Bill Text: IL HB0836 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Creates the Health Insurance Coverage Premium Misalignment Study Act. Sets forth provisions concerning the purpose of the Act and findings. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall oversee a study to explore rate setting approaches that may yield a misalignment of premiums across different tiers of coverage in Illinois' individual health insurance market. Provides that the study shall produce cost estimates for Illinois residents addressing metal-level premium misalignment policy along with the impact of the policy on health insurance affordability and access and the uninsured rates for low-income and middle-income residents, with break-out data by geography, race, ethnicity, and income level. Provides that the study shall evaluate how premium realignment if implemented would affect costs and outcomes for Illinoisans. Provides that the Department shall develop and submit, no later than January 1, 2024, a report to the General Assembly and the Governor concerning the design, costs, benefits, and implementation of premium realignment to increase affordability and access to health care coverage that leverages existing State infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0900 [HB0836 Detail]

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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 is
amended by changing Sections 5-10, 15-25, 20-20, 25-20, 35-40,
and 35-45 as follows:
(225 ILCS 447/5-10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 5-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Address of record" means the designated address recorded
by the Department in the applicant's application file or the
licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's
licensure maintenance unit.
"Advertisement" means any public media, including printed
or electronic material, that is published or displayed in a
phone book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, newsletter,
website, or other similar type of publication or electronic
format that is intended to either attract business or merely
provide contact information to the public for an agency or
licensee. Advertisement shall not include a licensee's or an
agency's letterhead, business cards, or other stationery used
in routine business correspondence or customary name, address,

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and number type listings in a telephone directory.
"Alarm system" means any system, including an electronic
access control system, a surveillance video system, a security
video system, a burglar alarm system, a fire alarm system, or
any other electronic system that activates an audible,
visible, remote, or recorded signal that is designed for the
protection or detection of intrusion, entry, theft, fire,
vandalism, escape, or trespass, or other electronic systems
designed for the protection of life by indicating the
existence of an emergency situation. "Alarm system" also
includes an emergency communication system and a mass
notification system.
"Applicant" means a person or business applying for
licensure, registration, or authorization under this Act. Any
applicant or person who holds himself or herself out as an
applicant is considered a licensee or registrant for the
purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
"Armed employee" means a licensee or registered person who
is employed by an agency licensed or an armed proprietary
security force registered under this Act who carries a weapon
while engaged in the performance of official duties within the
course and scope of his or her employment during the hours and
times the employee is scheduled to work or is commuting
between his or her home or place of employment.
"Armed proprietary security force" means a security force

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made up of one or more armed individuals employed by a
commercial or industrial operation or by a financial
institution as security officers for the protection of persons
or property.
"Board" means the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Board.
"Branch office" means a business location removed from the
place of business for which an agency license has been issued,
including, but not limited to, locations where active employee
records that are required to be maintained under this Act are
kept, where prospective new employees are processed, or where
members of the public are invited in to transact business. A
branch office does not include an office or other facility
located on the property of an existing client that is utilized
solely for the benefit of that client and is not owned or
leased by the agency.
"Canine handler" means a person who uses or handles a
trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
investigations.
"Canine handler authorization card" means a card issued by
the Department that authorizes the holder to use or handle a
trained dog to protect persons or property or to conduct
investigations during the performance of his or her duties as
specified in this Act.
"Canine trainer" means a person who acts as a dog trainer
for the purpose of training dogs to protect persons or

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property or to conduct investigations.
"Canine trainer authorization card" means a card issued by
the Department that authorizes the holder to train a dog to
protect persons or property or to conduct investigations
during the performance of his or her duties as specified in
this Act.
"Canine training facility" means a facility operated by a
licensed private detective agency or private security
contractor agency wherein dogs are trained for the purposes of
protecting persons or property or to conduct investigations.
"Corporation" means an artificial person or legal entity
created by or under the authority of the laws of a state,
including without limitation a corporation, limited liability
company, or any other legal entity.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
"Emergency communication system" means any system that
communicates information about emergencies, including but not
limited to fire, terrorist activities, shootings, other
dangerous situations, accidents, and natural disasters.
"Employee" means a person who works for a person or agency
that has the right to control the details of the work performed
and is not dependent upon whether or not federal or state
payroll taxes are withheld.
"Fingerprint vendor" means a person that offers,
advertises, or provides services to fingerprint individuals,

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through electronic or other means, for the purpose of
providing fingerprint images and associated demographic data
to the Department of State Police for processing fingerprint
based criminal history record information inquiries.
"Fingerprint vendor agency" means a person, firm,
corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the
fingerprint vendor business and employs, in addition to the
fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge, at least one other
person in conducting that business.
"Fingerprint vendor licensee-in-charge" means a person who
has been designated by a fingerprint vendor agency to be the
licensee-in-charge of an agency who is a full-time management
employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
maintaining all records required by this Act and who assumes
sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act.
The Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
participation in agency affairs.
"Fire alarm system" means any system that is activated by
an automatic or manual device in the detection of smoke, heat,
or fire that activates an audible, visible, or remote signal
requiring a response.
"Firearm control card" means a card issued by the
Department that authorizes the holder, who has complied with
the training and other requirements of this Act, to carry a
weapon during the performance of his or her duties as

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specified in this Act.
"Firm" means an unincorporated business entity, including
but not limited to proprietorships and partnerships.
"Licensee" means a person or business licensed under this
Act. Anyone who holds himself or herself out as a licensee or
who is accused of unlicensed practice is considered a licensee
for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
"Locksmith" means a person who engages in a business or
holds himself out to the public as providing a service that
includes, but is not limited to, the servicing, installing,
originating first keys, re-coding, repairing, maintaining,
manipulating, or bypassing of a mechanical or electronic
locking device, access control or video surveillance system at
premises, vehicles, safes, vaults, safe deposit boxes, or
automatic teller machines.
"Locksmith agency" means a person, firm, corporation, or
other legal entity that engages in the locksmith business and
employs, in addition to the locksmith licensee-in-charge, at
least one other person in conducting such business.
"Locksmith licensee-in-charge" means a person who has been
designated by agency to be the licensee-in-charge of an
agency, who is a full-time management employee or owner who
assumes sole responsibility for maintaining all records
required by this Act, and who assumes sole responsibility for
assuring the licensed agency's compliance with its

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responsibilities as stated in this Act. The Department shall
adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge participation in
agency affairs.
"Mass notification system" means any system that is used
to provide information and instructions to people in a
building or other space using voice communications, including
visible signals, text, graphics, tactile, or other
communication methods.
"Peace officer" or "police officer" means a person who, by
virtue of office or public employment, is vested by law with a
duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses,
whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to
specific offenses. Officers, agents, or employees of the
federal government commissioned by federal statute to make
arrests for violations of federal laws are considered peace
officers.
"Permanent employee registration card" means a card issued
by the Department to an individual who has applied to the
Department and meets the requirements for employment by a
licensed agency under this Act.
"Person" means a natural person.
"Private alarm contractor" means a person who engages in a
business that individually or through others undertakes,
offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to
undertake, or submits a bid to sell, install, design, monitor,
maintain, test, inspect, alter, repair, replace, or service

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alarm and other security-related systems or parts thereof,
including fire alarm systems, at protected premises or
premises to be protected or responds to alarm systems at a
protected premises on an emergency basis and not as a
full-time security officer. "Private alarm contractor" does
not include a person, firm, or corporation that manufactures
or sells alarm systems only from its place of business and does
not sell, install, monitor, maintain, alter, repair, replace,
service, or respond to alarm systems at protected premises or
premises to be protected.
"Private alarm contractor agency" means a person,
corporation, or other entity that engages in the private alarm
contracting business and employs, in addition to the private
alarm contractor-in-charge, at least one other person in
conducting such business.
"Private alarm contractor licensee-in-charge" means a
person who has been designated by an agency to be the
licensee-in-charge of an agency, who is a full-time management
employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
maintaining all records required by this Act, and who assumes
sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act.
The Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
participation in agency affairs.
"Private detective" means any person who by any means,
including, but not limited to, manual, canine odor detection,

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or electronic methods, engages in the business of, accepts
employment to furnish, or agrees to make or makes
investigations for a fee or other consideration to obtain
information relating to:
(1) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the
United States, any state or territory of the United
States, or any local government of a state or territory.
(2) The identity, habits, conduct, business
occupation, honesty, integrity, credibility, knowledge,
trustworthiness, efficiency, loyalty, activity,
movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations,
transactions, acts, reputation, or character of any
person, firm, or other entity by any means, manual or
electronic.
(3) The location, disposition, or recovery of lost or
stolen property.
(4) The cause, origin, or responsibility for fires,
accidents, or injuries to individuals or real or personal
property.
(5) The truth or falsity of any statement or
representation.
(6) Securing evidence to be used before any court,
board, or investigating body.
(7) The protection of individuals from bodily harm or
death (bodyguard functions).
(8) Service of process in criminal and civil

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proceedings.
"Private detective agency" means a person, firm,
corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the private
detective business and employs, in addition to the
licensee-in-charge, one or more persons in conducting such
business.
"Private detective licensee-in-charge" means a person who
has been designated by an agency to be the licensee-in-charge
of an agency, who is a full-time management employee or owner
who assumes sole responsibility for maintaining all records
required by this Act, and who assumes sole responsibility for
assuring the licensed agency's compliance with its
responsibilities as stated in this Act. The Department shall
adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge participation in
agency affairs.
"Private security contractor" means a person who engages
in the business of providing a private security officer,
watchman, patrol, guard dog, canine odor detection, or a
similar service by any other title or name on a contractual
basis for another person, firm, corporation, or other entity
for a fee or other consideration and performing one or more of
the following functions:
(1) The prevention or detection of intrusion, entry,
theft, vandalism, abuse, fire, or trespass on private or
governmental property.
(2) The prevention, observation, or detection of any

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unauthorized activity on private or governmental property.
(3) The protection of persons authorized to be on the
premises of the person, firm, or other entity for which
the security contractor contractually provides security
services.
(4) The prevention of the misappropriation or
concealment of goods, money, bonds, stocks, notes,
documents, or papers.
(5) The control, regulation, or direction of the
movement of the public for the time specifically required
for the protection of property owned or controlled by the
client.
(6) The protection of individuals from bodily harm or
death (bodyguard functions).
"Private security contractor agency" means a person, firm,
corporation, or other legal entity that engages in the private
security contractor business and that employs, in addition to
the licensee-in-charge, one or more persons in conducting such
business.
"Private security contractor licensee-in-charge" means a
person who has been designated by an agency to be the
licensee-in-charge of an agency, who is a full-time management
employee or owner who assumes sole responsibility for
maintaining all records required by this Act, and who assumes
sole responsibility for assuring the licensed agency's
compliance with its responsibilities as stated in this Act.

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The Department shall adopt rules mandating licensee-in-charge
participation in agency affairs.
"Public member" means a person who is not a licensee or
related to a licensee, or who is not an employer or employee of
a licensee. The term "related to" shall be determined by the
rules of the Department.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation.
(Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
(225 ILCS 447/15-25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 15-25. Training; private detective and employees.
(a) Registered employees of a private detective agency
shall complete, within 30 days of their employment, a minimum
of 20 hours of basic training provided by a qualified
instructor. The substance of the training shall be related to
the work performed by the registered employee. The training
may be classroom-based or online Internet-based but shall not
be conducted as on-the-job training and shall include relevant
information as to the identification of terrorists, acts of
terrorism, and terrorist organizations, as defined by federal
and State statutes.
(a-5) In addition to the basic training required in
subsection (a), registered employees of a private detective
agency shall complete an additional minimum of 8 hours of

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annual training for every calendar year, commencing with the
calendar year beginning after the employee's hire date.
(a-10) Annual training for registered employees shall be
based on subjects related to the work performed as determined
by the employer and may be conducted in a classroom or seminar
setting or via Internet-based online learning programs. Annual
training may not be conducted as on-the-job training.
(b) It is the responsibility of the employer to certify,
on a form provided by the Department, that the employee has
successfully completed the basic and annual training. The
original form or a copy shall be a permanent record of training
completed by the employee and shall be placed in the
employee's file with the employer for the period the employee
remains with the employer. An agency may place a notarized
copy of the Department form in lieu of the original into the
permanent employee registration card file. The original form
or a copy shall be given to the employee when his or her
employment is terminated. Failure to return the original form
or a copy to the employee is grounds for disciplinary action.
The employee shall not be required to repeat the required
training once the employee has been issued the form. An
employer may provide or require additional training.
(c) (Blank). Any certification of completion of the
20-hour basic training issued under the Private Detective,
Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 1993 or
any prior Act shall be accepted as proof of training under this

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Act.
(d) All private detectives shall complete a minimum of 8
hours of annual training on a topic of their choosing,
provided that the subject matter is reasonably related to
their private detective practice. The annual training for
private detectives may be completed utilizing any combination
of hours obtained in a classroom or seminar setting or via
Internet-based online learning programs. The Department shall
adopt rules to administer this subsection.
(e) The annual training requirements for private
detectives shall not apply until the calendar year following
the issuance of the private detective license.
(f) It shall be the responsibility of the private
detective to keep and maintain a personal log of all training
hours earned along with sufficient documentation for the
Department to verify the annual training completed for at
least 5 years. The personal training log and documentation
shall be provided to the Department in the same manner as other
documentation and records required under this Act.
(g) If the private detective owns or is employed by a
private detective agency, the private detective agency shall
maintain a record of the annual training. The private
detective agency must make the record of annual training
available to the Department upon request.
(h) Recognizing the diverse professional practices of
private detectives licensed under this Act, it is the intent

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of the training requirements in this Section to allow for a
broad interpretation of the coursework, seminar subjects, or
class topics to be considered reasonably related to the
practice of any profession licensed under this Act.
(i) Notwithstanding any other professional license a
private detective holds under this Act, no more than 8 hours of
annual training shall be required for any one year.
(Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07.)
(225 ILCS 447/20-20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 20-20. Training; private alarm contractor and
employees.
(a) Registered employees of the private alarm contractor
agency who carry a firearm and respond to alarm systems shall
complete, within 30 days of their employment, a minimum of 20
hours of classroom training provided by a qualified instructor
and shall include all of the following subjects:
(1) The law regarding arrest and search and seizure as
it applies to the private alarm industry.
(2) Civil and criminal liability for acts related to
the private alarm industry.
(3) The use of force, including but not limited to the
use of nonlethal force (i.e., disabling spray, baton,
stungun, or similar weapon).
(4) Arrest and control techniques.

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(5) The offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012 that
are directly related to the protection of persons and
property.
(6) The law on private alarm forces and on reporting
to law enforcement agencies.
(7) Fire prevention, fire equipment, and fire safety.
(8) Civil rights and public relations.
(9) The identification of terrorists, acts of
terrorism, and terrorist organizations, as defined by
federal and State statutes.
Pursuant to directives set forth by the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security and the provisions set forth by the National
Fire Protection Association in the National Fire Alarm Code
and the Life Safety Code, training may include the
installation, repair, and maintenance of emergency
communication systems and mass notification systems.
(b) All other employees of a private alarm contractor
agency shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of basic training
provided by a qualified instructor within 30 days of their
employment. The training may be provided in a classroom or
seminar setting or via Internet-based online learning
programs. The substance of the training shall be related to
the work performed by the registered employee.
(c) It is the responsibility of the employer to certify,
on forms provided by the Department, that the employee has
successfully completed the training. The original form or a

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copy shall be a permanent record of training completed by the
employee and shall be placed in the employee's file with the
employer for the term the employee is retained by the
employer. A private alarm contractor agency may place a
notarized copy of the Department form in lieu of the original
into the permanent employee registration card file. The
original form or a copy shall be returned to the employee when
his or her employment is terminated. Failure to return the
original form or a copy to the employee is grounds for
discipline. The employee shall not be required to complete the
training required under this Act once the employee has been
issued a form.
(d) Nothing in this Act prevents any employer from
providing or requiring additional training beyond the required
20 hours that the employer feels is necessary and appropriate
for competent job performance.
(e) Any certification of completion of the 20-hour basic
training issued under the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 1993 or any prior Act
shall be accepted as proof of training under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-847, eff. 6-1-10; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
(225 ILCS 447/25-20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 25-20. Training; private security contractor and
employees.

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(a) Registered employees of the private security
contractor agency who provide traditional guarding or other
private security related functions or who respond to alarm
systems shall complete, within 30 days of their employment, a
minimum of 20 hours of classroom basic training, which may be
provided in a classroom or seminar setting or via
Internet-based online learning programs, and shall be provided
by a qualified instructor, which shall include the following
subjects:
(1) The law regarding arrest and search and seizure as
it applies to private security.
(2) Civil and criminal liability for acts related to
private security.
(3) The use of force, including but not limited to the
use of nonlethal force (i.e., disabling spray, baton,
stungun, taser, or similar weapon).
(4) Verbal communication skills Arrest and control
techniques.
(5) The offenses under the Criminal Code of 2012 that
are directly related to the protection of persons and
property.
(6) Private security officers and the criminal justice
system The law on private security forces and on reporting
to law enforcement agencies.
(7) Fire prevention, fire equipment, and fire safety.
(8) Report The procedures for report writing and

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observation techniques.
(9) Customer service, civil Civil rights, and public
relations.
(10) The identification of terrorists, acts of
terrorism, and terrorist organizations, as defined by
federal and State statutes.
(b) All other employees of a private security contractor
agency shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of basic training
provided by the qualified instructor within 30 days of their
employment. The training may be provided in a classroom or
seminar setting or via Internet-based online learning
programs. The substance of the training shall be related to
the work performed by the registered employee.
(c) Registered employees of the private security
contractor agency who provide guarding or other private
security related functions, in addition to the basic classroom
training required under subsection (a), within 6 months of
their employment, shall complete an additional 8 hours of
training on subjects to be determined by the employer, which
training may be site-specific and may be conducted on the job.
The training may be provided in a classroom or seminar setting
or via Internet-based online learning programs.
(d) In addition to the basic training provided for in
subsections (a) and (c), registered employees of the private
security contractor agency who provide guarding or other
private security related functions shall complete an

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additional 8 hours of refresher training on subjects to be
determined by the employer each calendar year commencing with
the calendar year following the employee's first employment
anniversary date, which refresher training may be
site-specific and may be conducted on the job.
(e) It is the responsibility of the employer to certify,
on a form provided by the Department, that the employee has
successfully completed the basic and refresher training. The
original form or a copy shall be a permanent record of training
completed by the employee and shall be placed in the
employee's file with the employer for the period the employee
remains with the employer. An agency may place a notarized
copy of the Department form in lieu of the original into the
permanent employee registration card file. The original form
or a copy shall be given to the employee when his or her
employment is terminated. Failure to return the original form
or a copy to the employee is grounds for disciplinary action.
The employee shall not be required to repeat the required
training once the employee has been issued the form. An
employer may provide or require additional training.
(f) (Blank). Any certification of completion of the
20-hour basic training issued under the Private Detective,
Private Alarm, Private Security and Locksmith Act of 1993 or
any prior Act shall be accepted as proof of training under this
Act.
(g) All private security contractors shall complete a

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minimum of 4 hours of annual training on a topic of their
choosing, provided that the subject matter of the training is
reasonably related to their private security contractor
practice. The training may be provided in a classroom setting
or seminar setting or via Internet-based online learning
programs. The Department shall adopt rules to administer this
subsection.
(h) It shall be the responsibility of the private security
contractor to keep and maintain a personal log of all training
hours earned along with sufficient documentation necessary for
the Department to verify the annual training completed for at
least 5 years. The personal training log and documentation
shall be provided to the Department in the same manner as other
documentation and records required under this Act.
(i) If the private security contractor owns or is employed
by a private security contractor agency, the private security
contractor agency shall maintain a record of the annual
training. The private security contractor agency must make the
record of annual training available to the Department upon
request.
(j) Recognizing the diverse professional practices of
private security contractors licensed under this Act, it is
the intent of the training requirements in this Section to
allow for a broad interpretation of the coursework, seminar
subjects, or class topics to be considered reasonably related
to the practice of any profession licensed under this Act.

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(k) Notwithstanding any other professional license a
private security contractor holds under this Act, no more than
4 hours of annual training shall be required for any one year.
(l) The annual training requirements for private security
contractors shall not apply until the calendar year following
the issuance of the private security contractor license.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-253, eff. 8-9-13;
98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
(225 ILCS 447/35-40)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 35-40. Firearm control; training requirements.
(a) The Department shall, pursuant to rule, approve or
disapprove training programs for the firearm training course,
which shall be taught by a qualified instructor.
Qualifications for instructors shall be set by rule. The
firearm training course shall be conducted by entities, by a
licensee, or by an agency licensed by this Act, provided the
course is approved by the Department. The firearm course shall
consist of the following minimum requirements:
(1) 48 40 hours of training as follows: ,
(A) 20 hours consisting of training which shall be
as described in Sections 15-20, 20-20, or 25-20, as
applicable; , and 20 hours of which shall include all
of the following:
(B) 8 hours consisting of practice firing on a

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range with live ammunition, including, but not limited
to, firing a minimum of 50 rounds of live ammunition
(factory loaded service ammunition or factory reloaded
ammunition) and attaining a minimum score of 70%
accuracy with each type of weapon the person is
authorized by the Department to carry and for which
the person has been trained; and
(C) 20 hours consisting of instruction in: (A)
Instruction in
(i) the dangers of and misuse of firearms,
their storage, safety rules, and care and cleaning
of firearms;
(ii) defensive tactics for in-holster weapon
retention;
(iii) . (B) Practice firing on a range with
live ammunition. (C) Instruction in the legal use
of firearms;
(iv) . (D) A presentation of the ethical and
moral considerations necessary for any person who
possesses a firearm;
(v) . (E) A review of the laws regarding
arrest, search, and seizure; and
(vi) liability . (F) Liability for acts that
may be performed in the course of employment.
(2) An examination shall be given at the completion of
the course. The examination shall consist of a firearms

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qualification course and a written examination. Successful
completion shall be determined by the Department.
(b) The firearm training requirement may be waived for a
licensee or employee who has completed training provided by
the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or the
equivalent public body of another state or is a qualified
retired law enforcement officer as defined in the federal Law
Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and is in compliance
with all of the requirements of that Act, provided
documentation showing requalification with the weapon on the
firing range is submitted to the Department.
(c) In addition to the training provided for in subsection
(a), a licensee or employee in possession of a valid firearm
control card shall complete an additional 8 hours of refresher
training each calendar year commencing with the calendar year
following one year after the date of the issuance of the
firearm control card. The 8 hours of training shall consist of
practice firing on a range with live ammunition, including,
but not limited to, firing a minimum of 50 rounds of live
ammunition (factory loaded service ammunition or factory
reloaded ammunition) and attaining a minimum score of 70%
accuracy with each type of weapon the person is authorized by
the Department to carry and for which the person has been
trained.
(Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)

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(225 ILCS 447/35-45)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 35-45. Armed proprietary security force.
(a) All financial institutions or commercial or industrial
operations that employ one or more armed employees and all
commercial or industrial operations that employ 5 or more
persons as armed employees shall register their security
forces with the Department on forms provided by the
Department. Registration subjects the security force to all of
the requirements of Section 35-40. For the purposes of this
Section, "financial institution" includes a bank, savings and
loan association, credit union, currency exchange, or company
providing armored car services.
(a-1) Commercial or industrial operations that employ less
than 5 persons as armed employees may register their security
forces with the Department on forms provided by the
Department. Registration subjects the security force to all of
the requirements of this Section.
(b) All armed employees of the registered proprietary
security force must complete a 20-hour basic training course
and all the 20-hour firearm training requirements of Section
35-40.
(c) Every proprietary security force is required to apply
to the Department, on forms supplied by the Department, for a
firearm control card for each armed employee. Each armed
employee shall have his or her fingerprints submitted to the

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Department of State Police in an electronic format that
complies with the form and manner for requesting and
furnishing criminal history record information as prescribed
by the Department of State Police. These fingerprints shall be
checked against the Department of State Police and Federal
Bureau of Investigation criminal history record databases. The
Department of State Police shall charge the armed employee a
fee for conducting the criminal history records check, which
shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall
not exceed the actual cost of the records check. The
Department of State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
identification, records of Illinois convictions to the
Department. The Department may require armed employees to pay
a separate fingerprinting fee, either to the Department or
directly to the vendor. The Department, in its discretion, may
allow an armed employee who does not have reasonable access to
a designated vendor to provide his or her fingerprints in an
alternative manner. The Department, in its discretion, may
also use other procedures in performing or obtaining criminal
background checks of armed employees. Instead of submitting
his or her fingerprints, an individual may submit proof that
is satisfactory to the Department that an equivalent security
clearance has been conducted. Also, an individual who has
retired as a peace officer within 12 months before application
may submit verification, on forms provided by the Department
and signed by his or her employer, of his or her previous

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full-time employment as a peace officer.
(d) The Department may provide rules for the
administration of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24-2 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-2)
Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
(a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
the following:
(1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
while in the performance of their official duty, or while
commuting between their homes and places of employment.
(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
of their official duty.
(4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

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utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
car companies, while actually engaged in the performance
of the duties of their employment or commuting between
their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while
actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
employment.
(5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
employed by a private security contractor, private
detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
duties of their employment or commuting between their
homes and places of employment. A person shall be
considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
agency and 28 20 hours of required firearm training, and
has been issued a firearm control card by the Department
of Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for
the renewal of firearm control cards issued under the

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provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
cards issued under the provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
card shall be carried by the private security contractor,
private detective, or private alarm contractor, or
employee of the licensed private security contractor,
private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at
all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
(6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
industrial operation as a security guard for the
protection of persons employed and private property
related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
security force registered with the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
guard has successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than
48 40 hours of training that includes the theory of law
enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours

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of training for a security officer and 28 20 hours of
required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
control card by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm
control card.
(7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
any investigation for the Commission.
(8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
security guard for the protection of other employees and
property related to such financial institution, while
actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
is a member of a security force registered with the
Department; provided that any person so employed has

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successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, consisting of not less than 48 40 hours of
training which includes theory of law enforcement,
liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if
he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training
for a security officer and 28 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
for those issued under the provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
card shall be carried by the security guard at all times
when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon
permitted by his or her firearm control card. For purposes
of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank,
savings and loan association, credit union or company
providing armored car services.
(9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
performance of his duties.
(10) Persons who have been classified as peace
officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation

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Act.
(11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of
the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
(12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
(12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
places of employment or specific locations that are part
of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief
judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they
have received weapons training according to requirements
of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
Training Act.
(13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
of their official duties, or while commuting between their
homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
Sheriff.
(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
who has completed the background screening and training
mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.

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(14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
(13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
(a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
the commission of the offense.
(a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the
federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
(b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
(1) Members of any club or organization organized for
the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
established target ranges, whether public or private, and
patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
using their firearms on those target ranges.
(2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
while parading, with the special permission of the
Governor.
(3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
(4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

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(5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
person's permission.
(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
of the following:
(1) Peace officers while in performance of their
official duties.
(2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
(3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
(3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
are not immediately accessible.
(5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
only with respect to activities which are within the
lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,

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transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
This exemption does not authorize the general private
possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
firing device, but only such possession and activities as
are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
business described in this paragraph.
During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
accessible.
(6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
the terms of such contract.
The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
scope of his employment, where such activities involving

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such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
(7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
(B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
modification is required and necessary to accurately
portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
inches.
(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
peace officer.
(e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
(f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
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to:
(1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
the performance of their official duty.
(2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
ordnance.
(3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
ballistics, or specializing in the development of
ammunition or explosive ordnance.
(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
by the federal government, in connection with the supply
of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
(g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
by an exempted manufacturer.
(g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,

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such as the manufacture, transportation, or testing of those
devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
authorize the general private possession of any device or
attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
any weapon or not immediately accessible.
(g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
Corrections.
(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
(g-10) (Blank). Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of

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competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
connection with such athlete's training for and participation
in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
any subsection of this Article need not negative any
exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
the burden of proving such an exemption.
(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
Identification Card.

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(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)