104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2652
 
Introduced 4/25/2025, by Sen. Celina Villanueva
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-1    from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-2
    Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful possession of weapons when the person knowingly manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a convertible pistol. Establishes penalties. Provides exemptions. Provides that a machine gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with a switch. Defines "convertible pistol", "switch", and "common household tool". Contains a severability provision.


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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 1. This Act may be referred to as the Responsible 
5Gun Manufacturing Act. 

6    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
7changing Sections 24-1 and 24-2 as follows:

8    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)    (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
9    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful possession of weapons. 
10    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of 
11weapons when he knowingly:
12        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
13 carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
14 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
15 regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any 
16 knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which 
17 has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure 
18 applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle 
19 of the knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that 
20 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a 
21 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
22        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
 
 
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1 unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, 
2 dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other 
3 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or 
4 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
5        (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
6 unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church, 
7 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place 
8 used for religious worship; or 
9        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a 
10 tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing 
11 noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object 
12 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance 
13 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 
14 18 years of age or older; or
15        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed 
16 on or about his person except when on his land or in his 
17 own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or 
18 on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as 
19 an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, 
20 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that 
21 this subsection (a)(4) does not apply to or affect 
22 transportation of weapons that meet one of the following 
23 conditions:
24            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
25            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
26            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
 
 
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1 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a 
2 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm 
3 Owner's Identification Card; or
4            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
5 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
6 been issued a currently valid license under the 
7 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or 
8        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
9        (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
10 designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report 
11 of any firearm; or
12        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
13 carries:
14            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
15 purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which 
16 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
17 restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot 
18 without manually reloading by a single function of the 
19 trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such 
20 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
21 or carries any combination of parts designed or 
22 intended for use in converting any weapon into a 
23 machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a 
24 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the 
25 possession or under the control of a person. Machine 
26 gun also includes any convertible pistol equipped with 
 
 
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1 a switch, as defined in paragraph (17) of this 
2 subsection (a); or ;
3            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less 
4 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or 
5 more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any 
6 weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by 
7 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a 
8 weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 
9 26 inches; or
10            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or 
11 other container containing an explosive substance of 
12 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but 
13 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov 
14 cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
15        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or 
16 taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is 
17 licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public 
18 gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any 
19 governmental body or any public gathering at which an 
20 admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing, 
21 demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of 
22 unloaded firearms is conducted.
23        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction 
24 or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit 
25 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to 
26 persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
 
 
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1        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about 
2 his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser 
3 or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded, 
4 robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her 
5 identity; or
6        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
7 person, upon any public street, alley, or other public 
8 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or 
9 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or 
10 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or 
11 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land 
12 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place 
13 of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of 
14 another person as an invitee with that person's 
15 permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or 
16 other firearm, except that this subsection (a)(10) does 
17 not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet 
18 one of the following conditions:
19            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
20            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
21            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
22 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a 
23 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm 
24 Owner's Identification Card; or
25            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
26 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
 
 
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1 been issued a currently valid license under the 
2 Firearm Concealed Carry Act. 
3        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a) 
4 means (i) any device which is powered by electrical 
5 charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or 
6 several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon 
7 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of 
8 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
9 to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any 
10 device which is powered by electrical charging units, such 
11 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or 
12 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of 
13 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
14 to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
15        (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports, 
16 possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or 
17 .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or 
18 any explosive bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) 
19 "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of an 
20 ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an 
21 explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the 
22 flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular 
23 metal case having a projectile affixed at the front 
24 thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with 
25 the propellant contained in such tube between the 
26 projectile and the cap; or
 
 
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1        (12) (Blank); or
2        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her 
3 person while in a building occupied by a unit of 
4 government, a billy club, other weapon of like character, 
5 or other instrument of like character intended for use as 
6 a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" 
7 means a short stick or club commonly carried by police 
8 officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a 
9 solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
10        (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to 
11 sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any 
12 device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of 
13 parts that is designed to and functions to increase the 
14 rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard 
15 rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not 
16 equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts; 
17 or
18        (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50 
19 caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
20        (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or 
21 purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle in 
22 violation of Section 24-1.9; or .    
23        (17) Manufactures, sells, or offers to sell, 
24 purchases, receives, manufactures, imports, or transfers a 
25 convertible pistol. In this paragraph (17):
26        "Convertible pistol" means any semiautomatic pistol 
 
 
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1 with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted 
2 by hand or with common household tools into a machine gun 
3 by the installation or attachment of a switch as a 
4 replacement for the slide's backplate without any 
5 additional engineering, machining, or modification of the 
6 pistol's trigger mechanism. "Machine gun-convertible 
7 pistol" does not include a hammer-fired semiautomatic 
8 pistol or a striker-fired semiautomatic pistol that lacks 
9 a cruciform trigger bar, but instead has a trigger bar 
10 that is shielded from interference by a pistol converter. 
11 A polymer notch or other piece of polymer molded into the 
12 rear of the pistol frame does not prevent ready conversion 
13 into a machine gun and will not prevent a pistol from 
14 qualifying as convertible under this definition.
15        "Switch" means any device or instrument that when 
16 installed in or attached to the slide of a semi-automatic 
17 pistol interferes with the trigger mechanism and thereby 
18 enables the pistol to discharge a number of shots rapidly 
19 or automatically with one continuous pull of the trigger.
20        "Common household tool" means a screwdriver (8 to 10 
21 inches in length, flathead or phillips, flathead sizes up 
22 to 5/8 inches), pipe wrenches (9 1/2 to 10 inches in 
23 length), vice grip pliers (9 1/2 to 10 inches in length), 
24 other pliers (9 1/2 to 10 inches arch joint, 6 to 6 
25 1/2-inch slip joint, 6 to 6 1/2-inch long nose), hacksaws 
26 (12-inch standard carbon steel blade), crowbars (16-inch), 
 
 
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1 electric/cordless drills (1/3 horsepower corded/9.6 volt 
2 cordless), hammers (16-ounce), chisels (1/4-inch to 1-inch 
3 blade width wood chisels), and crescent wrenches 
4 (10-inch).    
5    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
6subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), 
7subsection 24-1(a)(11), subsection 24-1(a)(13), or 24-1(a)(15) 
8commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a 
9violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a 
10Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of 
11subsection 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or 
1224-1(a)(16) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a 
13violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) or 24-1(a)(17) commits a 
14Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment 
15of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the 
16weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor 
17vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle 
18Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which 
19case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a 
20second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
2124-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(a)(15) commits a 
22Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of 
23subsection 24-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 
24felony. The possession of each weapon or device in violation 
25of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
26    (c) Violations in specific places.
 
 
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1        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
2 24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or 
3 the time of year, in residential property owned, operated 
4 or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public 
5 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income 
6 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the 
7 real property comprising any school, regardless of the 
8 time of day or the time of year, on residential property 
9 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or 
10 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
11 site or mixed-income development, on the real property 
12 comprising any public park, on the real property 
13 comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased 
14 or contracted by a school to transport students to or from 
15 school or a school related activity, in any conveyance 
16 owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation 
17 agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real 
18 property comprising any school, public park, courthouse, 
19 public transportation facility, or residential property 
20 owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or 
21 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
22 site or mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony 
23 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not 
24 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
25        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
26 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of 
 
 
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1 the time of day or the time of year, in residential 
2 property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing 
3 agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a 
4 scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public 
5 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any 
6 school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, 
7 on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
8 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
9 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, 
10 on the real property comprising any public park, on the 
11 real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance 
12 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport 
13 students to or from school or a school related activity, 
14 in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
15 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000 
16 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
17 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or 
18 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
19 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
20 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development 
21 commits a Class 3 felony.
22        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1), 
23 24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the 
24 time of day or the time of year, in residential property 
25 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or 
26 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
 
 
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1 site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a 
2 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school, 
3 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on 
4 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 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building 
19 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court 
20 of this State for the conduct of official business.
21        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection 
22 (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or 
23 security officers of such school, college, or university 
24 or to students carrying or possessing firearms for use in 
25 training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on 
26 school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school 
 
 
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1 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded 
2 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation 
3 package.
4        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school" 
5 means any public or private elementary or secondary 
6 school, community college, college, or university.
7        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public 
8 transportation agency" means a public or private agency 
9 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of 
10 persons by means available to the general public, except 
11 for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance 
12 of the general public as passengers; and "public 
13 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place 
14 where one may obtain public transportation. 
15    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public 
16omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in 
17subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the 
18possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying 
19such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or 
20substance is found, except under the following circumstances: 
21(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found 
22upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if 
23such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile 
24operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful 
25and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption 
26shall not apply to the driver.
 
 
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1    (e) Exemptions.
2        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater 
3 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic 
4 knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
5 this Section.
6        (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
7 of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, 
8 purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly 
9 referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that 
10 opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, 
11 spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not 
12 apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm 
13 Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or 
14 her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an 
15 entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing 
16 switchblade knives. 
17(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 
18103-822, eff. 1-1-25.)

19    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
20    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 
21    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and 
2224-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of 
23the following:
24        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace 
25 officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the 
 
 
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1 peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
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 while in the performance of their official duty, or while 
6 commuting between their homes and places of employment.
7        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
8 the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the 
9 Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance 
10 of their official duty.
11        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public 
12 utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored 
13 car companies, while actually engaged in the performance 
14 of the duties of their employment or commuting between 
15 their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while 
16 actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their 
17 employment.
18        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, 
19 private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or 
20 employed by a private security contractor, private 
21 detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by 
22 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 
23 if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the 
24 provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, 
25 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
26 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the 
 
 
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1 duties of their employment or commuting between their 
2 homes and places of employment. A person shall be 
3 considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has 
4 completed the required 20 hours of training for a private 
5 security contractor, private detective, or private alarm 
6 contractor, or employee of a licensed private security 
7 contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor 
8 agency and 28 hours of required firearm training, and has 
9 been issued a firearm control card by the Department of 
10 Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the 
11 renewal of firearm control cards issued under the 
12 provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those 
13 cards 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 private security contractor, 
17 private detective, or private alarm contractor, or 
18 employee of the licensed private security contractor, 
19 private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at 
20 all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable 
21 weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
22        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or 
23 industrial operation as a security guard for the 
24 protection of persons employed and private property 
25 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while 
26 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or 
 
 
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1 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the 
2 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a 
3 security force registered with the Department of Financial 
4 and Professional Regulation; provided that such security 
5 guard has successfully completed a course of study, 
6 approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial 
7 and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 
8 48 hours of training that includes the theory of law 
9 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of 
10 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this 
11 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours 
12 of training for a security officer and 28 hours of 
13 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm 
14 control card by the Department of Financial and 
15 Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of 
16 firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this 
17 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under 
18 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, 
19 Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 
20 2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the 
21 security guard at all times when he or she is in possession 
22 of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm 
23 control card.
24        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois 
25 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the 
26 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections 
 
 
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1 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of 
2 any investigation for the Commission.
3        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a 
4 security guard for the protection of other employees and 
5 property related to such financial institution, while 
6 actually engaged in the performance of their duties, 
7 commuting between their homes and places of employment, or 
8 traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by 
9 such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, 
10 is a member of a security force registered with the 
11 Department; provided that any person so employed has 
12 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and 
13 supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional 
14 Regulation, consisting of not less than 48 hours of 
15 training which includes theory of law enforcement, 
16 liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person 
17 shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if 
18 he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training 
19 for a security officer and 28 hours of required firearm 
20 training, and has been issued a firearm control card by 
21 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. 
22 Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued 
23 under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as 
24 for those issued under the provisions of the Private 
25 Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint 
26 Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control 
 
 
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1 card shall be carried by the security guard at all times 
2 when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon 
3 permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes 
4 of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, 
5 savings and loan association, credit union, or company 
6 providing armored car services.
7        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to 
8 drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the 
9 performance of his duties.
10        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace 
11 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation 
12 Act.
13        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's 
14 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of 
15 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate 
16 Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of 
17 the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
18        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's 
19 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
20        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of 
21 their duties, or while commuting between their homes, 
22 places of employment or specific locations that are part 
23 of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief 
24 judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they 
25 have received weapons training according to requirements 
26 of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm 
 
 
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1 Training Act.
2        (13) Court security officers Security Officers while 
3 in the performance of their official duties, or while 
4 commuting between their homes and places of employment, 
5 with the consent of the sheriff Sheriff.
6        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at 
7 a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site or 
8 facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
9 who has completed the background screening and training 
10 mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear 
11 Regulatory Commission.
12        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons 
13 to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
14 (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
15    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
16to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, 
17or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid 
18license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of 
19the commission of the offense.
20    (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply 
21to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement 
22officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional 
23officer, or correctional officer of the Department of 
24Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under 
25the federal 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 while engaged in 
11 lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions 
12 of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
13        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in 
14 a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
15        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun 
16 gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal 
17 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that 
18 person's permission. 
19    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any 
20of the following:
21        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their 
22 official duties.
23        (2) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, 
24 penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the 
25 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
26        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
 
 
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1 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
2 the performance of their official duty.
3        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine 
4 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through 
5 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the 
6 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or 
7 are not immediately accessible.
8        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture 
9 any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be 
10 discharged by a single function of the firing device, or 
11 ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the 
12 business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but 
13 only with respect to activities which are within the 
14 lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture, 
15 transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition. 
16 This exemption does not authorize the general private 
17 possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or 
18 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the 
19 firing device, but only such possession and activities as 
20 are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing 
21 business described in this paragraph.
22        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken 
23 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately 
24 accessible.
25        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, 
26 transfer, or sale, and all lawful commercial or 
 
 
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1 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles, 
2 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or 
3 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns, or weapons, where 
4 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or 
5 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for 
6 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns, 
7 weapons, or ammunition to the United States government or 
8 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when 
9 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling 
10 the terms of such contract.
11        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6) 
12 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such 
13 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the 
14 scope of his employment, where such activities involving 
15 such weapon, weapons, or ammunition are necessary and 
16 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
17        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or 
18 barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person 
19 has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. 
20 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or 
21 (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide, 
22 nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the 
23 modification is required and necessary to accurately 
24 portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes; 
25 the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current 
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1 length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26 
2 inches.
3    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, 
4possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a 
5peace officer.
6    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, 
7manager, or authorized employee of any place specified in that 
8subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
9    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and 
10Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or 
11organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting 
12at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or 
13private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
14    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply 
15to:
16        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
17 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
18 the performance of their official duty.
19        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military 
20 ordnance.
21        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic 
22 ballistics, or specializing in the development of 
23 ammunition or explosive ordnance.
24        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly, or possession of 
25 explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed 
26 by the federal government, in connection with the supply 
 
 
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1 of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision 
2 (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons 
3 outside this State, or the transportation of explosive 
4 bullets to any organization or person exempted in this 
5 Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased 
6 by an exempted manufacturer.
7    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect 
8persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device 
9or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use 
10in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or 
11ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and 
12actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those 
13devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to 
14activities that are within the lawful scope of that business, 
15such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those 
16devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not 
17authorize the general private possession of any device or 
18attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in 
19silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession 
20and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed 
21manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5). 
22During transportation, these devices shall be detached from 
23any weapon or not immediately accessible.
24    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section 
2524-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole 
26supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions 
 
 
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1prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of 
2Corrections. 
3    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace 
4officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team 
5or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally 
6own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any 
7kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the 
8report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and 
9maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose 
10duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
11    (g-10) (Blank). 
12    (g-11) Subsection 24-1(a)(17) does not apply to or effect 
13any of the following:
14        (1) Sales to or purchases by peace officers, as 
15 defined in Section 2-13, for use in their official duties.
16        (2) Sales to or transfers by local law enforcement 
17 agencies for the purpose of equipping the agency's peace 
18 officers as defined in paragraph (1).
19        (3) Sales to wardens, superintendents, and keepers of 
20 prisons, penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for 
21 use in the detention of persons accused or convicted of an 
22 offense.
23        (4) Sales to or purchases by members of the Armed 
24 Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or the 
25 Illinois National Guard, for use in their official duties.
26        (5) Any company that employs armed security officers 
 
 
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1 in this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or 
2 development site or facility regulated by the federal 
3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and any person employed as 
4 an armed security force member at a nuclear energy 
5 storage, weapons, or development site or facility 
6 regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who 
7 has completed the background screening and training 
8 mandated by the rules and regulations of the federal 
9 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and for the performance of 
10 official duties.
11        (6) A firearm modified to render it permanently 
12 inoperative.
13        (7) A certified licensed firearms dealer or 
14 manufacturer who is:
15            (A) providing or servicing a convertible pistol 
16 for a law enforcement unit or for personnel exempted 
17 under paragraphs (1) through (5);
18            (B) acting to sell or transfer a convertible 
19 pistol to a licensed firearm dealer in another state 
20 or to an individual purchaser in another state through 
21 a licensed firearms dealer; or
22            (C) acting to return to a customer in another 
23 state a convertible pistol to the licensed firearms 
24 dealer or manufacturer under the terms of a warranty 
25 or for repair.
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1 that are required or authorized by federal law governing 
2 their specific business or activity to acquire convertible 
3 pistols.
4        (9) The receipt of a convertible pistol by 
5 inheritance, and possession of the convertible pistol, if 
6 the decedent lawfully possessed the convertible pistol and 
7 the person inheriting the convertible pistol is not 
8 otherwise disqualified from possessing a firearm under 
9 federal or State law.
10        (10) The receipt of a convertible pistol by a personal 
11 representative of an estate for purposes of exercising the 
12 powers and duties of a personal representative of an 
13 estate.
14        (11) Receipt of a convertible pistol by a person who 
15 is retired in good standing from service with a law 
16 enforcement agency of the State or a local unit in the 
17 State and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving a 
18 convertible pistol if:
19            (A) the convertible pistol is sold or transferred 
20 to the person by the law enforcement agency on 
21 retirement; or
22            (B) the convertible pistol was purchased or 
23 obtained by the person for official use with the law 
24 enforcement agency before retirement.
25        (12) Transfer, receipt, and testing by, or shipping to 
26 or from:
 
 
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1            (A) an ISO 17025 accredited, National Institute of 
2 Justice-approved ballistics testing laboratory; or
3            (B) a facility or entity that manufactures or 
4 provides research and development testing, analysis, 
5 or engineering for personal protective equipment or 
6 vehicle protection systems.
7        (13) The temporary transfer of a convertible pistol 
8 that was lawfully purchased and possessed prior to the 
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
10 Assembly or otherwise lawfully obtained following the 
11 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
12 Assembly to a certified licensed firearms dealer or 
13 gunsmith for the purpose of servicing the convertible 
14 pistol or the return of the convertible pistol to its 
15 lawful owner by a certified licensed firearms dealer or 
16 gunsmith upon the completion of servicing the convertible 
17 pistol.
18        (14) The manufacture, transportation, sale, or rental 
19 of blank firing convertible pistols to persons authorized 
20 or permitted, or both authorized and permitted, to acquire 
21 and possess these weapons or attachments for the purpose 
22 of rental for use solely as props for a motion picture, 
23 television, or video production or entertainment event.
24    (g-12) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules to 
25implement this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. 
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1General Assembly are exempt from the Illinois Administrative 
2Procedure Act.    
3    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of 
4any subsection of this Article need not negate negative any 
5exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have 
6the burden of proving such an exemption.
7    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
8affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any 
9pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm 
10consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the 
11State of Illinois or the federal government, where such 
12transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the 
13lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; 
14and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or 
15affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any 
16pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the 
17subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or 
18subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and 
19enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or 
20other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners 
21Identification Card.
22(Source: P.A. 102-152, eff. 1-1-22; 102-779, eff. 1-1-23; 
23102-837, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; revised 
247-22-24.)

25    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are 
 
 
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1severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.