HB1422 Summary

• Adds business degree from accredited college or university to educational credentials that provide 2 years of credit toward the 3-year experience requirement for private alarm contractor licensure.

• Modifies disciplinary grounds under Section 40-10 to limit action for misdemeanor or administrative sanction convictions to those involving dishonesty, fraud, larceny, embezzlement, or obtaining money/property by false pretenses or confidence games.

• Clarifies that firearm control card holders for private security contractors, private detectives, and private alarm contractors must carry the card at all times when in possession of a weapon permitted by their card.

• Removes the one-hour commuting time restriction for employees of licensed private security contractors, private detectives, and private alarm contractors carrying weapons while commuting between home and workplace.

• Amends the Criminal Code to update firearm exemptions for licensed private security contractors, private detectives, and private alarm contractors to reference "licensed" agencies rather than "certified" agencies.