104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026
HB5320

Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`105 ILCS 5/27-1020`	`was 105 ILCS 5/27-17`
`105 ILCS 128/20`
`430 ILCS 68/5-20`

Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that instruction in safety education shall include the risks of firearm ownership and usage for students enrolled in grades 6 through 12. Sets forth what information this instruction must include, provides that the instruction may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school counselor, provides for student evaluation, and requires the State Board of Education to develop an age-appropriate, trauma-informed curriculum. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires schools to provide, after a lockdown drill has been completed, a forum for trauma-informed discussion with students, parents, and staff regarding any mental health concerns that the impact of the lockdown drill has had on students. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Makes changes to require a certified firearm dealer to provide, at the time of application for a firearm purchase, specified information to increase awareness about the risks posed by firearms in the home and State laws regarding firearm ownership.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning firearm safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section

5 27-1020 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/27-1020) (was 105 ILCS 5/27-17)

7 Sec. 27-1020. Safety education. School boards of public

8 schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions

9 supported wholly or partially by the State may provide

10 instruction in safety education in all grades and include such

11 instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.

12 In this Section, "safety education" means and includes

13 instruction in the following:

14 1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations,

15 highway safety, and the consequences of alcohol

16 consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;

17 2. safety in the home, including safe gun storage;

18 3. safety in connection with recreational activities;

19 4. safety in and around school buildings;

20 5. safety in connection with vocational work or

21 training;

22 6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students

23 enrolled in grades 9 through 11;

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1 7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8,

2 cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated

3 external defibrillator by watching a training video on

4 those subjects; ~~and~~

5 8. for students enrolled in prekindergarten through

6 grade 6, water safety that incorporates evidence-based

7 water safety instructional materials and resources; and.

8 9. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 12, the

9 risks of firearm ownership and usage.

10 The instruction on the risks of firearm ownership and

11 usage shall include information on the impacts of firearm

12 violence on youth and the risks to firearm owners and other

13 household members posed by firearm ownership and use,

14 including risks for suicide, homicide, intimate partner

15 homicide, and accidental firearm deaths and injuries. This

16 instruction may be taught by a licensed educator, school

17 nurse, or school counselor. A student shall be evaluated on

18 the student's knowledge of the risks of firearm ownership and

19 use before the instruction to allow the school and the State

20 Board of Education to measure efficacy. The State Board, in

21 consultation with the Department of Public Health, the

22 Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Human

23 Services, and nonprofits and experts in gun violence

24 prevention and trauma-informed education, shall develop an

25 age-appropriate, trauma-informed curriculum for this

26 instruction.

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1 (Source: P.A. 103-567, eff. 12-8-23; 104-391, eff. 8-15-25.)

2 Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by

3 changing Section 20 as follows:

4 (105 ILCS 128/20)

5 Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local

6 authority participation.

7 (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a

8 minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare

9 students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills

10 must meet all of the following criteria:

11 (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall

12 require the participation of the appropriate local fire

13 department or district.

14 (A) Each local fire department or fire district

15 must contact the appropriate school administrator or

16 his or her designee no later than September 1 of each

17 year in order to arrange for the participation of the

18 department or district in the school evacuation drill.

19 (B) Each school administrator or his or her

20 designee must contact the responding local fire

21 official no later than September 15 of each year and

22 propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the

23 month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of

24 October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire

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1 official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and

2 if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that

3 date.

4 (C) The school administrator or his or her

5 designee and the local fire official may also, by

6 mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill,

7 including a date outside of the month of October.

8 (D) If the fire official does not select one of the

9 4 offered dates in October or set another date by

10 mutual agreement, the requirement that the school

11 include the local fire service in one of its mandatory

12 school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools,

13 however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to

14 include the fire service in a school evacuation drill

15 at a mutually agreed-upon time.

16 (E) Upon the participation of the local fire

17 service, the appropriate local fire official shall

18 certify that the school evacuation drill was

19 conducted.

20 (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill,

21 the school administrator or his or her designee and

22 the local fire department or fire district may, by

23 mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to

24 waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and

25 (D) of this paragraph (1).

26 Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents

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1 may involve the participation of the appropriate local

2 fire department or district.

3 (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation

4 drills to account for other evacuation incidents,

5 including without limitation suspicious items or bomb

6 threats.

7 (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school

8 building that houses school children.

9 (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a

10 minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be

11 accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in

12 all other educational institutions in this State that are

13 supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds

14 and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten

15 through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe

16 bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct

17 additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be

18 conducted at each school building that houses school children.

19 (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established

20 by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to

21 transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection

22 (b) of this Section, provided that the chief school

23 administrator of the private school provides written assurance

24 to the State Board of Education that the private school does

25 not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose

26 during the current academic year. The assurance must be made

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1 on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no

2 later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to

3 transport students for any purpose during an academic year

4 when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been

5 filed with the State Board of Education, the private school

6 shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and

7 comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30

8 calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport

9 students, except that, at the discretion of the private

10 school, students chosen for participation in the bus

11 evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students

12 that are utilizing bus transportation.

13 (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law

14 enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting

15 incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each

16 school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement

17 lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active

18 shooter within a school building. Such drills must be

19 conducted according to the school district's or private

20 school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and

21 procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel

22 and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be

23 conducted on days and times when students are normally present

24 in the school building and must involve participation from all

25 school personnel and students present at school at the time of

26 the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school

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1 support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from

2 the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement

3 agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill.

4 All drills must be conducted at each school building that

5 houses school children.

6 (1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of

7 the following criteria:

8 (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate

9 local law enforcement agency shall contact the

10 appropriate school administrator to request to

11 participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The

12 school administrator and local law enforcement agency

13 shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the

14 lockdown drill.

15 (A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site

16 participation of the local law enforcement agency. If

17 a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between

18 the school administrator and the appropriate local law

19 enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold

20 the lockdown drill without participation from the

21 agency.

22 (B) Upon the participation of a local law

23 enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown

24 drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official

25 shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill

26 was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner

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1 of any deficiencies noted during the drill.

2 (C) The lockdown drill must not include

3 simulations that mimic an actual school shooting

4 incident or active shooter event.

5 (D) All lockdown drills must be announced in

6 advance to all school personnel and students prior to

7 the commencement of the drill.

8 (E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate

9 and developmentally appropriate.

10 (F) Lockdown drills must include and involve

11 school personnel, including school-based mental health

12 professionals.

13 (G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed

14 approaches to address the concerns and well-being of

15 students and school personnel.

16 (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement

17 drills at their discretion.

18 (3) (Blank).

19 (4) School administrators and school support personnel

20 may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students

21 from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. When

22 deciding whether to exempt a student from participating in

23 a walk-through lockdown drill, the administrator and

24 school support personnel shall include the student's

25 individualized education program team or federal Section

26 504 plan team in the decision to exempt the student from

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1 participating.

2 (5) Schools must provide sufficient information and

3 notification to parents and guardians in advance of any

4 walk-through lockdown drill that involves the

5 participation of students. Schools must also provide to

6 parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child

7 for any reason from participating in the walk-through

8 lockdown drill.

9 (6) Schools must provide alternative safety education

10 and instruction related to an active threat or active

11 shooter event to students who do not participate in a

12 walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential

13 information, training, and instruction through less

14 sensorial safety training methods.

15 (7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask

16 questions related to the drill.

17 (8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active

18 shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills,

19 but only on school days when students are not present.

20 Parental notification is not required for drills conducted

21 pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not

22 required to be present.

23 (9) Schools must provide, after a lockdown drill has

24 been completed, a forum for trauma-informed discussion

25 with students, parents, and staff regarding any mental

26 health concerns that the impact of the lockdown drill has

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1 had on students.

2 (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a

3 minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to

4 address and prepare students and school personnel for possible

5 tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather

6 and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents,

7 including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous

8 materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school

9 building that houses school children.

10 (Source: P.A. 102-395, eff. 8-16-21; 103-197, eff. 1-1-24.)

11 Section 15. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act

12 is amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:

13 (430 ILCS 68/5-20)

14 Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements.

15 (a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a

16 buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card

17 whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place. The photo

18 copy shall be attached to the documentation detailing the

19 record of sale.

20 (b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous

21 position on the premises where the licensee conducts business

22 a sign that contains the following warning in block letters

23 not less than one inch in height:

24 "With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners

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1 Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:

2 (A) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place

3 where a child can obtain access to it;

4 (B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else

5 without receiving approval for the transfer from the

6 Illinois State Police, or

7 (C) fail to report the loss or theft of your

8 firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours.".

9 This sign shall be created by the Illinois State Police and

10 made available for printing or downloading from the Illinois

11 State Police's website.

12 (c) No retail location established after the effective

13 date of this Act shall be located within 500 feet of any

14 school, pre-school, or day care facility in existence at its

15 location before the retail location is established as measured

16 from the nearest corner of the building holding the retail

17 location to the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care

18 facility building nearest the retail location at the time the

19 retail location seeks licensure.

20 (d) A certified dealer who sells or transfers a firearm

21 shall provide ~~notify~~ the purchaser or the recipient, orally

22 and in writing, in both English and Spanish, at the time of

23 application for a firearm purchase, all of the following

24 information to increase awareness about the risks posed by

25 firearms in the home and State laws regarding firearm

26 ownership:

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1 (1) Firearm ownership risk education, including the

2 following information:

3 (A) firearm ownership increases the risk of

4 suicide by 3 times;

5 (B) firearm ownership increases the risk of

6 suicide for children and teens by 4 times;

7 (C) firearm ownership increases the likelihood of

8 homicide by 2 times;

9 (D) firearm ownership increases the risk of

10 intimate partner homicide for women in abusive

11 relationships by 5 times; and

12 (E) firearms are the leading cause of death for

13 children and teens.

14 (2) Safe secure storage, which shall state that State

15 law requires firearms to be placed in a securely locked

16 box or container and not in a location believed to be

17 secure from children, anyone prohibited from having a

18 firearm, or persons at-risk of harming themselves or

19 others.

20 (3) Reporting lost or stolen firearms, which shall

21 state that State law requires ~~the sale or transfer, that~~

22 the owner of a firearm ~~is required~~ to report a lost or

23 stolen firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours

24 after the owner first discovers the loss or theft.

25 The Illinois State Police shall create the ~~a~~ written

26 notice, in both English and Spanish, that certified dealers

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1 shall provide firearm purchasers or transferees in accordance

2 with this provision and make such notice available for

3 printing or downloading from the Illinois State Police

4 website.

5 (Source: P.A. 104-31, eff. 1-1-26.)