Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the provisions prohibiting the carrying of a concealed firearm in certain areas prevents a concealed carry licensee who is a county or State correctional officer, a judge of the Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court of this State or an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, a judge of the United States District Court, United States Court of Appeals, or the United States Supreme Court, a State's Attorney, or Assistant State's Attorney with the consent of the State's Attorney, from carrying a concealed firearm in any area prohibited by these provisions, other than an area where firearms are prohibited under federal law.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5518 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Brandon Phelps [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Pritchard [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Verschoore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Bradley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Unes [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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