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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB3297

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Harry Benton 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 66/65

 Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. In provisions prohibiting a person licensed under the Act from knowingly carrying a firearm on or into a building or portion of a building under the control of a unit of local government, provides that a retired police officer may carry a concealed firearm on the premises of the retired officer's former governmental employer if (i) the retired officer is authorized to carry a concealed firearm under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and (ii) the retired officer's actions are authorized by ordinance.

LRB104 09333 BDA 19391 b

A BILL FOR

HB3297LRB104 09333 BDA 19391 b

1 AN ACT concerning safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by 

5changing Section 65 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 66/65)

7 Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. 

8 (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a 

9firearm on or into:

10 (1) Any building, real property, and parking area 

11 under the control of a public or private elementary or 

12 secondary school.

13 (2) Any building, real property, and parking area 

14 under the control of a pre-school or child care facility, 

15 including any room or portion of a building under the 

16 control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in 

17 this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care 

18 facility in a family home from owning or possessing a 

19 firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child 

20 under child care at the home is present in the home or th