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430 ILCS 66/1 (2026)

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(430 ILCS 66/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 87 cases (46 in the last 5 years), 2013–2026 · leading case: People v. Gunn, 2023 IL App (1st) 221032 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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People v. Gunn, 2023 IL App (1st) 221032 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “(West 2020)) and the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (Carry Act) (430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2020)) are both facially unconstitutional under the second amendment to the United States Constitution as interpreted by the recent United States Supreme Court decision in New York State…”
People v. Balark, 2019 IL App (1st) 171626 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “¶ 40 Significantly, also in 2013, the Illinois General Assembly enacted the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (the Act) (codified at 430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2014)), which, in part, “amended -8- the AUUW statute to allow for a limited right to carry certain firearms in public.”
People v. Harvey, 2024 IL 129357 (Ill. 2024). · cites it 2× “The State further notes that the Firearm Concealed Carry -5- Act (Carry Act) (430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2018)) requires that a licensee possess his or her CCL while carrying a concealed firearm and, if a law enforcement officer initiates an investigative stop while the firearm…”
People v. Lopez, 2025 IL App (1st) 232120 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “Count IV alleged that Lopez committed the offense of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon for, inter alia, carrying a firearm without having been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (Concealed Carry Act) (430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2022)).…”
People v. Davis, 2023 IL App (1st) 231856 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “(West 2022)) or a concealed carry license (see 430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2022)). ¶7 The State further proffered that defendant had been convicted of misdemeanor child endangerment in 2019, felony aggravated battery of a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) employee in 2016, and…”
Berron v. Illinois Concealed Carry Licensing Review Bd., 825 F.3d 843 (7th Cir. 2016). “Illinois issues a concealed-carry license to anyone who satisfies the statutory qualifications (see 430 ILCS 66/25), files the necessary paperwork, and pays the fees, unless the applicant would “pose a danger to himself, herself, or others, or a threat to public safety as…”
Kevin Culp v. Kwame Raoul, 921 F.3d 646 (7th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “Illinois re- sponded by enacting the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, 430 ILCS 66/1 to 66/999, authorizing the issuance of concealed- carry licenses to individuals who meet prescribed eligibility requirements.”
Kevin Culp v. Lisa Madigan, 840 F.3d 400 (7th Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “Illinois’ Concealed Carry Act, 430 ILCS 66/1 et seq., authorizes an Illinois resident to carry, on his person or next to him in a car, a loaded or unloaded fire- arm as long as it is fully or partially concealed and he (or she) meets the qualifications set forth in the Act.”
Bolton v. Bryant, 71 F. Supp. 3d 802 (N.D. Ill. 2014). · cites it 2× “430 ILCS 66/1, et seq. His application was denied because of an objection by law enforcement.”
People v. Thompson, 2025 IL 129965 (Ill. 2025). “-3- Act) (430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2020)) is not unconstitutional under Bruen, defendant’s AUUW conviction for possession of a firearm within a vehicle without a CCL is not unconstitutional.”
People v. Wiggins, 2016 IL App (1st) 153163 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “BACKGROUND 1 The acts at issue in this case occurred on November 15, 2012, several months before the Illinois General Assembly first allowed the issuance of concealed-carry permits in the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (430 ILCS 66/1 et seq. (West 2014)), which became effective…”
People v. Lee, 2019 IL App (1st) 162563 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 3× “*482 *1015 ¶ 1 Following a jury trial, the circuit court of Cook County convicted defendant, Bill Lee, of defacing identification marks of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW) based on not having a currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (…”
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