IL SB3236

Increases firearm training requirement from 40 to 48 hours for private security contractors, with 20 hours of classroom instruction, 8 hours of range practice with minimum 50 rounds and 70% accuracy, and 20 hours of specialized instruction in firearms safety, defensive tactics, legal use, ethical considerations, arrest/search/seizure law, and liability.

Mandates annual 8-hour refresher training for all private security employees holding valid firearm control cards, including minimum 50 rounds fired on range with 70% accuracy threshold.

Lowers registration threshold for armed proprietary security forces from 5 or more employees to 1 or more armed employees, requiring all such forces to register with Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Updates Criminal Code exemptions to reference 28 hours of training (instead of 20 hours) for private security contractors and commercial/industrial security guards carrying weapons.

Allows waiver of firearm training for those who completed equivalent training through Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, other state equivalents, or qualified retired law enforcement officers with weapon requalification documentation.