104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3098
 
Introduced 1/29/2026, by Sen. Dale Fowler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 66/65
    Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the prohibition against a licensee carrying a firearm into any building, parking area, or portion of a building under the control of an officer of the executive or legislative branch of government does not apply to any rest areas under the control of the Department of Transportation or to buildings located in rest areas under the control of the Department of Transportation. Eliminates a provision that a licensee shall not knowingly carry a firearm on any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for in whole or in part with public funds, and 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. Eliminates a provision that a licensee shall not knowingly carry a firearm in any public park, athletic area, or athletic facility under the control of a municipality or park district. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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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 preschool pre-school or child care 
15    facility, including any room or portion of a building 
16    under the control of a preschool pre-school or child care 
17    facility. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the 
18    operator of a child care facility in a family home from 
19    owning or possessing a firearm in the home or license 
20    under this Act, if no child under child care at the home is 
21    present in the home or the firearm in the home is stored in 
22    a locked container when a child under child care at the 
23    home is present in the home.
 
 
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1        (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a 
2    building under the control of an officer of the executive 
3    or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing 
4    in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying 
5    a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or 
6    trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural 
7    Resources or any other designated public hunting area or 
8    building where firearm possession is permitted as 
9    established by the Department of Natural Resources under 
10    Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code. This paragraph does not 
11    apply to any rest areas under the control of the 
12    Department of Transportation or to buildings located in 
13    rest areas under the control of the Department of 
14    Transportation.    
15        (4) Any building designated for matters before a 
16    circuit court, an appellate court, or the Supreme Court, 
17    or any building or portion of a building under the control 
18    of the Supreme Court.
19        (5) Any building or portion of a building under the 
20    control of a unit of local government.
21        (6) Any building, real property, and parking area 
22    under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or 
23    correctional institution, prison, or jail.
24        (7) Any building, real property, and parking area 
25    under the control of a public or private hospital or 
26    hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing 
 
 
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1    home.
2        (8) (Blank). Any bus, train, or form of transportation 
3    paid for in whole or in part with public funds, and any 
4    building, real property, and parking area under the 
5    control of a public transportation facility paid for in 
6    whole or in part with public funds.
7        (9) Any building, real property, and parking area 
8    under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol 
9    on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's 
10    gross receipts within the prior 3 months are is from the 
11    sale of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who 
12    knowingly fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its 
13    premises as provided in this paragraph or who knowingly 
14    makes a false statement or record to avoid the prohibition 
15    on concealed firearms under this paragraph is subject to 
16    the penalty under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the 
17    Liquor Control Act of 1934.
18        (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted 
19    on property open to the public that requires the issuance 
20    of a permit from the unit of local government, provided 
21    this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must 
22    walk through a public gathering in order to access his or 
23    her residence, place of business, or vehicle.
24        (11) Any building or real property that has been 
25    issued a special event retailer's Special Event Retailer's    
26    license as defined in Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor 
 
 
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1    Control Act of 1934 during the time designated for the 
2    sale of alcohol by the special event retailer's Special 
3    Event Retailer's license, or a special Special use permit 
4    license as defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the 
5    Liquor Control Act of 1934 during the time designated for 
6    the sale of alcohol by the special Special use permit 
7    license.
8        (12) Any public playground.
9        (13) (Blank). Any public park, athletic area, or 
10    athletic facility under the control of a municipality or 
11    park district, provided nothing in this Section shall 
12    prohibit a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm 
13    while on a trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail 
14    or bikeway includes a public park.
15        (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook 
16    County Forest Preserve District.
17        (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical 
18    clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, 
19    entertainment venue, officially recognized 
20    university-related organization property, whether owned or 
21    leased, and any real property, including parking areas, 
22    sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public 
23    or private community college, college, or university.
24        (16) Any building, real property, or parking area 
25    under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the 
26    Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 
 
 
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1    1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
2        (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or 
3    parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any 
4    collegiate or professional sporting event.
5        (18) Any building, real property, or parking area 
6    under the control of a public library.
7        (19) Any building, real property, or parking area 
8    under the control of an airport.
9        (20) Any building, real property, or parking area 
10    under the control of an amusement park.
11        (21) Any building, real property, or parking area 
12    under the control of a zoo or museum.
13        (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, 
14    building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used 
15    by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site 
16    or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
17    Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance 
18    store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a 
19    compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere 
20    in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, 
21    building, or facility described in this paragraph.
22        (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under 
23    federal law.
24    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or 
25private community college, college, or university from:
26        (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within 
 
 
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1    a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or 
2    university;
3        (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
4    regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and 
5    discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
6        (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies 
7    regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which 
8    must include designated areas where persons can park 
9    vehicles that carry firearms; and
10        (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the 
11    purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially 
12    recognized programs, including, but not limited to,    
13    military science and law enforcement training programs, or 
14    in any designated area used for hunting purposes or target 
15    shooting.
16    (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may 
17prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property 
18under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in 
19accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that 
20firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property 
21is a private residence.
22    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of 
23this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection 
24(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm 
25into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in 
26subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be 
 
 
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1permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her 
2person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a 
3firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked 
4vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the 
5vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed 
6firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle 
7within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited 
8purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the 
9vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case" 
10includes a glove compartment or console that completely 
11encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the 
12vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other 
13container.
14    (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section 
15while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that 
16touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), 
17(a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is 
18carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions 
19of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the 
20licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of 
21law.
22    (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is 
23prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the 
24entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified 
25in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or 
26premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform 
 
 
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1design as established by the Illinois State Police and shall 
2be 4 inches by 6 inches in size. The Illinois State Police 
3shall adopt rules for standardized signs to be used under this 
4subsection.
5(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 
6revised 7-11-25.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.