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Illinois House Bill HB1474

Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1474 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 66/65 Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates a provision that provides a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun shall not knowingly carry a firearm on any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for in whole or in part with public funds, or any building, real property, and parking area under the control of a public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part with public funds. LRB104 03485 RLC 13508 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1474 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 430 ILCS 66/65 430 ILCS 66/65 Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates a provision that provides a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun shall not knowingly carry a firearm on any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for in whole or in part with public funds, or any building, real property, and parking area under the control of a public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part with public funds. LRB104 03485 RLC 13508 b LRB104 03485 RLC 13508 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning safety.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
1515 5 changing Section 65 as follows:
1616 6 (430 ILCS 66/65)
1717 7 Sec. 65. Prohibited areas.
1818 8 (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a
1919 9 firearm on or into:
2020 10 (1) Any building, real property, and parking area
2121 11 under the control of a public or private elementary or
2222 12 secondary school.
2323 13 (2) Any building, real property, and parking area
2424 14 under the control of a pre-school or child care facility,
2525 15 including any room or portion of a building under the
2626 16 control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in
2727 17 this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care
2828 18 facility in a family home from owning or possessing a
2929 19 firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child
3030 20 under child care at the home is present in the home or the
3131 21 firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a
3232 22 child under child care at the home is present in the home.
3333 23 (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a
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6868 1 building under the control of an officer of the executive
6969 2 or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing
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7171 4 a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or
7272 5 trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural
7373 6 Resources or any other designated public hunting area or
7474 7 building where firearm possession is permitted as
7575 8 established by the Department of Natural Resources under
7676 9 Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code.
7777 10 (4) Any building designated for matters before a
7878 11 circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or
7979 12 any building or portion of a building under the control of
8080 13 the Supreme Court.
8181 14 (5) Any building or portion of a building under the
8282 15 control of a unit of local government.
8383 16 (6) Any building, real property, and parking area
8484 17 under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or
8585 18 correctional institution, prison, or jail.
8686 19 (7) Any building, real property, and parking area
8787 20 under the control of a public or private hospital or
8888 21 hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing
8989 22 home.
9090 23 (8) (Blank). Any bus, train, or form of transportation
9191 24 paid for in whole or in part with public funds, and any
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9393 26 control of a public transportation facility paid for in
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104104 1 whole or in part with public funds.
105105 2 (9) Any building, real property, and parking area
106106 3 under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol
107107 4 on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's
108108 5 gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale
109109 6 of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly
110110 7 fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as
111111 8 provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false
112112 9 statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed
113113 10 firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty
114114 11 under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor
115115 12 Control Act of 1934.
116116 13 (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted
117117 14 on property open to the public that requires the issuance
118118 15 of a permit from the unit of local government, provided
119119 16 this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must
120120 17 walk through a public gathering in order to access his or
121121 18 her residence, place of business, or vehicle.
122122 19 (11) Any building or real property that has been
123123 20 issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in
124124 21 Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time
125125 22 designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event
126126 23 Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as
127127 24 defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor
128128 25 Control Act during the time designated for the sale of
129129 26 alcohol by the Special use permit license.
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140140 1 (12) Any public playground.
141141 2 (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic
142142 3 facility under the control of a municipality or park
143143 4 district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit
144144 5 a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a
145145 6 trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway
146146 7 includes a public park.
147147 8 (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook
148148 9 County Forest Preserve District.
149149 10 (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical
150150 11 clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue,
151151 12 entertainment venue, officially recognized
152152 13 university-related organization property, whether owned or
153153 14 leased, and any real property, including parking areas,
154154 15 sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public
155155 16 or private community college, college, or university.
156156 17 (16) Any building, real property, or parking area
157157 18 under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the
158158 19 Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
159159 20 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
160160 21 (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or
161161 22 parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any
162162 23 collegiate or professional sporting event.
163163 24 (18) Any building, real property, or parking area
164164 25 under the control of a public library.
165165 26 (19) Any building, real property, or parking area
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176176 1 under the control of an airport.
177177 2 (20) Any building, real property, or parking area
178178 3 under the control of an amusement park.
179179 4 (21) Any building, real property, or parking area
180180 5 under the control of a zoo or museum.
181181 6 (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property,
182182 7 building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used
183183 8 by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site
184184 9 or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory
185185 10 Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance
186186 11 store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a
187187 12 compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere
188188 13 in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property,
189189 14 building, or facility described in this paragraph.
190190 15 (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under
191191 16 federal law.
192192 17 (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or
193193 18 private community college, college, or university from:
194194 19 (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within
195195 20 a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or
196196 21 university;
197197 22 (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
198198 23 regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and
199199 24 discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
200200 25 (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
201201 26 regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which
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212212 1 must include designated areas where persons can park
213213 2 vehicles that carry firearms; and
214214 3 (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the
215215 4 purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially
216216 5 recognized programs, including but not limited to military
217217 6 science and law enforcement training programs, or in any
218218 7 designated area used for hunting purposes or target
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220220 9 (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may
221221 10 prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property
222222 11 under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in
223223 12 accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that
224224 13 firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property
225225 14 is a private residence.
226226 15 (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of
227227 16 this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection
228228 17 (a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm
229229 18 into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in
230230 19 subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be
231231 20 permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her
232232 21 person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a
233233 22 firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked
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235235 24 vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed
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