103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3192
 
Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Neil Anderson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-2
 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a full-time, sworn, compensated fire fighter is permitted to carry a pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm on his or her person in public or in a vehicle, if the fire fighter has a valid concealed carry license, is carrying on duty, and has been approved to carry on duty by the mayor, city council, village president, or village board of trustees.


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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 Section 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) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
15 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
16 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense, 
17 while in the performance of their official duty, or while 
18 commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
20 the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the 
21 Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance 
22 of their official duty.
23  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
 
 
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1 utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored 
2 car companies, while actually engaged in the performance 
3 of the duties of their employment or commuting between 
4 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while 
5 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
6 employment.
7  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
8 private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
9 employed by a private security contractor, private 
10 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by 
11 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
12 if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the 
13 provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, 
14 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
15 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the 
16 duties of their employment or commuting between their 
17 homes and places of employment. A person shall be 
18 considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has 
19 completed the required 20 hours of training for a private 
20 security contractor, private detective, or private alarm 
21 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
22 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
23 agency and 28 hours of required firearm training, and has 
24 been issued a firearm control card by the Department of 
25 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
26 renewal of firearm control cards issued under the 
 
 
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1 provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those 
2 cards issued under the provisions of the Private 
3 Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint 
4 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control 
5 card shall be carried by the private security contractor, 
6 private detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
7 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
8 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
9 all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
10 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
11  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
12 industrial operation as a security guard for the 
13 protection of persons employed and private property 
14 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while 
15 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or 
16 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the 
17 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
18 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
19 and Professional Regulation; provided that such security 
20 guard has successfully completed a course of study, 
21 approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial 
22 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
23 48 hours of training that includes the theory of law 
24 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of 
25 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this 
26 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours 
 
 
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1 of training for a security officer and 28 hours of 
2 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm 
3 control card by the Department of Financial and 
4 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of 
5 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this 
6 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under 
7 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, 
8 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
9 2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the 
10 security guard at all times when he or she is in possession 
11 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
12 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 48 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 
7 he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training 
8 for a security officer and 28 hours of required firearm 
9 training, and has been issued a firearm control card by 
10 the 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 
16 card shall be carried by the security guard at all times 
17 when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon 
18 permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes 
19 of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, 
20 savings and loan association, credit union or company 
21 providing 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 
26 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation 
 
 
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1 Act.
2  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
3 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
4 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate 
5 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of 
6 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
7  (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
8 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
9  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
10 their duties, or while commuting between their homes, 
11 places of employment or specific locations that are part 
12 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
13 judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
14 have received weapons training according to requirements 
15 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
16 Training Act.
17  (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance 
18 of their official duties, or while commuting between their 
19 homes and places of employment, with the consent of the 
20 Sheriff.
21  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
22 a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or 
23 facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
24 who has completed the background screening and training 
25 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
26 Regulatory Commission.
 
 
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1  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
2 to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
3 (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
4 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
5to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
6or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
7license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
8the commission of the offense.
9 (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
10to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
11officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional 
12officer, or correctional officer of the Department of 
13Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under 
14the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. 
15 (a-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
16to fire fighters who are (1) full-time, sworn, and 
17compensated; (2) have a valid concealed carry license; (3) 
18carry on duty; and (4) are approved to carry on duty by the 
19mayor, city council, village president, or village board of 
20trustees. 
21 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
2224-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
23  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
24 the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon 
25 established target ranges, whether public or private, and 
26 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are 
 
 
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1 using their firearms on those target ranges.
2  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
3 while parading, with the special permission of the 
4 Governor.
5  (3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in 
6 lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions 
7 of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
8  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
9 a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
10  (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
11 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
12 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
13 person's permission. 
14 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
15of the following:
16  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
17 official duties.
18  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, 
19 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
20 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
21  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
22 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
23 the performance of their official duty.
24  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
25 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
26 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the 
 
 
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1 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or 
2 are not immediately accessible.
3  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
4 any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
5 discharged by a single function of the firing device, or 
6 ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the 
7 business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but 
8 only with respect to activities which are within the 
9 lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
10 transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition. 
11 This exemption does not authorize the general private 
12 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or 
13 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
14 firing device, but only such possession and activities as 
15 are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing 
16 business described in this paragraph.
17  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
18 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately 
19 accessible.
20  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
21 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or 
22 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles, 
23 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or 
24 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where 
25 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or 
26 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for 
 
 
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1 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns, 
2 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or 
3 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
4 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling 
5 the terms of such contract.
6  The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6) 
7 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
8 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the 
9 scope of his employment, where such activities involving 
10 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and 
11 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
12  (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
13 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
14 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
15 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or 
16 (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, 
17 nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the 
18 modification is required and necessary to accurately 
19 portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; 
20 the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current 
21 re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall 
22 length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 
23 inches.
24 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
25possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a 
26peace officer.
 
 
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1 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
2manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that 
3subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
4 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
5Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or 
6organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting 
7at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
8private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
9 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
10to:
11  (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
12 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
13 the performance of their official duty.
14  (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
15 ordnance.
16  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
17 ballistics, or specializing in the development of 
18 ammunition or explosive ordnance.
19  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
20 explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
21 by the federal government, in connection with the supply 
22 of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision 
23 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons 
24 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
25 bullets to any organization or person exempted in this 
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1 by an exempted manufacturer.
2 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
3persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device 
4or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use 
5in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or 
6ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
7actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those 
8devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to 
9activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
10such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
11devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not 
12authorize the general private possession of any device or 
13attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
14silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession 
15and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed 
16manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5). 
17During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
18any weapon or not immediately accessible.
19 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
2024-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole 
21supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
22prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
23Corrections. 
24 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
25officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
26or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
 
 
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1own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
2kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
3report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
4maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
5duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
6 (g-10) (Blank). 
7 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
8any subsection of this Article need not negative any 
9exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have 
10the burden of proving such an exemption.
11 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
12affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
13pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
14consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the 
15State of Illinois or the federal government, where such 
16transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
17lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
18and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
19affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any 
20pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the 
21subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
22subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
23enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or 
24other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners 
25Identification Card.
26(Source: P.A. 102-152, eff. 1-1-22; 102-779, eff. 1-1-23; 
 
 
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