Bill Text: IL HB1231 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Armed Security Protection Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2024, banks, pawn shops, grocery stores, and gas stations in municipalities having a population in excess of 2,000,000 inhabitants must employ and have on the premises at least one guard during the hours they conduct business with the public. Provides that the Act is inoperable after June 30, 2027.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1231 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1231-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1231 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Armed Security Protection Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2024, banks, pawn shops, grocery stores, and gas stations in municipalities having a population in excess of 2,000,000 inhabitants must employ and have on the premises at least one guard during the hours they conduct business with the public. Provides that the Act is inoperable after June 30, 2027.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Armed
Security Protection Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Armed private security guard" or "guard" has the meaning
ascribed to the term "armed employee" under the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
"Bank" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
Illinois Banking Act.
"Gas station" means a business subject to the Motor Fuel
Sales Act.
"Grocery store" means a business engaged in the sale of
food, beverages, and other goods usually used in a home.
"Pawn shop" means a business subject to the Pawnbroker
Regulation Act.
Section 10. Guards required in municipalities having in
excess of 2,000,000 inhabitants. Beginning July 1, 2024, a
bank, gas station, grocery store, and pawn shop shall employ
and have on its premises at least one guard during the hours it

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is conducting business with the public.
Section 15. Inoperability of Act. This Act is inoperable
after June 30, 2027.