IL SB3289

Re-enacts the Criminal Code provision (720 ILCS 5/24-1(c)(1.5)) making it a Class 3 felony to carry or possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of a public park without authorization.

Responds to the February 1, 2018 Illinois Supreme Court ruling in People v. Julio Chairez that found the public park firearms restriction violated Second Amendment rights, but was severable from other unlawful weapons provisions.

Clarifies that the court's ruling applied only to the pre-2013 statute and did not affect the amended provisions enacted by Public Act 98-63 (Firearm Concealed Carry Act), which remain presumptively constitutional.

The re-enactment is intended to remove any question regarding the validity or content of the public park firearm restriction provision within the current statutory scheme.

Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.