Bill Text: IL HB4344 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that in addition to a current or retired law enforcement officer who is authorized by law, a person who is the holder of a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act is exempt from the provisions of the Code that prohibit the possession of those firearms.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey [HB4344 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4344-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4344 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/3.4b
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that in addition to a current or retired law enforcement officer who is authorized by law, a person who is the holder of a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act is exempt from the provisions of the Code that prohibit the possession of those firearms.
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A BILL FOR
HB4344 LRB101 17655 CMG 67082 b
AN ACT concerning wildlife.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
3.4b as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/3.4b)
Sec. 3.4b. Concealed firearm exemption. A current or
retired law enforcement officer authorized by law to possess a
concealed firearm, or a person who is the holder of a valid
concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Code
prohibiting possession of those firearms. However, nothing in
this Section authorizes the use of those firearms except as
authorized by law.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)