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1		AN ACT concerning regulation.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5		changing 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
9		24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10		the 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
5		to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
6		or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
7		license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
8		the commission of the offense.
9		(a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
10		to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
11		officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional
12		officer, or correctional officer of the Department of
13		Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under
14		the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
15		(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
16		24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
17		(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
18		the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
19		established target ranges, whether public or private, and
20		patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
21		using their firearms on those target ranges.
22		(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
23		while parading, with the special permission of the
24		Governor.
25		(3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
26		permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.

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1		(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
2		a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
3		(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
4		gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
5		dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
6		person's permission.
7		(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
8		of the following:
9		(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
10		official duties.
11		(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
12		penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
13		detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
14		(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
15		the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
16		the performance of their official duty.
17		(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
18		guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
19		(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
20		machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
21		are not immediately accessible.
22		(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
23		any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
24		discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
25		ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
26		business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but

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1		only with respect to activities which are within the
2		lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
3		transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
4		This exemption does not authorize the general private
5		possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
6		bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
7		firing device, but only such possession and activities as
8		are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
9		business described in this paragraph.
10		During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
11		down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
12		accessible.
13		(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
14		transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
15		experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
16		shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
17		ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
18		engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
19		subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
20		the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
21		weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
22		any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
23		such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
24		the terms of such contract.
25		The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
26		shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such

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1		contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
2		scope of his employment, where such activities involving
3		such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
4		incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
5		(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
6		barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
7		has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
8		Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
9		(B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
10		nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
11		modification is required and necessary to accurately
12		portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
13		the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
14		re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
15		length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
16		inches.
17		(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
18		possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
19		peace officer.
20		(e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
21		manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
22		subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
23		(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
24		Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
25		organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
26		at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or

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1		private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
2		(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
3		to:
4		(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
5		the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
6		the performance of their official duty.
7		(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
8		ordnance.
9		(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
10		ballistics, or specializing in the development of
11		ammunition or explosive ordnance.
12		(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
13		explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
14		by the federal government, in connection with the supply
15		of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
16		(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
17		outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
18		bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
19		Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
20		by an exempted manufacturer.
21		(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
22		persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
23		or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
24		in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
25		ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
26		actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those

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1		devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
2		activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
3		such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
4		devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
5		authorize the general private possession of any device or
6		attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
7		silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
8		and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
9		manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
10		During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
11		any weapon or not immediately accessible.
12		(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
13		24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
14		supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
15		prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
16		Corrections.
17		(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
18		officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
19		or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
20		own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
21		kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
22		report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
23		maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
24		duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
25		(g-10) (Blank).
26		(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of

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1		any subsection of this Article need not negative any
2		exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
3		the burden of proving such an exemption.
4		(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
5		affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
6		pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
7		consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
8		State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
9		transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
10		lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
11		and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
12		affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
13		pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
14		subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
15		subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
16		enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
17		other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
18		Identification Card.
19		(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-152, eff. 1-1-22.)
20		Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
21		adding Section 3-2-14 as follows:
22		(730 ILCS 5/3-2-14 new)
23		Sec. 3-2-14. Correctional officers of the Department of
24		Corrections; coverage under the federal Law Enforcement

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1		Officers Safety Act of 2004. Correctional officers of the
2		Department of Corrections shall be deemed to be qualified law
3		enforcement officers or, for retired correctional officers of
4		the Department of Corrections, shall be deemed qualified
5		retired or separated law enforcement officers in Illinois for
6		purposes of coverage under the federal Law Enforcement
7		Officers Safety Act of 2004 and shall have all rights and
8		privileges granted by that Act if the correctional officer or
9		retired correctional officer is otherwise compliant with the
10		applicable laws of this State governing the implementation and
11		administration of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety
12		Act of 2004 in the State of Illinois.
13		Section 15. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
14		Section 26.1 as follows:
15		(730 ILCS 125/26.1 new)
16		Sec. 26.1. Deputies and county correctional officers;
17		coverage under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act
18		of 2004. Deputies and county correctional officers shall be
19		deemed to be qualified law enforcement officers or, if
20		retired, shall be deemed qualified retired or separated law
21		enforcement officers in Illinois for purposes of coverage
22		under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004
23		and shall have all rights and privileges granted by that Act if
24		the deputy or county correctional officer or retired deputy or

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