Bill Text: IL HB3651 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates the 3 hours of firearms training required for renewal of a license to carry a concealed handgun. Reduces the firearms training requirement for an applicant for a new license from 16 hours to 8 hours. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3651 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3651-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB3651 Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 66/50
430 ILCS 66/75
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Eliminates the 3 hours of firearms training required for renewal of a license to carry a concealed handgun. Reduces the firearms training requirement for an applicant for a new license from 16 hours to 8 hours. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
changing Sections 50 and 75 as follows:
(430 ILCS 66/50)
Sec. 50. License renewal. Applications for renewal of a
license shall be made to the Department. A license shall be
renewed for a period of 5 years upon receipt of a completed
renewal application, completion of 3 hours of training required
under Section 75 of this Section, payment of the applicable
renewal fee, and completion of an investigation under Section
35 of this Act. The renewal application shall contain the
information required in Section 30 of this Act, except that the
applicant need not resubmit a full set of fingerprints.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
(430 ILCS 66/75)
Sec. 75. Applicant firearm training.
(a) Within 60 days of the effective date of this Act, the
Department shall begin approval of firearm training courses and
shall make a list of approved courses available on the
Department's website.

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(b) An applicant for a new license shall provide proof of
completion of a firearms training course or combination of
courses approved by the Department of at least 8 16 hours,
which includes range qualification time under subsection (c) of
this Section, that covers the following:
(1) firearm safety;
(2) the basic principles of marksmanship;
(3) care, cleaning, loading, and unloading of a
concealable firearm;
(4) all applicable State and federal laws relating to
the ownership, storage, carry, and transportation of a
firearm; and
(5) instruction on the appropriate and lawful
interaction with law enforcement while transporting or
carrying a concealed firearm.
(c) An applicant for a new license shall provide proof of
certification by a certified instructor that the applicant
passed a live fire exercise with a concealable firearm
consisting of:
(1) a minimum of 30 rounds; and
(2) 10 rounds from a distance of 5 yards; 10 rounds
from a distance of 7 yards; and 10 rounds from a distance
of 10 yards at a B-27 silhouette target approved by the
Department.
(d) (Blank). An applicant for renewal of a license shall
provide proof of completion of a firearms training course or

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combination of courses approved by the Department of at least 3
hours.
(e) A certificate of completion for an applicant's firearm
training course shall not be issued to a student who:
(1) does not follow the orders of the certified
firearms instructor;
(2) in the judgment of the certified instructor,
handles a firearm in a manner that poses a danger to the
student or to others; or
(3) during the range firing portion of testing fails to
hit the target with 70% of the rounds fired.
(f) An instructor shall maintain a record of each student's
performance for at least 5 years, and shall make all records
available upon demand of authorized personnel of the
Department.
(g) The Department and certified firearms instructor shall
recognize up to 8 hours of training already completed toward
the 16 hour training requirement under this Section if the
training course is approved by the Department and recognized
under the laws of another state. Any remaining hours that the
applicant completes must at least cover the classroom subject
matter of paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of this Section, and
the range qualification in subsection (c) of this Section.
(h) A person who has qualified to carry a firearm as an
active law enforcement officer, a person certified as a
firearms instructor by this Act or by the Illinois Law

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Enforcement Training Standards Board, or a person who has
completed the required training and has been issued a firearm
control card by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation shall be exempt from the requirements of this
Section.
(i) The Department shall accept 8 hours of training as
completed toward the 16 hour training requirement under this
Section, if the applicant is an active, retired, or honorably
discharged member of the United States Armed Forces.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.