FIREARM-FIREFIGHTERS EXCEPTION

Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3129

Select Language

×

The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein.

Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet.

The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website.

NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window.

Choose Language

English

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Bengali

Bosnian

Catalan

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Filipino

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Interlingua

Interlingue

Inuktitut

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kannada

Khmer

Korean

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malagasy

Malayalam

Maltese

Maori

Marathi

Myanmar

Nepali

Norwegian

Odia

Pashto

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Samoan

Sango

Sanskrit

Sardinian

Sindhi

Sinhala

Slovak

Slovenian

Somali

Southern Sotho

Spanish

Sundanese

Swahili

Swedish

Tamil

Telugu

Thai

Tigrinya

Tonga

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

Vietnamese

Welsh

Xhosa

Yiddish

Yoruba

Zulu

Powered by
Translate

Close

Illinois General Assembly

Top Navigation Bar

Translate

Learn

Select General Assembly

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules.

ILGA.GOV

LEGISLATION & LAWS

Bills & Resolutions

Public Acts

Illinois Compiled Statutes

Illinois Constitution

Search Legislation

Glossary

Guide

Reports & Inquiry

Legislative Reports

Special Reports

FTP Site

Legislator Lookup

Capitol Complex Phone Numbers

Rules & Regulations

Illinois Register

Administrative Rules

Senate

Members

Schedules

Committees

Request for Remote Testimony

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

Senate Employment Opportunities

Media Guidelines

House

Members

Schedules

Committees

Submit testimony for House Committees

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

House Employment Opportunities

Log In

Mobile Top Bar

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website.

Full Text of SB3129

Home

Legislation

Full Text

SB3129 - 104th General Assembly

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Select Menu

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Open PDF

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3129

Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-2

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a full-time, sworn,
compensated fire fighter is permitted to carry a pistol, revolver, stun
gun, taser, or other firearm on his or her person in public or in a
vehicle, if the fire fighter has a valid concealed carry license, is
carrying on duty, and has been approved to carry on duty by the mayor, city
council, village president, town president, or village board of trustees.
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b

A BILL FOR

SB3129
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

SB3129
- 2 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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

SB3129
- 3 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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

SB3129
- 4 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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

SB3129
- 5 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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

SB3129
- 6 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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.

SB3129
- 7 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
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

(a-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
16
to fire fighters who (1) are full-time, sworn, and
17
compensated; (2) have a valid concealed carry license; (3)
18
carry on duty; and (4) are approved to carry on duty by the
19
mayor, city council, village president, town president, or
20
village board of trustees.

21

(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
22
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
23

(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
24

the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
25

established target ranges, whether public or private, and
26

patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are

SB3129
- 8 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

using their firearms on those target ranges.
2

(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
3

while parading, with the special permission of the
4

Governor.
5

(3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in
6

lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions
7

of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
8

(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
9

a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
10

(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
11

gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
12

dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
13

person's permission.
14

(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
15
of the following:
16

(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
17

official duties.
18

(2) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
19

penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the
20

detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
21

(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
22

the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
23

the performance of their official duty.
24

(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
25

guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
26

(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the

SB3129
- 9 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
2

are not immediately accessible.
3

(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
4

any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
5

discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
6

ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
7

business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
8

only with respect to activities which are within the
9

lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
10

transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
11

This exemption does not authorize the general private
12

possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
13

bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
14

firing device, but only such possession and activities as
15

are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
16

business described in this paragraph.
17

During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
18

down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
19

accessible.
20

(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
21

transfer, or sale, and all lawful commercial or
22

experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
23

shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
24

ammunition for such rifles, shotguns, or weapons, where
25

engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
26

subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for

SB3129
- 10 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
2

weapons, or ammunition to the United States government or
3

any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
4

such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
5

the terms of such contract.
6

The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
7

shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
8

contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
9

scope of his employment, where such activities involving
10

such weapon, weapons, or ammunition are necessary and
11

incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
12

(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
13

barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
14

has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
15

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
16

(B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
17

nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
18

modification is required and necessary to accurately
19

portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
20

the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
21

re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
22

length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
23

inches.
24

(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
25
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
26
peace officer.

SB3129
- 11 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

(e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
2
manager, or authorized employee of any place specified in that
3
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
4

(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
5
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
6
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
7
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
8
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
9

(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
10
to:
11

(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
12

the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
13

the performance of their official duty.
14

(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
15

ordnance.
16

(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
17

ballistics or specializing in the development of
18

ammunition or explosive ordnance.
19

(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly, or possession of
20

explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
21

by the federal government, in connection with the supply
22

of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
23

(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
24

outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
25

bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
26

Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased

SB3129
- 12 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1

by an exempted manufacturer.
2

(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
3
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
4
or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
5
in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
6
ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
7
actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
8
devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
9
activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
10
such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
11
devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
12
authorize the general private possession of any device or
13
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
14
silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
15
and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
16
manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
17
During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
18
any weapon or not immediately accessible.
19

(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
20
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
21
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
22
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
23
Corrections.
24

(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
25
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
26
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally

SB3129
- 13 -
LRB104 18678 RLC 32121 b
1
own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
2
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
3
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
4
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
5
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
6

(g-10) (Blank).
7

(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
8
any subsection of this Article need not negate any exemptions
9
contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
10
of proving such an exemption.
11

(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
12
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
13
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
14
consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
15
State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
16
transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
17
lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
18
and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
19
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
20
pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
21
subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
22
subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
23
enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
24
other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
25
Identification Card.
26
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)

Footer

Disclaimer

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.
Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn