Full Text of HB4296 102nd General Assembly
HB4296eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 65 as follows: | 6 | | (430 ILCS 66/65)
| 7 | | Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. | 8 | | (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a | 9 | | firearm on or into: | 10 | | (1) Any building, real property, and parking area | 11 | | under the control of a public or private elementary or | 12 | | secondary school. | 13 | | (2) Any building, real property, and parking area | 14 | | under the control of a pre-school or child care facility, | 15 | | including any room or portion of a building under the | 16 | | control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in | 17 | | this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care | 18 | | facility in a family home from owning or possessing a | 19 | | firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child | 20 | | under child care at the home is present in the home or the | 21 | | firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a | 22 | | child under child care at the home is present in the home. | 23 | | (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a |
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| 1 | | building under the control of an officer of the executive | 2 | | or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing | 3 | | in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying | 4 | | a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or | 5 | | trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural | 6 | | Resources or any other designated public hunting area or | 7 | | building where firearm possession is permitted as | 8 | | established by the Department of Natural Resources under | 9 | | Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code. | 10 | | (4) Any building designated for matters before a | 11 | | circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or | 12 | | any building or portion of a building under the control of | 13 | | the Supreme Court. | 14 | | (5) Any building or portion of a building under the | 15 | | control of a unit of local government. | 16 | | (6) Any building, real property, and parking area | 17 | | under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or | 18 | | correctional institution, prison, or jail. | 19 | | (7) Any building, real property, and parking area | 20 | | under the control of a public or private hospital or | 21 | | hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing | 22 | | 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 |
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| 1 | | part with public funds. | 2 | | (9) Any building, real property, and parking area | 3 | | under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol | 4 | | on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's | 5 | | gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale | 6 | | of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly | 7 | | fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as | 8 | | provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false | 9 | | statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed | 10 | | firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty | 11 | | under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor | 12 | | Control Act of 1934. | 13 | | (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted | 14 | | on property open to the public that requires the issuance | 15 | | of a permit from the unit of local government, provided | 16 | | this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must | 17 | | walk through a public gathering in order to access his or | 18 | | her residence, place of business, or vehicle. | 19 | | (11) Any building or real property that has been | 20 | | issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in | 21 | | Section 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 | 5 | | a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a | 6 | | trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway | 7 | | includes a public park. | 8 | | (14) Any adventure course or zipline, aquatic center, | 9 | | campground, equestrian center, nature center grounds, | 10 | | picnic grove, playground, sledding hill, sledding hill | 11 | | grounds, and any parking area of any of the aforementioned | 12 | | under the control of the Cook County Forest Preserve | 13 | | District, and any public or private gathering or special | 14 | | event conducted on property that requires the issuance of | 15 | | a permit by real property under the control of the Cook | 16 | | County Forest Preserve District. | 17 | | (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical | 18 | | clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, | 19 | | entertainment venue, officially recognized | 20 | | university-related organization property, whether owned or | 21 | | leased, and any real property, including parking areas, | 22 | | sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public | 23 | | or private community college, college, or university. | 24 | | (16) Any building, real property, or parking area | 25 | | under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the | 26 | | Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of |
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| 1 | | 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee. | 2 | | (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or | 3 | | parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any | 4 | | collegiate or professional sporting event. | 5 | | (18) Any building, real property, or parking area | 6 | | under the control of a public library. | 7 | | (19) Any building, real property, or parking area | 8 | | under the control of an airport. | 9 | | (20) Any building, real property, or parking area | 10 | | under the control of an amusement park. | 11 | | (21) Any building, real property, or parking area | 12 | | under the control of a zoo , botanic garden, or museum. | 13 | | (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, | 14 | | building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used | 15 | | by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site | 16 | | or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory | 17 | | Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance | 18 | | store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a | 19 | | compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere | 20 | | in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, | 21 | | building, or facility described in this paragraph. | 22 | | (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under | 23 | | federal law. | 24 | | (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or | 25 | | private community college, college, or university from: | 26 | | (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within |
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| 1 | | a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or | 2 | | university; | 3 | | (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | 4 | | regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and | 5 | | discipline, including suspension and expulsion; | 6 | | (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | 7 | | regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which | 8 | | must include designated areas where persons can park | 9 | | vehicles that carry firearms; and | 10 | | (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the | 11 | | purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially | 12 | | recognized programs, including but not limited to military | 13 | | science and law enforcement training programs, or in any | 14 | | designated area used for hunting purposes or target | 15 | | shooting. | 16 | | (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may | 17 | | prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property | 18 | | under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in | 19 | | accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that | 20 | | firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property | 21 | | is a private residence. | 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of | 23 | | this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection | 24 | | (a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm | 25 | | into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in | 26 | | subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be |
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| 1 | | permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her | 2 | | person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a | 3 | | firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked | 4 | | vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the | 5 | | vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed | 6 | | firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle | 7 | | within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited | 8 | | purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the | 9 | | vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" | 10 | | includes a glove compartment or console that completely | 11 | | encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the | 12 | | vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other | 13 | | container. | 14 | | (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section | 15 | | while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that | 16 | | touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), | 17 | | (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is | 18 | | carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions | 19 | | of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the | 20 | | licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of | 21 | | law. | 22 | | (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is | 23 | | prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the | 24 | | entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified | 25 | | in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or | 26 | | premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform |
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| 1 | | design as established by the Illinois State Police and shall | 2 | | be 4 inches by 6 inches in size. The Illinois State Police | 3 | | shall adopt rules for standardized signs to be used under this | 4 | | subsection.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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