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Illinois House Bill HB1316 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1316 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A Amends the School Code. Requires all school officials to immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they: observe any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; become aware of any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; or become aware of any threat of gun violence on school grounds. If there is a report filed notifying a local law enforcement agency of any of such event, requires the principal to immediately notify the student's parent or guardian and, in coordination with the local law enforcement agency, to attempt to meet with the student's parent or guardian to ensure the student does not have access to a firearm. Effective immediately. LRB104 05886 LNS 15917 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1316 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A 105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A Amends the School Code. Requires all school officials to immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they: observe any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; become aware of any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; or become aware of any threat of gun violence on school grounds. If there is a report filed notifying a local law enforcement agency of any of such event, requires the principal to immediately notify the student's parent or guardian and, in coordination with the local law enforcement agency, to attempt to meet with the student's parent or guardian to ensure the student does not have access to a firearm. Effective immediately. LRB104 05886 LNS 15917 b LRB104 05886 LNS 15917 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1316 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the School Code. Requires all school officials to immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they: observe any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; become aware of any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; or become aware of any threat of gun violence on school grounds. If there is a report filed notifying a local law enforcement agency of any of such event, requires the principal to immediately notify the student's parent or guardian and, in coordination with the local law enforcement agency, to attempt to meet with the student's parent or guardian to ensure the student does not have access to a firearm. Effective immediately.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
7	15		5 10-27.1A as follows:
8	16		6 (105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A)
9	17		7 (Text of Section from P.A. 103-609)
10	18		8 Sec. 10-27.1A. Firearms in schools.
11	19		9 (a) All school officials, including teachers, school
12	20		10 counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the
13	21		11 office of the principal in the event that they:
14	22		12 (1) observe any person in possession of a firearm on
15	23		13 school grounds;
16	24		14 (2) become aware of any person in possession of a
17	25		15 firearm on school grounds; or
18	26		16 (3) become aware of any threat of gun violence on
19	27		17 school grounds;
20	28		18 provided that taking such immediate action to notify the
21	29		19 office of the principal would not immediately endanger the
22	30		20 health, safety, or welfare of students who are under the
23	31		21 direct supervision of the school official or the school
24	32		22 official. If the health, safety, or welfare of students under
25	33		23 the direct supervision of the school official or of the school
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1316 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the School Code. Requires all school officials to immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they: observe any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; become aware of any person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; or become aware of any threat of gun violence on school grounds. If there is a report filed notifying a local law enforcement agency of any of such event, requires the principal to immediately notify the student's parent or guardian and, in coordination with the local law enforcement agency, to attempt to meet with the student's parent or guardian to ensure the student does not have access to a firearm. Effective immediately.
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34	68		1 official is immediately endangered, the school official shall
35	69		2 notify the office of the principal as soon as the students
36	70		3 under his or her supervision and he or she are no longer under
37	71		4 immediate danger. A report is not required by this Section
38	72		5 when the school official knows that the person in possession
39	73		6 of the firearm is a law enforcement official engaged in the
40	74		7 conduct of his or her official duties. Any school official
41	75		8 acting in good faith who makes such a report under this Section
42	76		9 shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that
43	77		10 might otherwise be incurred as a result of making the report.
44	78		11 The identity of the school official making such report shall
45	79		12 not be disclosed except as expressly and specifically
46	80		13 authorized by law. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply
47	81		14 with this Section is a petty offense. A second or subsequent
48	82		15 offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
49	83		16 (b) Upon receiving a report from any school official
50	84		17 pursuant to this Section, or from any other person, the
51	85		18 principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a
52	86		19 local law enforcement agency. If the person found to be in
53	87		20 possession of a firearm on school grounds is a student, the
54	88		21 principal or his or her designee shall also immediately notify
55	89		22 that student's parent or guardian. If the report pertains to a
56	90		23 threat of firearm violence made by a student, the principal or
57		-	24 the principal's designee shall ~~attempt to~~ notify that
58		-	25 student's parent or guardian ~~as soon as possible~~. The
59		-	26 ~~principal or principal's designee shall further attempt to~~
	91	+	24 the principal's designee shall immediately notify that
	92	+	25 student's parent or guardian. The principal or principal's
	93	+	26 designee, in coordination with the local law enforcement
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70		-	1 ~~contact~~ the student's parent or ~~guardian so that the parent or~~
71		-	2 guardian ~~may~~ ensure that the student does not have access to a
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	104	+	1 agency, shall attempt to meet with the student's parent or
	105	+	2 guardian to ensure that the student does not have access to a
72	106		3 firearm. Any principal or his or her designee acting in good
73	107		4 faith who makes such reports under this Section shall have
74	108		5 immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might
75	109		6 otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making the
76	110		7 reports. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this
77	111		8 Section is a petty offense. A second or subsequent offense is a
78	112		9 Class C misdemeanor. If the person found to be in possession of
79	113		10 the firearm on school grounds is a minor, the law enforcement
80	114		11 agency shall detain that minor until such time as the agency
81	115		12 makes a determination pursuant to clause (a) of subsection (1)
82	116		13 of Section 5-401 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as to
83	117		14 whether the agency reasonably believes that the minor is
84	118		15 delinquent. If the law enforcement agency determines that
85	119		16 probable cause exists to believe that the minor committed a
86	120		17 violation of item (4) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the
87	121		18 Criminal Code of 2012 while on school grounds, the agency
88	122		19 shall detain the minor for processing pursuant to Section
89	123		20 5-407 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
90	124		21 (c) Upon receipt of any written, electronic, or verbal
91	125		22 report from any school personnel regarding a verified incident
92	126		23 involving a firearm in a school or on school owned or leased
93	127		24 property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by
94	128		25 the school for the transport of students or school personnel,
95	129		26 the superintendent or his or her designee shall report all
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106	140		1 such firearm-related incidents occurring in a school or on
107	141		2 school property to the local law enforcement authorities
108	142		3 immediately.
109	143		4 (c-5) Schools shall report any written, electronic, or
110	144		5 verbal report of a verified incident involving a firearm made
111	145		6 under subsection (c) to the State Board of Education through
112	146		7 existing school incident reporting systems as they occur
113	147		8 during the year by no later than August 1 of each year. The
114	148		9 State Board of Education shall report data by school district,
115	149		10 as collected from school districts, and make it available to
116	150		11 the public via its website. The local law enforcement
117	151		12 authority shall, by March 1 of each year, report the required
118	152		13 data from the previous year to the Illinois State Police's
119	153		14 Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which shall be
120	154		15 included in its annual Crime in Illinois report.
121	155		16 (d) As used in this Section, the term "firearm" shall have
122	156		17 the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
123	157		18 Identification Card Act.
124	158		19 As used in this Section, the term "school" means any
125	159		20 public or private elementary or secondary school.
126	160		21 As used in this Section, the term "school grounds"
127	161		22 includes the real property comprising any school, any
128	162		23 conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to
129	163		24 transport students to or from school or a school-related
130	164		25 activity, or any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
131	165		26 property comprising any school.
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142	176		1 (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
143	177		2 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-609, eff.
144	178		3 7-1-24.)
145	179		4 (Text of Section from P.A. 103-780)
146	180		5 Sec. 10-27.1A. Firearms in schools.
147	181		6 (a) All school officials, including teachers, school
148	182		7 counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the
149	183		8 office of the principal in the event that they:
150	184		9 (1) observe any person in possession of a firearm on
151	185		10 school grounds;
152	186		11 (2) become aware of any person in possession of a
153	187		12 firearm on school grounds; or
154	188		13 (3) become aware of any threat of gun violence on
155	189		14 school grounds;
156	190		15 provided that taking such immediate action to notify the
157	191		16 office of the principal would not immediately endanger the
158	192		17 health, safety, or welfare of students who are under the
159	193		18 direct supervision of the school official or the school
160	194		19 official. If the health, safety, or welfare of students under
161	195		20 the direct supervision of the school official or of the school
162	196		21 official is immediately endangered, the school official shall
163	197		22 notify the office of the principal as soon as the students
164	198		23 under his or her supervision and he or she are no longer under
165	199		24 immediate danger. A report is not required by this Section
166	200		25 when the school official knows that the person in possession
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177	211		1 of the firearm is a law enforcement official engaged in the
178	212		2 conduct of his or her official duties. Any school official
179	213		3 acting in good faith who makes such a report under this Section
180	214		4 shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that
181	215		5 might otherwise be incurred as a result of making the report.
182	216		6 The identity of the school official making such report shall
183	217		7 not be disclosed except as expressly and specifically
184	218		8 authorized by law. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply
185	219		9 with this Section is a petty offense. A second or subsequent
186	220		10 offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
187	221		11 (b) Upon receiving a report from any school official
188	222		12 pursuant to this Section, or from any other person, the
189	223		13 principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a
190	224		14 local law enforcement agency. If the person found to be in
191	225		15 possession of a firearm on school grounds is a student, the
192	226		16 principal or his or her designee shall also immediately notify
193	227		17 that student's parent or guardian. If the report pertains to a
194	228		18 threat of firearm violence made by a student, the principal or
195		-	19 the principal's designee shall ~~attempt to~~ notify that
196		-	20 student's parent or guardian ~~as soon as possible~~. The
197		-	21 ~~principal or principal's designee shall further attempt to~~
198		-	22 ~~contact~~ the student's parent or ~~guardian so that the parent or~~
199		-	23 guardian ~~may~~ ensure that the student does not have access to a
	229	+	19 the principal's designee shall immediately notify that
	230	+	20 student's parent or guardian. The principal or principal's
	231	+	21 designee, in coordination with the local law enforcement
	232	+	22 agency, shall attempt to meet with the student's parent or
	233	+	23 guardian to ensure that the student does not have access to a
200	234		24 firearm. Any principal or his or her designee acting in good
201	235		25 faith who makes such reports under this Section shall have
202	236		26 immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might
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213	247		1 otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of making the
214	248		2 reports. Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this
215	249		3 Section is a petty offense. A second or subsequent offense is a
216	250		4 Class C misdemeanor. If the person found to be in possession of
217	251		5 the firearm on school grounds is a minor, the law enforcement
218	252		6 agency shall detain that minor until such time as the agency
219	253		7 makes a determination pursuant to clause (a) of subsection (1)
220	254		8 of Section 5-401 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as to
221	255		9 whether the agency reasonably believes that the minor is
222	256		10 delinquent. If the law enforcement agency determines that
223	257		11 probable cause exists to believe that the minor committed a
224	258		12 violation of item (4) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the
225	259		13 Criminal Code of 2012 while on school grounds, the agency
226	260		14 shall detain the minor for processing pursuant to Section
227	261		15 5-407 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
228	262		16 (c) Upon receipt of any written, electronic, or verbal
229	263		17 report from any school personnel regarding a verified incident
230	264		18 involving a firearm in a school or on school owned or leased
231	265		19 property, including any conveyance owned, leased, or used by
232	266		20 the school for the transport of students or school personnel,
233	267		21 the superintendent or his or her designee shall report all
234	268		22 such firearm-related incidents occurring in a school or on
235	269		23 school property to the local law enforcement authorities
236	270		24 immediately.
237	271		25 (c-5) Schools shall report any written, electronic, or
238	272		26 verbal report of a verified incident involving a firearm made
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249	283		1 under subsection (c) to the State Board of Education through
250	284		2 existing school incident reporting systems as they occur
251	285		3 during the year by no later than July 31 for the previous
252	286		4 school year. The State Board of Education shall report data by
253	287		5 school district, as collected from school districts, and make
254	288		6 it available to the public via its website. The local law
255	289		7 enforcement authority shall, by March 1 of each year, report
256	290		8 the required data from the previous year to the Illinois State
257	291		9 Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which shall
258	292		10 be included in its annual Crime in Illinois report.
259	293		11 (d) As used in this Section, the term "firearm" shall have
260	294		12 the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
261	295		13 Identification Card Act.
262	296		14 As used in this Section, the term "school" means any
263	297		15 public or private elementary or secondary school.
264	298		16 As used in this Section, the term "school grounds"
265	299		17 includes the real property comprising any school, any
266	300		18 conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to
267	301		19 transport students to or from school or a school-related
268	302		20 activity, or any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
269	303		21 property comprising any school.
270	304		22 (Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
271	305		23 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-780, eff.
272	306		24 8-2-24.)
273		-	25 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
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284		-	1 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
285		-	2 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
286		-	3 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
287		-	4 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
288		-	5 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
289		-	6 Public Act.
290		-	7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
291		-	8 becoming law.
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