 penitentiaries, jails
and other institutions for the 
4 detention of persons accused or convicted of an
offense.


5  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
6 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard while in 
7 the performance of their official
duties.


8  (4) Federal officials required to carry firearms, 
9 while engaged in the
performance of their official duties.


10  (5) United States Marshals, while engaged in the 
11 performance of their
official duties.


12  (6) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture, 
13 import, or sell
firearms and firearm ammunition, and 
14 actually engaged in any such business,
but only with 
15 respect to activities which are within the lawful scope of

16 such business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or 
17 testing of such
bullets or ammunition.


18  This exemption does not authorize the general private 
19 possession of any
armor
piercing bullet,
dragon's breath 
20 shotgun shell, bolo shell, or
flechette shell,
but only 
21 such possession and activities
which are within the lawful 
22 scope of a licensed business described in this
paragraph.


23  (7) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
24 ballistics or
specializing
in the development of 
25 ammunition or explosive ordnance.


26  (8) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of armor 
 
 
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1 piercing
bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo 
2 shells, or
flechette shells
to persons specifically 
3 authorized under paragraphs (1) through (7) of this

4 subsection to possess such bullets or shells.

5 (c) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
6this Section
need not negate any exemption herein contained. 
7The defendant shall have
the burden of proving such an 
8exemption.

9 (d) Sentence. A person convicted of unlawful possession 
10use of armor
piercing bullets
shall be guilty of a Class 3 
11felony.

12(Source: P.A. 92-423, eff. 1-1-02.)





13 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.6)



14 Sec. 24-3.6. 
Unlawful possession use of a
firearm in the 
15shape of a wireless telephone.

16 (a) For the purposes of this Section, "wireless telephone" 
17means a
device that is capable of
transmitting or receiving 
18telephonic communications without a wire connecting
the device 
19to the telephone network.

20 (b) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession 
21use of a
firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone when he 
22or she manufactures,
sells, transfers, purchases, possesses, 
23or carries a firearm shaped or designed
to appear
as a wireless

24telephone.

25 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the sale to or 
 
 
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1possession of a
firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone by 
2a peace officer.

3 (d) Sentence. Unlawful possession use of a
firearm in the 
4shape of a wireless telephone is a Class 4 felony.

5(Source: P.A. 92-155, eff. 1-1-02.)