102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1947
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Darren Bailey
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



   
50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
720 ILCS 5/24-2

 Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines "retired law enforcement officer qualified under federal law" for purposes of the Act to permit the carrying of a concealed firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Permits employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off-duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Provides that employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers shall carry a photographic identification and a valid annual firearm certificate while carrying their own firearms off-duty. Provides that the exemption only applies to correctional officers who have custody and control over inmates in an adult correctional facility. Effective immediately.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning firearms.


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

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
5changing Section 2 as follows:




6 (50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)



7 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 
8context otherwise
requires:

9 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
10Standards Board.

11 "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental 
12unit or
municipal corporation in this State. It does not 
13include the State of
Illinois or any office, officer, 
14department, division, bureau, board,
commission, or agency of 
15the State, except that it does include a
State-controlled 
16university, college or public community college.

17 "Police training school" means any school located within 
18the State of
Illinois whether privately or publicly owned 
19which offers a course in
police or county corrections training 
20and has been approved by the Board.

21 "Probationary police officer" means a recruit law 
22enforcement officer
required to successfully complete initial 
23minimum basic training requirements
at a police training 
 
 
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1school to be eligible for permanent full-time
employment as a 
2local law enforcement officer.

3 "Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit 
4part-time law
enforcement officer required to successfully 
5complete initial minimum part-time
training requirements to be 
6eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a
local law 
7enforcement officer.

8 "Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement officer 
9who has
completed his or her probationary period and is 
10permanently employed on a
full-time basis as a local law 
11enforcement officer by a participating local
governmental unit 
12or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently

13employed by a participating State-controlled university, 
14college, or public
community college.

15 "Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement officer 
16who has
completed his or her probationary period and is 
17employed on a part-time basis
as a law enforcement officer by a 
18participating unit of local government or as
a campus 
19policeman by a participating State-controlled university, 
20college, or
public community college.

21 "Law enforcement officer" means an employee of a 
22governmental agency who:
23  (1) is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the 
24 prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, 
25 or the incarceration of any person for any violation of 
26 law and has statutory powers of arrest or apprehension 
 
 
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1 granted by statute; 
2  (2) is authorized by the agency to carry a firearm; 
3  (3) is not the subject of any disciplinary action by 
4 the agency which could result in suspension or loss of 
5 police powers;
6  (4) meets standards, if any, established by the agency 
7 which require the employee to regularly qualify in the use 
8 of a firearm; 
9  (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or another 
10 intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and
11  (6) is not prohibited by federal law from carrying a 
12 firearm. (i) any police officer of a local governmental

13 agency who is primarily responsible for
prevention or 
14 detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal 
15 code,
traffic, or highway laws of this State or any 
16 political subdivision
of this State or (ii) any member of 
17 a police force appointed and maintained as provided in 
18 Section 2 of the Railroad Police Act.

19 "Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law
enforcement 
20officer or
full-time
county corrections officer who is 
21enrolled in an
approved training course.

22 "Retired law enforcement officer qualified under federal 
23law" means an individual who: 
24  (1) separated in good standing from service with a 
25 public agency as a law enforcement officer, other than for 
26 reasons of mental disability; 
 
 
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1  (2) before such separation, was authorized by law to 
2 engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
3 investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of 
4 any person for, any violation of law, and had statutory 
5 powers of arrest or apprehension granted by statute; 
6  (3) served as a law enforcement officer for an 
7 aggregate of 10 years or more before his or her separation 
8 in good standing from service with his or her agency, or 
9 separated from service in good standing, after completing 
10 any applicable probationary period of service, due to a 
11 service-connected disability as determined by the agency; 
12  (4) has met State firearms training and qualifications 
13 that are the same as the training and qualifications for 
14 active duty officers; 
15  (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or another 
16 intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and 
17  (6) is not prohibited by federal law from carrying a 
18 firearm. 
19 "Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit 
20county
corrections officer required to successfully complete 
21initial minimum basic
training requirements at a police 
22training school to be eligible for permanent
employment on a 
23full-time basis as a county corrections officer.

24 "Permanent county corrections officer" means a county 
25corrections
officer who has completed his probationary period 
26and is permanently employed
on a full-time basis as a county 
 
 
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1corrections officer by a participating
local governmental 
2unit.

3 "County corrections officer" means any sworn
officer of 
4the sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and 
5custody
of offenders, detainees or inmates.

6 "Probationary court security officer" means a recruit 
7court security
officer required to successfully complete 
8initial minimum basic training
requirements at a designated 
9training school to be eligible for employment as a
court 
10security officer.

11 "Permanent court security officer" means a court security 
12officer who has
completed his or her probationary period and 
13is employed as a court
security officer by a participating 
14local governmental unit.

15 "Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
16Section 3-6012.1
of the Counties Code.

17(Source: P.A. 94-846, eff. 1-1-07.)


18 Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
19changing Section 24-2 as follows:


20 (720 ILCS 5/24-2)



21 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 

22 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
2324-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of 
24the following:

 
 
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1  (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace 
2 officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the 
3 peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.

4  (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,

5 penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the 
6 detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, 
7 while in the performance of their
official duty, or while 
8 commuting between their homes and places of employment.

9  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
10 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the 
11 Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance 
12 of their official duty.

13  (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
14 utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored 
15 car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance 
16 of the duties of their employment or
commuting between 
17 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while 
18 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
19 employment.

20  (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
21 private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
22 employed by a private security contractor, private 
23 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by 
24 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
25 if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the 
26 provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,

 
 
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1 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
2 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the 
3 duties of their employment or commuting
between their 
4 homes and places of employment. A person shall be 
5 considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has 
6 completed the required 20
hours of training for a private 
7 security contractor, private
detective, or private alarm 
8 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
9 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
10 agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has 
11 been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of 
12 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
13 renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the 
14 provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those 
15 cards issued under the provisions of the
Private 
16 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
17 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
18 card shall be carried by the private security contractor, 
19 private
detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
20 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
21 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
22 all
times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
23 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.

24  (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
25 industrial
operation as a security guard for the 
26 protection of persons employed
and private property 
 
 
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1 related to such commercial or industrial
operation, while 
2 actually engaged in the performance of his or her
duty or 
3 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the

4 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
5 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
6 and Professional
Regulation; provided that such security 
7 guard has successfully completed a
course of study, 
8 approved by and supervised by the Department of
Financial 
9 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
10 40 hours of training
that includes the theory of law 
11 enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of 
12 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this

13 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours 
14 of training for a security officer and 20 hours of 
15 required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm 
16 control card by
the Department of Financial and 
17 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of

18 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this 
19 Section
shall be the same as for those cards issued under 
20 the provisions of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,

21 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
22 2004. The
firearm control card shall be carried by the 
23 security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession 
24 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
25 control card.

26  (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois 
 
 
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1 Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the 
2 Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections 
3 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of

4 any investigation for the Commission.

5  (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a 
6 security guard for the protection of
other employees and 
7 property related to such financial institution, while

8 actually engaged in the performance of their duties, 
9 commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or 
10 traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by 
11 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, 
12 is a member of a security force registered with the 
13 Department; provided that
any person so employed has 
14 successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and 
15 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional 
16 Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of 
17 training which includes theory of
law enforcement, 
18 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person 
19 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if 
20 he or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training 
21 for a security officer
and 20 hours of required firearm 
22 training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by 
23 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

24 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued 
25 under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as 
26 for those issued under the
provisions of the Private 
 
 
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1 Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint 
2 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control 
3 card shall be carried by the security guard at all times 
4 when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon 
5 permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes 
6 of this subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, 
7 savings and loan association, credit union or company 
8 providing
armored car services.

9  (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to 
10 drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the 
11 performance of his duties.

12  (10) Persons who have been classified as peace 
13 officers pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation 
14 Act.

15  (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
16 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
17 governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate 
18 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of 
19 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

20  (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
21 Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.

22  (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
23 their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, 
24 places of employment or specific locations
that are part 
25 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
26 judge of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
 
 
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1 have received weapons training according
to requirements 
2 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
3 Training Act.

4  (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance 
5 of their official
duties, or while commuting between their 
6 homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the 
7 Sheriff.

8  (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
9 a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or 
10 facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission 
11 who has completed the background screening and training

12 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
13 Regulatory Commission.

14  (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
15 to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
16 (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.

17 (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
18to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
19or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
20license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
21the commission of the offense.
22  (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
23to
or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
24officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the 
25federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. 
26 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
 
 
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124-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:

2  (1) Members of any club or organization organized for 
3 the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon 
4 established target ranges, whether
public or private, and 
5 patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are 
6 using their firearms on those target ranges.

7  (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations 
8 while parading,
with the special permission of the 
9 Governor.

10  (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

11 permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.

12  (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
13 a
non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

14  (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
15 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
16 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
17 person's permission. 
18 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
19of the
following:

20  (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
21 official duties.

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

25  (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
26 the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
 
 
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1 the performance of their official
duty.

2  (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
3 guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
4 (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the 
5 machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or 
6 are not immediately accessible.

7  (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
8 any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
9 discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or 
10 ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the 
11 business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but 
12 only with respect to activities which are within the 
13 lawful
scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
14 transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. 
15 This exemption does not authorize the
general private 
16 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or 
17 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
18 firing
device, but only such possession and activities as 
19 are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing 
20 business described in this paragraph.

21  During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
22 down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately 
23 accessible.

24  (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
25 transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or 
26 experimental activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, 
 
 
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1 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or 
2 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where 
3 engaged in
by a person operating as a contractor or 
4 subcontractor pursuant to a
contract or subcontract for 
5 the development and supply of such rifles,
shotguns, 
6 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or 
7 any
branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
8 such activities are
necessary and incident to fulfilling 
9 the terms of such contract.

10  The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)

11 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
12 contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the 
13 scope of his employment, where
such activities involving 
14 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and 
15 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

16  (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
17 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
18 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
19 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or 
20 (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, 
21 nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the 
22 modification is required and necessary to accurately 
23 portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; 
24 the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current 
25 re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall 
26 length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 
 
 
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1 inches.
2 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
3possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a 
4peace officer.

5 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
6manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that 
7subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.

8 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
9Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or 
10organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting 
11at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
12private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.

13 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
14to:

15  (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
16 the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
17 the performance of their
official duty.

18  (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
19 ordnance.

20  (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
21 ballistics, or
specializing in the development of 
22 ammunition or explosive ordnance.

23  (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of 
24 explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
25 by the federal government,
in connection with the supply 
26 of those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision 
 
 
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1 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

2 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
3 bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this 
4 Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased 
5 by an exempted manufacturer.

6 (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
7persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device 
8or attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use 
9in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or

10ammunition
for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
11actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing those 
12devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to

13activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
14such as the
manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
15devices, firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not 
16authorize the general private possession of any device or

17attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
18silencing the
report of any firearm, but only such possession 
19and activities as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed 
20manufacturing business described in this subsection
(g-5). 
21During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
22any weapon
or
not immediately accessible.

23 (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

2424-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole 
25supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
26prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
 
 
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1Corrections. 
2 (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
3officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
4or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
5own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
6kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
7report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
8maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
9duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
10 (g-8) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

1124-1.6 do not apply to or affect an employed or
qualified 
12retired State correctional officer who meets the

13qualifications and conditions prescribed in this subsection 
14(g-8).
15  (1) In this subsection (g-8):
16  "State correctional
officer" means an employee of the 
17 Department of Corrections who has custody and control over 
18 inmates in an adult correctional facility.
19  "Qualified retired State correctional officer" means a 
20 former State correctional officer who:
21   (A) was separated from service with the Department 
22 of Corrections in good standing;
23   (B) before the separation, was authorized by law 
24 to engage in or supervise the activities of 
25 prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, or 
26 incarceration of any person for any violation of law;
 
 
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1   (C) before the separation, served as a State 
2 correctional officer for an aggregate of 10 years or 
3 more;
4   (D) has not either:
5    (i) been officially found, as the Department 
6 shall by rule provide, by a qualified medical 
7 professional employed by the Department of 
8 Corrections to be unqualified for reasons relating 
9 to mental health and as a result of this finding 
10 will not be issued the photographic identification 
11 as described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2); 
12 or
13    (ii) entered into an agreement with the 
14 Department of Corrections in which that individual 
15 acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this 
16 Section for reasons relating to mental health and 
17 for those reasons will not receive or accept the 
18 photographic identification as described in 
19 subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2);
20   (E) is not under the influence of alcohol or any 
21 other intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; 
22 and
23   (F) is not prohibited by State or federal law from 
24 owning or possessing a firearm.
25  (2)(A) The employed or qualified retired State

26 correctional officer must receive training in the use of 
 
 
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1 firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law

2 Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as

3 having successfully completed the training by the Board.

4 The Board shall determine the amount of the training and

5 the course content for the training. The
employed or 
6 qualified retired State correctional officer shall

7 requalify for the firearms training annually at a State 
8 range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training

9 Standards Board. The expenses of the retraining shall be

10 paid by the employed or qualified retired State

11 correctional officer and moneys for the costs of the

12 requalification shall be expended at the request of the

13 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
14  (B) The employed or qualified retired State

15 correctional officer shall purchase the firearm at his or

16 her own expense and shall register the firearm with the

17 Illinois State Police and with any local law enforcement 
18 agencies that require the
registration.
19  (C) The employed or qualified retired State

20 correctional officer may not carry any Department
of 
21 Corrections State-issued firearm while off-duty. A person 
22 who violates
this subparagraph (C) is subject to 
23 disciplinary action by the
Department of Corrections.
24  (D) State correctional officers who are or were

25 discharged from employment by the Department of

26 Corrections are not law enforcement officials after the 
 
 
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1 date of discharge.
2  (E) The employed or qualified retired State 
3 correctional officer shall carry photographic 
4 identification issued by the Department of Corrections 
5 identifying him or her as an employed or qualified retired 
6 State correctional officer while carrying a firearm 
7 off-duty, along with a valid annual firearm certificate 
8 issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards 
9 Board stating that he or she is qualified to carry a 
10 concealed weapon.
11 (g-9) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section

1224-1.6 do not apply to or affect an employed or
qualified 
13retired county correctional officer who meets the

14qualifications and conditions prescribed in this subsection 
15(g-9).
16  (1) In this subsection (g-9):
17  "County correctional officer" means an employee of a 
18 county sheriff's office within this State who has custody 
19 and control over adult inmates in a county jail.
20  "Qualified retired county correctional officer" means 
21 a former county correctional officer who:
22   (A) was separated from service with the county 
23 sheriff's office in good standing;
24   (B) before the separation, was authorized by law 
25 to engage in or supervise the activities of 
26 prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, or 
 
 
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1 incarceration of any person for any violation of law;
2   (C) before the separation, served as a county 
3 correctional officer for an aggregate of 10 years or 
4 more;
5   (D) has not either:
6    (i) been officially found, as the county 
7 sheriff shall by rule provide, by a qualified 
8 medical professional employed by the county 
9 sheriff to be unqualified for reasons relating to 
10 mental health and as a result of this finding will 
11 not be issued the photographic identification as 
12 described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2); or
13    (ii) entered into an agreement with the county 
14 sheriff's office from which the individual is 
15 separated form service in which that individual 
16 acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this 
17 Section for reasons relating to mental health and 
18 for those reasons will not receive or accept the 
19 photographic identification as described in 
20 subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2);
21   (E) is not under the influence of alcohol or any 
22 other intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; 
23 and
24   (F) is not prohibited by State or federal law from 
25 receiving a firearm.
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1 correctional officer must receive training in the use of

2 firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law

3 Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as

4 having successfully completed the training by the Board.

5 The Board shall determine the amount of the training and 
6 the course content for the training. The employed or 
7 qualified retired county correctional officer shall

8 requalify for the firearms training annually at a State

9 range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
10 Standards Board. The expenses of the retraining shall be

11 paid by the employed or qualified retired county 
12 correctional officer and moneys for the costs of the

13 requalification shall be expended at the request of the 
14 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
15  (B) The employed or qualified retired county 
16 correctional officer shall purchase the firearm at his or 
17 her own expense and shall register the firearm with the 
18 Illinois State Police and with any other local law 
19 enforcement agencies that require the registration.
20  (C) The employed or qualified retired county 
21 correctional officer may not carry any county 
22 sheriff-issued firearm while off-duty. A person who

23 violates this subparagraph (C) is subject to disciplinary

24 action by the county sheriff.
25  (D) County correctional officers who are or were

26 discharged from employment by the county sheriff shall no

 
 
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1 longer be considered law enforcement officials and all

2 their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked

3 permanently.
4  (E) The employed or qualified retired county 
5 correctional officer shall carry a photographic 
6 identification issued by his or her agency identifying him 
7 or her as an employed or qualified retired county 
8 correctional officer while carrying a firearm off-duty, 
9 along with a valid annual firearm certificate issued by 
10 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
11 stating that he or she is qualified to carry a concealed 
12 weapon.
13 (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and 
1424-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an 
15athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and 
16Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of 
17competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic 
18Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the 
19International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in 
20connection with such athlete's training for and participation 
21in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic 
22Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 
23Olympic and Paralympic Games. 
24 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
25any
subsection of this Article need not negative any 
26exemptions contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have 
 
 
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1the burden of proving such an
exemption.

2 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
3affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
4pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
5consigned to a common carrier operating
under license of the 
6State of Illinois or the federal government, where
such 
7transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
8lawful
transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
9and nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
10affect the transportation, carrying,
or possession of any 
11pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the 
12subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
13subsection
24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
14enclosed in a case, firearm
carrying box, shipping box, or 
15other container, by the possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners 
16Identification Card.

17(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)