101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5118

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Terri Bryant

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 66/65
430 ILCS 66/105

    Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the school board of a school district of a public elementary or secondary school or a non-public elementary or secondary school may develop a policy to permit the carrying of a firearm by an employee of the school, licensed under the Act, in any building or on any real property or parking area under the control of the public or non-public elementary or secondary school. Provides that the policy must contain safe storage provisions for the firearm. Those provisions must include securing the firearm in a locked box or container that cannot be accessed by students. Changes "private" elementary or secondary school references in the Act to "non-public" elementary or secondary school.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
5changing Sections 65 and 105 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 66/65)
7    Sec. 65. Prohibited areas.
8    (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a
9firearm on or into:
10        (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-3) of
11    this Section, any Any building, real property, and parking
12    area under the control of a public or non-public private
13    elementary or secondary school.
14        (2) Any building, real property, and parking area under
15    the control of a pre-school or child care facility,
16    including any room or portion of a building under the
17    control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in
18    this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care
19    facility in a family home from owning or possessing a
20    firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child
21    under child care at the home is present in the home or the
22    firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a
23    child under child care at the home is present in the home.

 

 

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1        (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a
2    building under the control of an officer of the executive
3    or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing
4    in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying a
5    concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or trail
6    in a park regulated by the Department of Natural Resources
7    or any other designated public hunting area or building
8    where firearm possession is permitted as established by the
9    Department of Natural Resources under Section 1.8 of the
10    Wildlife Code.
11        (4) Any building designated for matters before a
12    circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or
13    any building or portion of a building under the control of
14    the Supreme Court.
15        (5) Any building or portion of a building under the
16    control of a unit of local government.
17        (6) Any building, real property, and parking area under
18    the control of an adult or juvenile detention or
19    correctional institution, prison, or jail.
20        (7) Any building, real property, and parking area under
21    the control of a public or private hospital or hospital
22    affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing home.
23        (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for
24    in whole or in part with public funds, and any building,
25    real property, and parking area under the control of a
26    public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part

 

 

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1    with public funds.
2        (9) Any building, real property, and parking area under
3    the control of an establishment that serves alcohol on its
4    premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's gross
5    receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale of
6    alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly fails
7    to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as provided
8    in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false statement
9    or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed firearms
10    under this paragraph is subject to the penalty under
11    subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor Control Act
12    of 1934.
13        (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted on
14    property open to the public that requires the issuance of a
15    permit from the unit of local government, provided this
16    prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must walk
17    through a public gathering in order to access his or her
18    residence, place of business, or vehicle.
19        (11) Any building or real property that has been issued
20    a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in Section
21    1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time
22    designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event
23    Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as
24    defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor
25    Control Act during the time designated for the sale of
26    alcohol by the Special use permit license.

 

 

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1        (12) Any public playground.
2        (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic
3    facility under the control of a municipality or park
4    district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
5    licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a trail
6    or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway
7    includes a public park.
8        (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook
9    County Forest Preserve District.
10        (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical
11    clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue,
12    entertainment venue, officially recognized
13    university-related organization property, whether owned or
14    leased, and any real property, including parking areas,
15    sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public
16    or private community college, college, or university.
17        (16) Any building, real property, or parking area under
18    the control of a gaming facility licensed under the
19    Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
20    1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
21        (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or
22    parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any
23    collegiate or professional sporting event.
24        (18) Any building, real property, or parking area under
25    the control of a public library.
26        (19) Any building, real property, or parking area under

 

 

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1    the control of an airport.
2        (20) Any building, real property, or parking area under
3    the control of an amusement park.
4        (21) Any building, real property, or parking area under
5    the control of a zoo or museum.
6        (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property,
7    building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used
8    by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site
9    or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory
10    Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance
11    store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a
12    compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere
13    in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property,
14    building, or facility described in this paragraph.
15        (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under
16    federal law.
17    (a-3) The school board of a school district of a public
18elementary or secondary school or a non-public elementary or
19secondary school may develop a policy to permit the carrying of
20a firearm by an employee of the school, licensed under this
21Act, in any building or on any real property or parking area
22under the control of the public or non-public elementary or
23secondary school. The policy must contain safe storage
24provisions for the firearm. Those provisions must include
25securing the firearm in a locked box or container that cannot
26be accessed by students.

 

 

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1    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or
2private community college, college, or university from:
3        (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within
4    a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or
5    university;
6        (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
7    regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and
8    discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
9        (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
10    regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which
11    must include designated areas where persons can park
12    vehicles that carry firearms; and
13        (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the
14    purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially
15    recognized programs, including but not limited to military
16    science and law enforcement training programs, or in any
17    designated area used for hunting purposes or target
18    shooting.
19    (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may
20prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property
21under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in
22accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that
23firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property is
24a private residence.
25    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of
26this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection

 

 

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1(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm
2into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in
3subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be
4permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her
5person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a
6firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked
7vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the
8vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed
9firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle
10within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited
11purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the vehicle's
12trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" includes a glove
13compartment or console that completely encloses the concealed
14firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the vehicle, or a firearm
15carrying box, shipping box, or other container.
16    (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section
17while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that
18touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a),
19(a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is
20carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions
21of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the
22licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of
23law.
24    (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is
25prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the
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1this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or
2premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform
3design as established by the Department and shall be 4 inches
4by 6 inches in size. The Department shall adopt rules for
5standardized signs to be used under this subsection.
6(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
7    (430 ILCS 66/105)
8    Sec. 105. Duty of school administrator. It is the duty of
9the principal of a public elementary or secondary school, or
10his or her designee, and the chief administrative officer of a
11non-public private elementary or secondary school or a public
12or private community college, college, or university, or his or
13her designee, to report to the Department of State Police when
14a student is determined to pose a clear and present danger to
15himself, herself, or to others, within 24 hours of the
16determination as provided in Section 6-103.3 of the Mental
17Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. "Clear and present
18danger" has the meaning as provided in paragraph (2) of the
19definition of "clear and present danger" in Section 1.1 of the
20Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
21(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)