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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3891

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 705/2

from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/10.28 new
55 ILCS 5/3-6012.3 new
65 ILCS 5/10-4-13 new
720 ILCS 5/24-2

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall establish minimum training
standards for tactical emergency medical services professionals. In
establishing the minimum training standards, the Board shall consider
recommendations made by the Illinois State Police and the Department of
Public Health. Provides that the Board may amend the standards as needed to
respond to technological changes affecting law enforcement or tactical
emergency medical services, additional recommendations made by the
Illinois State Police and the Department of Public Health, or other
conditions affecting the public interest in maintaining training standards
of a proper professional character. Provides that no person may be
certified as a tactical emergency medical services professional, except on
a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person has satisfactorily
met the standards established under these provisions and has been
certified by the Board as being qualified to be a tactical emergency
medical services professional. Provides that no person may be certified as
a tactical emergency medical services professional without the prior
written approval of the sheriff or chief of police for the jurisdiction in
which the tactical emergency medical services professional is authorized
to carry out his or her duties. Provides that the sheriff or chief of
police must have authority and responsibility over the team on which he or
she is approving the tactical emergency medical services professional to
go armed with a firearm. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to exempt
tactical emergency medical services professionals from the unlawful
possession of weapons and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon
statutes. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to make
conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning tactical emergency medical services
2
professionals.

3

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4
represented in the General Assembly:

5

Section 5.
The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
6
changing Section 2 and by adding Section 10.28 as follows:

7

(50 ILCS 705/2)

(from Ch. 85, par. 502)
8

Sec. 2.
Definitions.
As used in this Act, unless the
9
context otherwise requires:
10

"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
11
Standards Board.
12

"Full-time law enforcement officer" means a law
13
enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
14
probationary period and is employed on a full-time basis as a
15
law enforcement officer by a local government agency, State
16
government agency, or as a campus police officer by a
17
university, college, or community college.
18

"Law Enforcement agency" means any entity with statutory
19
police powers and the ability to employ individuals authorized
20
to make arrests. It does not include the Illinois State Police
21
as defined in the State Police Act. A law enforcement agency
22
may include any university, college, or community college.
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"Local law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement

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unit of government or municipal corporation in this State. It
2
does not include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
3
department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
4
the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
5
university, college or public community college.
6

"State law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement
7
agency of this State. This includes any office, officer,
8
department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
9
the State. It does not include the Illinois State Police as
10
defined in the State Police Act.
11

"Panel" means the Certification Review Panel.
12

"Basic training school" means any school located within
13
the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned
14
which offers a course in basic law enforcement or county
15
corrections training and has been approved by the Board.
16

"Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
17
enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
18
minimum basic training requirements at a basic training school
19
to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a local
20
law enforcement officer.
21

"Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
22
part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
23
complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
24
eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law
25
enforcement officer.
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"Permanent law enforcement officer" means a law

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enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
2
probationary period and is permanently employed on a full-time
3
basis as a local law enforcement officer, as a security
4
officer, or campus police officer permanently employed by a
5
law enforcement agency.
6

"Part-time law enforcement officer" means a law
7
enforcement officer who has completed the officer's
8
probationary period and is employed on a part-time basis as a
9
law enforcement officer or as a campus police officer by a law
10
enforcement agency.
11

"Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of
12
a law enforcement agency who is primarily responsible for
13
prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
14
criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
15
political subdivision of this State or (ii) any member of a
16
police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2
17
of the Railroad Police Act.
18

"Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement
19
officer or full-time county corrections officer who is
20
enrolled in an approved training course.
21

"Review Committee" means the committee at the Board for
22
certification disciplinary cases in which the Panel, a law
23
enforcement officer, or a law enforcement agency may file for
24
reconsideration of a decertification decision made by the
25
Board.
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"Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit

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county corrections officer required to successfully complete
2
initial minimum basic training requirements at a basic
3
training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
4
full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
5

"Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
6
corrections officer who has completed the officer's
7
probationary period and is permanently employed on a full-time
8
basis as a county corrections officer by a participating law
9
enforcement agency.
10

"County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of
11
the sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
12
custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
13

"Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
14
court security officer required to successfully complete
15
initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
16
training school to be eligible for employment as a court
17
security officer.
18

"Permanent court security officer" means a court security
19
officer who has completed the officer's probationary period
20
and is employed as a court security officer by a participating
21
law enforcement agency.
22

"Tactical emergency medical services professional" means a
23
Paramedic (EMT-P) licensed under the Emergency Medical
24
Services (EMS) Systems Act who has been endorsed by the Board
25
as a person who provides medical services when operating as
26
part of a law enforcement tactical team and operating with the

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prior written approval of the sheriff or chief of police for
2
the jurisdiction in which the licensed emergency medical
3
services professional is authorized to carry out his or her
4
duties.

5

"Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
6
Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
7

"Trauma" means physical or emotional harm resulting from
8
an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that has
9
led to lasting adverse effects on an individual's mental,
10
physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
11

"Trauma-informed response" means a program, organization,
12
or system that is trauma-informed; realizes the widespread
13
impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery;
14
recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients,
15
families, staff, and others involved with the system; and
16
responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into
17
policies, procedures, and practices, and seeks to actively
18
avoid re-traumatization and to restore autonomy and stability
19
to survivors.
20
(Source: P.A. 104-159, eff. 1-1-26
.)

21

(50 ILCS 705/10.28 new)
22

Sec. 10.28.
Tactical emergency medical services
23
professionals.

24

(a) The Board shall establish minimum training standards
25
for tactical emergency medical services professionals. In

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establishing the minimum training standards, the Board shall
2
consider recommendations made by the Illinois State Police and
3
the Department of Public Health. The Board may amend the
4
standards as needed to respond to technological changes
5
affecting law enforcement or tactical emergency medical
6
services, additional recommendations made by the Illinois
7
State Police and the Department of Public Health, or other
8
conditions affecting the public interest in maintaining
9
training standards of a proper professional character.
10

(b) No person may be certified as a tactical emergency
11
medical services professional, except on a temporary or
12
probationary basis, unless the person has satisfactorily met
13
the standards established under subsection (a) and has been
14
certified by the Board as being qualified to be a tactical
15
emergency medical services professional. No person may be
16
certified as a tactical emergency medical services
17
professional without the prior written approval of the sheriff
18
or chief of police for the jurisdiction in which the tactical
19
emergency medical services professional is authorized to carry
20
out his or her duties. The sheriff or chief of police must have
21
authority and responsibility over the team on which he or she
22
is approving the tactical emergency medical services
23
professional to go armed with a firearm.
24

(c) A person who has met the minimum training standards
25
established under subsection (a), and who seeks certification
26
as a tactical emergency medical services professional, shall

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be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a
2
complete set of the person's fingerprints, or by other
3
technologies approved by the Illinois State Police. The
4
fingerprints shall be submitted to the Illinois State Police
5
for verification of the identify of the person fingerprinted
6
and to obtain records of his or her criminal arrests and
7
convictions in Illinois. The Illinois State Police shall
8
provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards or
9
fingerprints by other technologies to the Federal Bureau of
10
Investigation for the purpose of verifying the person
11
fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal
12
arrests and convictions on file with the Federal Bureau of
13
Investigation.
14

(d) No person who has been convicted of any federal
15
felony, any crime of domestic violence, or of any offense
16
that, if committed in this State, could be punished as a felony
17
qualifies for certification as a tactical emergency medical
18
services professional unless he or she has been granted an
19
absolute and unconditional pardon for the crime.
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(e) No person may continue to be certified as a tactical
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emergency medical services professional unless that person
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maintains employment as a tactical emergency medical services
23
professional, maintains the approval of the sheriff or chief
24
of police for the jurisdiction in which the tactical emergency
25
medical services professional is authorized to carry out his
26
or her duties, and meets annual recertification training

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standards. Each tactical emergency medical services
2
professional who is subject to this Section shall annually
3
complete a handgun qualification course from curricula based
4
upon model standards established by the Board of training
5
completed under subsection (b) which shall count toward the
6
hours of training required for certification.

7

Section 10.
The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
8
3-6012.3 as follows:

9

(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.3 new)
10

Sec. 3-6012.3.
Tactical emergency medical services
11
professional.
A Sheriff may employ a tactical emergency
12
medical services professional certified under Section 10.28 of
13
the Illinois Police Training Act. In addition to any other
14
requirements, the tactical emergency medical services
15
professional shall participate in tactical teams and law
16
enforcement operations as the sheriff deems appropriate and
17
may carry firearms in the performance of his or her duties.
18
Before the sheriff employs a tactical emergency medical
19
services professional, the sheriff shall file his or her
20
written approval with the county clerk and the Illinois Law
21
Enforcement Training Standards Board.

22

Section 15.
The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
23
adding Section 10-4-13 as follows:

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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-13 new)
2

Sec. 10-4-13.
Tactical emergency medical services
3
professional.
A municipal police chief may employ tactical
4
emergency medical services professionals certified under
5
Section 10.28 of the Illinois Police Training Act. In addition
6
to any other requirements, the tactical emergency medical
7
services professionals shall participate in tactical teams and
8
law enforcement operations as the municipal police chief deems
9
appropriate and may carry firearms in the performance of their
10
duties. Before the municipal police chief employs a tactical
11
emergency medical services professional, the municipal police
12
chief shall file his or her written approval with the
13
municipal clerk and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
14
Standards Board.

15

Section 20.
The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
16
changing Section 24-2 as follows:

17

(720 ILCS 5/24-2)
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Sec. 24-2.
Exemptions.
19

(a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
20
24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
21
the following:
22

(1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
23

officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the

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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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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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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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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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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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Training Act.
2

(13) Court security officers while in the performance
3

of their official duties, or while commuting between their
4

homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
5

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
16
to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
17
or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
18
license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
19
the commission of the offense.
20

(a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
21
to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
22
officer or a current or retired deputy, county correctional
23
officer, or correctional officer of the Department of
24
Corrections qualified under the laws of this State or under
25
the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
26

Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and Section 24-1.6 do

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not apply to or affect tactical emergency medical services
2
professionals while in performance of their official duties.
3

(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
4
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
5

(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
6

the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
7

established target ranges, whether public or private, and
8

patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
9

using their firearms on those target ranges.
10

(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
11

while parading, with the special permission of the
12

Governor.
13

(3) Hunters, trappers, or fishermen while engaged in
14

lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing under the provisions
15

of the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
16

(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
17

a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
18

(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
19

gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
20

dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
21

person's permission.
22

(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
23
of the following:
24

(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
25

official duties.
26

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

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penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the
2

detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
3

(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
4

the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
5

the performance of their official duty.
6

(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
7

guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
8

(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
9

machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
10

are not immediately accessible.
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(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
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any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
13

discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
14

ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
15

business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
16

only with respect to activities which are within the
17

lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
18

transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
19

This exemption does not authorize the general private
20

possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
21

bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
22

firing device, but only such possession and activities as
23

are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
24

business described in this paragraph.
25

During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
26

down in a non-functioning state or not immediately

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accessible.
2

(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
3

transfer, or sale, and all lawful commercial or
4

experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
5

shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
6

ammunition for such rifles, shotguns, or weapons, where
7

engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
8

subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
9

the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
10

weapons, or ammunition to the United States government or
11

any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
12

such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
13

the terms of such contract.
14

The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
15

shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
16

contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
17

scope of his employment, where such activities involving
18

such weapon, weapons, or ammunition are necessary and
19

incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
20

(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
21

barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
22

has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
23

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
24

(B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
25

nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
26

modification is required and necessary to accurately

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portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
2

the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
3

re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
4

length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
5

inches.
6

(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
7
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
8
peace officer.
9

(e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
10
manager, or authorized employee of any place specified in that
11
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
12

(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
13
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
14
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
15
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
16
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
17

(g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
18
to:
19

(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20

the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
21

the performance of their official duty.
22

(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
23

ordnance.
24

(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
25

ballistics or specializing in the development of
26

ammunition or explosive ordnance.

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(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly, or possession of
2

explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
3

by the federal government, in connection with the supply
4

of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
5

(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
6

outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
7

bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
8

Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
9

by an exempted manufacturer.
10

(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
11
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
12
or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
13
in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
14
ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
15
actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
16
devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
17
activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
18
such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
19
devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
20
authorize the general private possession of any device or
21
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
22
silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
23
and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
24
manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
25
During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
26
any weapon or not immediately accessible.

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(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
2
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
3
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
4
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
5
Corrections.
6

(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
7
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
8
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
9
own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
10
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
11
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
12
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
13
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
14

(g-10) (Blank).
15

(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
16
any subsection of this Article need not negate any exemptions
17
contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
18
of proving such an exemption.
19

(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
20
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
21
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
22
consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
23
State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
24
transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
25
lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
26
and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or

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affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
2
pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
3
subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
4
subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
5
enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
6
other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
7
Identification Card.
8
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)

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