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430 ILCS 66/5 (2026)

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(430 ILCS 66/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a license to carry a concealed firearm under this Act.
    "Board" means the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.
    "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded handgun carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public or on or about a person within a vehicle.
    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois State Police.
    "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not include:
        (1) a stun gun or taser;
        (2) a machine gun as defined in item (i) of paragraph
    
(7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (3) a short-barreled rifle or shotgun as defined in
    
item (ii) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or
        (4) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
    
B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter, or which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second, or which expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors.
    "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, including offices of State's Attorneys and the Office of the Attorney General.
    "License" means a license issued by the Illinois State Police to carry a concealed handgun.
    "Licensee" means a person issued a license to carry a concealed handgun.
    "Municipality" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2016–2026 · leading case: People v. Balark, 2019 IL App (1st) 171626 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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People v. Balark, 2019 IL App (1st) 171626 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2016). Under the Act, a CCL shall permit the licensee to “(1) carry a loaded or unloaded concealed firearm, fully concealed or partially concealed, on or about his or her person; and (2) keep or carry a loaded or unloaded concealed firearm on or about his…”
People v. Thompson, 2025 IL 129965 (Ill. 2025). “430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2020). (“ ‘Concealed firearm’ means a loaded or unloaded handgun carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public or on or about a person within a vehicle.”
Merritt v. The Dep't of State Police, 2016 IL App (4th) 150661 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Overview of the Act ¶ 15 An individual seeking a license to carry a concealed weapon must apply in writing to the Illinois State Police or Department of State Police (Department), as defined by the Act (430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2014)); see 430 ILCS 66/10 (West 2014).”
Sinnissippi Rod & Gun Club, Inc. v. Raoul, 2024 IL App (3d) 210073 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2020). 2 ¶4 A concealed carry license permits a licensee to publicly carry a loaded or unloaded firearm, on or about his or her person, fully or partially concealed from the view of the public.”
Easterday v. Vill. of Deerfield, 2020 IL App (2d) 190879 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2018). ¶ 34 Effective July 9, 2013, the legislature also amended section 13.”
Jankovich v. Illinois State Police, 2017 IL App (1st) 160706 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2014). ¶ 43 These bodies play different roles.”
Jankovich v. The Illinois State Police, 2017 IL App (1st) 160706 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2014). - 10 ­ No. 1-16-0706 ¶ 43 These bodies play different roles.”
In re Jaheim W., 2020 IL App (1st) 191748 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2018). ¶ 14 Respondent argues that the State failed to prove that he possessed a “firearm” and specifically a “handgun.”
In re Jaheim W., 2020 IL App (1st) 191748 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2018). ¶ 14 Respondent argues that the State failed to prove that he possessed a “firearm” and specifically a “handgun.”
Easterday v. Vill. of Deerfield, 2020 IL App (2d) 190879 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2018). ¶ 34 Effective July 9, 2013, the legislature also amended section 13.”
People v. Foots, 2020 IL App (1st) 180011-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 430 ILCS 66/5 (West 2016). Defendant claims that because he possessed the gun inside a vehicle, it was “concealed” as required by the Act, even though it was visible to Gamez.”
Spencer (N.D. Ill. 2025). · cites it 2× “6(a-5) (citing 430 ILCS 66/5). It also specifically excludes a “short-barreled rifle,” see 430 ILCS 66/5, which includes “any rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon made…”
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