IL HB4795

Increases firearm training requirement for private security personnel from 40 hours to 48 hours, with 20 hours of training per licensing category, 8 hours of live range practice with minimum 50 rounds and 70% accuracy, and 20 hours of classroom instruction.

Adds mandatory 8 hours of annual refresher training for all licensees with valid firearm control cards, consisting of live range practice with minimum 50 rounds and 70% accuracy requirement.

Lowers threshold for commercial or industrial operations requiring security force registration from 5 or more armed employees to 1 or more armed employees with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Updates Criminal Code exemptions to reflect the new 48-hour training requirement (listed as 28 hours of basic training plus 20 hours of firearm training) for security contractors, private detectives, and commercial security guards carrying weapons.

Eliminates optional registration provision for operations with fewer than 5 armed employees; all commercial and industrial operations with armed employees must now register and comply with all training requirements.