104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1405 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1720 ILCS 5/24-1.6720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases penalties by one class for unlawful possession of weapons when a person knowingly: (1) carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm; or (2) carries or possesses on or about his or her person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality except when an invitee in or on the public street, alley, or other public lands, for the purpose of the display of the weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm. Provides that a first offense of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon committed with a firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where certain factors exist is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony), for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Increases the penalty by one class for unlawful possession of firearms. Makes other changes. LRB104 03232 RLC 13254 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1405 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1720 ILCS 5/24-1.6720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1 720 ILCS 5/24-1.6 720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases penalties by one class for unlawful possession of weapons when a person knowingly: (1) carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm; or (2) carries or possesses on or about his or her person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality except when an invitee in or on the public street, alley, or other public lands, for the purpose of the display of the weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm. Provides that a first offense of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon committed with a firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where certain factors exist is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony), for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Increases the penalty by one class for unlawful possession of firearms. Makes other changes. LRB104 03232 RLC 13254 b LRB104 03232 RLC 13254 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1405 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1720 ILCS 5/24-1.6720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1 720 ILCS 5/24-1.6 720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases penalties by one class for unlawful possession of weapons when a person knowingly: (1) carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm; or (2) carries or possesses on or about his or her person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality except when an invitee in or on the public street, alley, or other public lands, for the purpose of the display of the weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm. Provides that a first offense of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon committed with a firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where certain factors exist is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony), for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Increases the penalty by one class for unlawful possession of firearms. Makes other changes.
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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 Sections 24-1, 24-1.6, and 24-3.1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-822)
8 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.
9 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of
10 weapons when he knowingly:
11 (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
12 carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
13 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
14 regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any
15 knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which
16 has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure
17 applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle
18 of the knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that
19 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
20 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
21 (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
22 unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
23 dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1405 Introduced , by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1720 ILCS 5/24-1.6720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1 720 ILCS 5/24-1.6 720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6
720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases penalties by one class for unlawful possession of weapons when a person knowingly: (1) carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm; or (2) carries or possesses on or about his or her person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a municipality except when an invitee in or on the public street, alley, or other public lands, for the purpose of the display of the weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm. Provides that a first offense of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon committed with a firearm by a person 18 years of age or older where certain factors exist is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony), for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Increases the penalty by one class for unlawful possession of firearms. Makes other changes.
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1 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
2 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
3 (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
4 unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church,
5 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
6 used for religious worship; or
7 (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
8 tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
9 noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
10 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
11 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person
12 18 years of age or older; or
13 (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
14 on or about his person except when on his land or in his
15 own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or
16 on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as
17 an invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
18 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
19 this subsection (a)(4) does not apply to or affect
20 transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
21 conditions:
22 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
23 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
24 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
25 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
26 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
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1 Owner's Identification Card; or
2 (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
3 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
4 been issued a currently valid license under the
5 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
6 (5) Sets a spring gun; or
7 (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
8 designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
9 of any firearm; or
10 (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11 carries:
12 (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
13 purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
14 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
15 restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
16 without manually reloading by a single function of the
17 trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
18 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
19 or carries any combination of parts designed or
20 intended for use in converting any weapon into a
21 machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
22 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
23 possession or under the control of a person;
24 (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less
25 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
26 more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any
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1 weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
2 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a
3 weapon as modified has an overall length of less than
4 26 inches; or
5 (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
6 other container containing an explosive substance of
7 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
8 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
9 cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
10 (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or
11 taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is
12 licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
13 gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any
14 governmental body or any public gathering at which an
15 admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing,
16 demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of
17 unloaded firearms is conducted.
18 This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
19 or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
20 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to
21 persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
22 (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
23 his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
24 or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded,
25 robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her
26 identity; or
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1 (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
2 person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
3 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
4 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
5 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
6 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land
7 or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
8 of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
9 another person as an invitee with that person's
10 permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or
11 other firearm, except that this subsection (a)(10) does
12 not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet
13 one of the following conditions:
14 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
15 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
16 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
17 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
18 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
19 Owner's Identification Card; or
20 (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
21 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
22 been issued a currently valid license under the
23 Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
24 A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
25 means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
26 charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
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1 several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
2 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
3 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
4 to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
5 device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
6 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
7 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
8 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
9 to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
10 (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports,
11 possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or
12 .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or
13 any explosive bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a)
14 "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of an
15 ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an
16 explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the
17 flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular
18 metal case having a projectile affixed at the front
19 thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with
20 the propellant contained in such tube between the
21 projectile and the cap; or
22 (12) (Blank); or
23 (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
24 person while in a building occupied by a unit of
25 government, a billy club, other weapon of like character,
26 or other instrument of like character intended for use as
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1 a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club"
2 means a short stick or club commonly carried by police
3 officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a
4 solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
5 (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to
6 sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any
7 device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of
8 parts that is designed to and functions to increase the
9 rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard
10 rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not
11 equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts;
12 or
13 (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50
14 caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
15 (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or
16 purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle in
17 violation of Section 24-1.9.
18 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
19 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
20 subsection 24-1(a)(11), subsection 24-1(a)(13), or 24-1(a)(15)
21 commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a
22 violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
23 Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
24 subsection 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or
25 24-1(a)(16) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a
26 violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony
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1 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
2 than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is
3 possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as
4 defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on
5 the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall
6 be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a second or
7 subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
8 24-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(a)(15) commits a Class 3
9 felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
10 24-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits a Class 2 felony. The
11 possession of each weapon or device in violation of this
12 Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
13 (c) Violations in specific places.
14 (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
15 24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
16 the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
17 or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
18 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
19 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the
20 real property comprising any school, regardless of the
21 time of day or the time of year, on residential property
22 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
23 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
24 site or mixed-income development, on the real property
25 comprising any public park, on the real property
26 comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased
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1 or contracted by a school to transport students to or from
2 school or a school related activity, in any conveyance
3 owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation
4 agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
5 property comprising any school, public park, courthouse,
6 public transportation facility, or residential property
7 owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
8 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
9 site or mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony
10 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
11 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
12 (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
13 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
14 the time of day or the time of year, in residential
15 property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing
16 agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
17 scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
18 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any
19 school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year,
20 on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
21 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
22 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
23 on the real property comprising any public park, on the
24 real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
25 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
26 students to or from school or a school related activity,
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1 in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
2 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
3 feet of the real property comprising any school, public
4 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
5 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
6 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
7 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
8 commits a Class 3 felony.
9 (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
10 24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
11 time of day or the time of year, in residential property
12 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
13 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
14 site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
15 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
16 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
17 residential property owned, operated or managed by a
18 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
19 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
20 on the real property comprising any public park, on the
21 real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
22 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
23 students to or from school or a school related activity,
24 in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
25 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
26 feet of the real property comprising any school, public
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1 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
2 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
3 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
4 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
5 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
6 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court
7 of this State for the conduct of official business.
8 (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
9 (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or
10 security officers of such school, college, or university
11 or to students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
12 training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
13 school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
14 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
15 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
16 package.
17 (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
18 means any public or private elementary or secondary
19 school, community college, college, or university.
20 (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
21 transportation agency" means a public or private agency
22 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
23 persons by means available to the general public, except
24 for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
25 of the general public as passengers; and "public
26 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
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1 where one may obtain public transportation.
2 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
3 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
4 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
5 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
6 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
7 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
8 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
9 upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
10 such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
11 operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
12 and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
13 shall not apply to the driver.
14 (e) Exemptions.
15 (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
16 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
17 knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
18 this Section.
19 (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
20 of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture,
21 purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly
22 referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that
23 opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
24 spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not
25 apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm
26 Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
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1 her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an
2 entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
3 switchblade knives.
4 (Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
5 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
6 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-822)
7 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful possession of weapons.
8 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of
9 weapons when he knowingly:
10 (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11 carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
13 regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any
14 knife, commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which
15 has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure
16 applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle
17 of the knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that
18 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
19 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
20 (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
21 unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
22 dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
23 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
24 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
25 (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
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1 unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church,
2 synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
3 used for religious worship; or
4 (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
5 tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
6 noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
7 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
8 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person
9 18 years of age or older; or
10 (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed
11 on or about his or her person except when on his or her
12 land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed
13 place of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling
14 of another person as an invitee with that person's
15 permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
16 other firearm, except that this subsection (a)(4) does not
17 apply to or affect transportation of weapons that meet one
18 of the following conditions:
19 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
20 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
21 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
22 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
23 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
24 Owner's Identification Card; or
25 (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
26 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
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1 been issued a currently valid license under the
2 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or
3 (5) Sets a spring gun; or
4 (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
5 designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
6 of any firearm; or
7 (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
8 carries:
9 (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
10 purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
11 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
12 restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
13 without manually reloading by a single function of the
14 trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
15 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
16 or carries any combination of parts designed or
17 intended for use in converting any weapon into a
18 machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
19 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
20 possession or under the control of a person;
21 (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less
22 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
23 more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any
24 weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
25 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a
26 weapon as modified has an overall length of less than
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1 26 inches; or
2 (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
3 other container containing an explosive substance of
4 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
5 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
6 cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
7 (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or
8 taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is
9 licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
10 gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any
11 governmental body or any public gathering at which an
12 admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing,
13 demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of
14 unloaded firearms is conducted.
15 This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
16 or raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
17 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to
18 persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
19 (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
20 his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
21 or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded,
22 robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her
23 identity; or
24 (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
25 person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
26 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
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1 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
2 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
3 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or
4 her land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or
5 fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal
6 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
7 person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or
8 taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
9 (a)(10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
10 weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
11 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
12 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
13 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
14 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
15 person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
16 Owner's Identification Card; or
17 (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
18 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
19 been issued a currently valid license under the
20 Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
21 A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
22 means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
23 charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
24 several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
25 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
26 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
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1 to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
2 device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
3 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
4 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
5 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
6 to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
7 (11) Sells, manufactures, delivers, imports,
8 possesses, or purchases any assault weapon attachment or
9 .50 caliber cartridge in violation of Section 24-1.9 or
10 any explosive bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a)
11 "explosive bullet" means the projectile portion of an
12 ammunition cartridge which contains or carries an
13 explosive charge which will explode upon contact with the
14 flesh of a human or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular
15 metal case having a projectile affixed at the front
16 thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with
17 the propellant contained in such tube between the
18 projectile and the cap; or
19 (12) (Blank); or
20 (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
21 person while in a building occupied by a unit of
22 government, a billy club, other weapon of like character,
23 or other instrument of like character intended for use as
24 a weapon. For the purposes of this Section, "billy club"
25 means a short stick or club commonly carried by police
26 officers which is either telescopic or constructed of a
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1 solid piece of wood or other man-made material; or
2 (14) Manufactures, possesses, sells, or offers to
3 sell, purchase, manufacture, import, transfer, or use any
4 device, part, kit, tool, accessory, or combination of
5 parts that is designed to and functions to increase the
6 rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard
7 rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not
8 equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts;
9 or
10 (15) Carries or possesses any assault weapon or .50
11 caliber rifle in violation of Section 24-1.9; or
12 (16) Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or
13 purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle in
14 violation of Section 24-1.9.
15 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
16 subsection 24-1(a)(1), subsection 24-1(a)(2), subsection
17 24-1(a)(3), subsection 24-1(a)(5), through (5), subsection
18 24-1(a)(10), subsection 24-1(a)(11), subsection 24-1(a)(13),
19 or 24-1(a)(15) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person
20 convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
21 24-1(a)(10), 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4
22 felony; a person convicted of a violation of subsection
23 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7)(ii), 24-1(a)(7)(iii), or 24-1(a)(16)
24 commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of
25 subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony and shall be
26 sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years
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1 and not more than 7 years, unless the weapon is possessed in
2 the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in
3 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person,
4 while the weapon is loaded, in which case it shall be a Class X
5 felony. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation
6 of subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10),
7 or 24-1(a)(15) commits a Class 3 felony. A person convicted of
8 a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(2.5) or 24-1(a)(14) commits
9 a Class 2 felony. The possession of each weapon or device in
10 violation of this Section constitutes a single and separate
11 violation.
12 (c) Violations in specific places.
13 (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
14 24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
15 the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
16 or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
17 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
18 development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the
19 real property comprising any school, regardless of the
20 time of day or the time of year, on residential property
21 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
22 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
23 site or mixed-income development, on the real property
24 comprising any public park, on the real property
25 comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased
26 or contracted by a school to transport students to or from
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1 school or a school related activity, in any conveyance
2 owned, leased, or contracted by a public transportation
3 agency, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
4 property comprising any school, public park, courthouse,
5 public transportation facility, or residential property
6 owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
7 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
8 site or mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony
9 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
10 less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
11 (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
12 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
13 the time of day or the time of year, in residential
14 property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing
15 agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
16 scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
17 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising any
18 school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year,
19 on residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
20 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
21 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
22 on the real property comprising any public park, on the
23 real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
24 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
25 students to or from school or a school related activity,
26 in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
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1 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
2 feet of the real property comprising any school, public
3 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
4 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
5 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
6 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
7 commits a Class 3 felony.
8 (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
9 24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
10 time of day or the time of year, in residential property
11 owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
12 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
13 site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
14 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
15 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
16 residential property owned, operated or managed by a
17 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
18 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
19 on the real property comprising any public park, on the
20 real property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
21 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
22 students to or from school or a school related activity,
23 in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
24 transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
25 feet of the real property comprising any school, public
26 park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
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1 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
2 public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
3 as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
4 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
5 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court
6 of this State for the conduct of official business.
7 (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
8 (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or
9 security officers of such school, college, or university
10 or to students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
11 training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
12 school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
13 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
14 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
15 package.
16 (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
17 means any public or private elementary or secondary
18 school, community college, college, or university.
19 (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
20 transportation agency" means a public or private agency
21 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
22 persons by means available to the general public, except
23 for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
24 of the general public as passengers; and "public
25 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
26 where one may obtain public transportation.
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1 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
2 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
3 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
4 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
5 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
6 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
7 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
8 upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
9 such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
10 operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
11 and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
12 shall not apply to the driver.
13 (e) Exemptions.
14 (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
15 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
16 knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
17 this Section.
18 (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
19 of this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture,
20 purchase, possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly
21 referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that
22 opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
23 spring or other device in the handle of the knife, does not
24 apply to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm
25 Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
26 her name by the Illinois State Police or to a person or an
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1 entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
2 switchblade knives.
3 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23;
4 103-822, eff. 1-1-25.)
5 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
6 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-822)
7 Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
8 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful
9 use of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
10 (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
11 vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
12 when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
13 dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
14 the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
15 that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun
16 or taser or other firearm; or
17 (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
18 person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
19 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or
20 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
21 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
22 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or
23 her own land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or
24 fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal
25 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
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1 person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
2 taser or other firearm; and
3 (3) One of the following factors is present:
4 (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
5 handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and
6 immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
7 (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
8 was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible at the
9 time of the offense and the person possessing the
10 pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a
11 currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed
12 Carry Act; or
13 (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
14 handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the
15 ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible
16 at the time of the offense; or
17 (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
18 was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for the
19 weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the
20 offense and the person possessing the pistol,
21 revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently
22 valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act;
23 or
24 (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
25 issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
26 Identification Card; or
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1 (D) the person possessing the weapon was
2 previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
3 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
4 by an adult would be a felony; or
5 (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
6 in a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control
7 Act, in a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois
8 Controlled Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor
9 violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
10 Protection Act; or
11 (F) (blank); or
12 (G) the person possessing the weapon had an order
13 of protection issued against him or her within the
14 previous 2 years; or
15 (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
16 in the commission or attempted commission of a
17 misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
18 against the person or property of another; or
19 (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
20 years of age and in possession of a handgun, unless the
21 person under 21 is engaged in lawful activities under
22 the Wildlife Code or described in subsection
23 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
24 (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning
25 given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
26 (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
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1 same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
2 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
3 transportation or possession of weapons that:
4 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
5 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
6 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
7 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person
8 who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
9 Identification Card.
10 (d) Sentence.
11 (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
12 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
13 for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
14 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
15 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the
16 Unified Code of Corrections.
17 (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
18 (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
19 unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
20 person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
21 both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and (C) of
22 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a Class 4
23 felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term
24 of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than
25 3 years.
26 (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person
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1 who has been previously convicted of a felony in this
2 State or another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for
3 which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
4 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
5 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the
6 Unified Code of Corrections.
7 (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
8 or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
9 by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
10 Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5
11 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
12 felony.
13 (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
14 Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
15 (Source: P.A. 100-3, eff. 1-1-18; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
16 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-822)
17 Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
18 (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful
19 possession of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
20 (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
21 vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
22 when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
23 dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
24 the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
25 that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun
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1 or taser or other firearm; or
2 (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
3 person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
4 lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or
5 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
6 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
7 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or
8 her own land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or
9 fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal
10 dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
11 person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
12 taser or other firearm; and
13 (3) One of the following factors is present:
14 (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
15 handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and
16 immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
17 (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
18 was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible at the
19 time of the offense and the person possessing the
20 pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a
21 currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed
22 Carry Act; or
23 (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or
24 handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the
25 ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible
26 at the time of the offense; or
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1 (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed
2 was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for the
3 weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the
4 offense and the person possessing the pistol,
5 revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently
6 valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act;
7 or
8 (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
9 issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
10 Identification Card; or
11 (D) the person possessing the weapon was
12 previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
13 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
14 by an adult would be a felony; or
15 (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
16 in a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control
17 Act, in a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois
18 Controlled Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor
19 violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
20 Protection Act; or
21 (F) (blank); or
22 (G) the person possessing the weapon had an order
23 of protection issued against him or her within the
24 previous 2 years; or
25 (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged
26 in the commission or attempted commission of a
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1 misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
2 against the person or property of another; or
3 (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
4 years of age and in possession of a handgun, unless the
5 person under 21 is engaged in lawful activities under
6 the Wildlife Code or described in subsection
7 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f).
8 (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning
9 given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
10 (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
11 same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
12 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
13 transportation or possession of weapons that:
14 (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
15 (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
16 (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
17 carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a person
18 who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
19 Identification Card.
20 (d) Sentence.
21 (1) Aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon is a
22 Class 3 4 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class
23 2 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term
24 of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than
25 7 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of
26 the Unified Code of Corrections.
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1 (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
2 (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
3 unlawful possession of a weapon committed with a firearm
4 by a person 18 years of age or older where the factors
5 listed in both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and
6 (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a
7 Class 3 4 felony, for which the person shall be sentenced
8 to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 one year and
9 not more than 5 3 years.
10 (3) Aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon by a
11 person who has been previously convicted of a felony in
12 this State or another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for
13 which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
14 imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
15 years, except as provided for in Section 5-4.5-110 of the
16 Unified Code of Corrections.
17 (4) Aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon while
18 wearing or in possession of body armor as defined in
19 Section 33F-1 by a person who has not been issued a valid
20 Firearms Owner's Identification Card in accordance with
21 Section 5 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
22 a Class X felony.
23 (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
24 Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
25 (Source: P.A. 103-822, eff. 1-1-25.)
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1 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)
2 Sec. 24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm
3 ammunition.
4 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of
5 firearms or firearm ammunition when:
6 (1) He or she is under 18 years of age and has in his
7 or her possession any firearm of a size which may be
8 concealed upon the person; or
9 (2) He or she is under 21 years of age, has been
10 convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
11 adjudged delinquent and has any firearms or firearm
12 ammunition in his or her possession; or
13 (3) He or she is a narcotic addict and has any firearms
14 or firearm ammunition in his or her possession; or
15 (4) He or she has been a patient in a mental
16 institution within the past 5 years and has any firearms
17 or firearm ammunition in his or her possession. For
18 purposes of this paragraph (4):
19 "Mental institution" means any hospital,
20 institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
21 health center, or part thereof, which is used
22 primarily for the care or treatment of persons with
23 mental illness.
24 "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
25 was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
26 a mental institution for mental health treatment,
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1 unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
2 alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
3 substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or
4 (5) He or she is a person with an intellectual
5 disability and has any firearms or firearm ammunition in
6 his or her possession; or
7 (6) He or she has in his or her possession any
8 explosive bullet.
9 For purposes of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means
10 the projectile portion of an ammunition cartridge which
11 contains or carries an explosive charge which will explode
12 upon contact with the flesh of a human or an animal.
13 "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having a projectile
14 affixed at the front thereof and a cap or primer at the rear
15 end thereof, with the propellant contained in such tube
16 between the projectile and the cap.
17 (b) Sentence.
18 Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and
19 firearm ammunition is a Class A misdemeanor. Unlawful
20 possession of firearms handguns is a Class 4 felony. The
21 possession of each firearm or firearm ammunition in violation
22 of this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
23 (c) Nothing in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
24 Section prohibits a person under 18 years of age from
25 participating in any lawful recreational activity with a
26 firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at
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1 targets upon established public or private target ranges or
2 hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife
3 Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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