HB5285 Summary

• Makes a technical change to Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 regarding unlawful use of weapons by correcting grammatical language in subsection (a).

• The bill removes duplicate language and replaces "the the" with "the" in the opening provision defining the offense of unlawful use of weapons.

• No substantive changes are made to weapon prohibitions, penalties, or exemptions; this is solely a grammatical correction to existing statute.