IL SB1824

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to redefine regulations on dangerous animals, including lions, tigers, leopards, bears, hyenas, wolves, coyotes, and primates.

Removes blanket exemptions for zoos, circuses, colleges, research labs, and veterinary hospitals; instead creates specific exemptions for AZA-accredited zoos, publicly-operated zoos, certain scientific institutions, and licensed exhibitors.

Adds new "animal refuge" definition with strict requirements: must be nonprofit, provide lifetime care, prohibit commercial activity or breeding, no public contact with dangerous animals, and no entertainment use.

Allows Class C exhibitor license holders to keep existing dangerous animals but prohibits breeding or acquiring most species after the law's effective date, with limited exceptions for ocelots, margay, lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena, wolf, and coyote.

Permits motion picture and television production companies to use licensed dealers and exhibitors for dangerous animals in productions; maintains exemptions for registered primates owned before 2011 and service capuchin monkeys for severely mobility-impaired individuals.