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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5320
Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-1020	  was 105 ILCS 5/27-17
105 ILCS 128/20
430 ILCS 68/5-20
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that instruction in safety education shall include the risks of firearm ownership and usage for students enrolled in grades 6 through 12. Sets forth what information this instruction must include, provides that the instruction may be taught by a licensed educator, school nurse, or school counselor, provides for student evaluation, and requires the State Board of Education to develop an age-appropriate, trauma-informed curriculum. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires schools to provide, after a lockdown drill has been completed, a forum for trauma-informed discussion with students, parents, and staff regarding any mental health concerns that the impact of the lockdown drill has had on students. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Makes changes to require a certified firearm dealer to provide, at the time of application for a firearm purchase, specified information to increase awareness about the risks posed by firearms in the home and State laws regarding firearm ownership.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning firearm safety.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
527-1020 as follows:
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-1020)  (was 105 ILCS 5/27-17)
7    Sec. 27-1020. Safety education. School boards of public
8schools and all boards in charge of educational institutions
9supported wholly or partially by the State may provide
10instruction in safety education in all grades and include such
11instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein.
12    In this Section, "safety education" means and includes
13instruction in the following:
14        1. automobile safety, including traffic regulations,
15    highway safety, and the consequences of alcohol
16    consumption and the operation of a motor vehicle;
17        2. safety in the home, including safe gun storage;
18        3. safety in connection with recreational activities;
19        4. safety in and around school buildings;
20        5. safety in connection with vocational work or
21    training;
22        6. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for students
23    enrolled in grades 9 through 11;
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1        7. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8,
2    cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated
3    external defibrillator by watching a training video on
4    those subjects; [and]
5        8. for students enrolled in prekindergarten through
6    grade 6, water safety that incorporates evidence-based
7    water safety instructional materials and resources; and.
8        9. for students enrolled in grades 6 through 12, the 
9    risks of firearm ownership and usage.
10    The instruction on the risks of firearm ownership and 
11usage shall include information on the impacts of firearm 
12violence on youth and the risks to firearm owners and other 
13household members posed by firearm ownership and use, 
14including risks for suicide, homicide, intimate partner 
15homicide, and accidental firearm deaths and injuries. This 
16instruction may be taught by a licensed educator, school 
17nurse, or school counselor. A student shall be evaluated on 
18the student's knowledge of the risks of firearm ownership and 
19use before the instruction to allow the school and the State 
20Board of Education to measure efficacy. The State Board, in 
21consultation with the Department of Public Health, the 
22Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Human 
23Services, and nonprofits and experts in gun violence 
24prevention and trauma-informed education, shall develop an 
25age-appropriate, trauma-informed curriculum for this 
26instruction.
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1(Source: P.A. 103-567, eff. 12-8-23; 104-391, eff. 8-15-25.)
2    Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
3changing Section 20 as follows:
4    (105 ILCS 128/20)
5    Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local
6authority participation.
7    (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
8minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare
9students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills
10must meet all of the following criteria:
11        (1) One of the 3 school evacuation drills shall
12    require the participation of the appropriate local fire
13    department or district.
14            (A) Each local fire department or fire district
15        must contact the appropriate school administrator or
16        his or her designee no later than September 1 of each
17        year in order to arrange for the participation of the
18        department or district in the school evacuation drill.
19            (B) Each school administrator or his or her
20        designee must contact the responding local fire
21        official no later than September 15 of each year and
22        propose to the local fire official 4 dates within the
23        month of October, during at least 2 different weeks of
24        October, on which the drill shall occur. The fire
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1        official may choose any of the 4 available dates, and
2        if he or she does so, the drill shall occur on that
3        date.
4            (C) The school administrator or his or her
5        designee and the local fire official may also, by
6        mutual agreement, set any other date for the drill,
7        including a date outside of the month of October.
8            (D) If the fire official does not select one of the
9        4 offered dates in October or set another date by
10        mutual agreement, the requirement that the school
11        include the local fire service in one of its mandatory
12        school evacuation drills shall be waived. Schools,
13        however, shall continue to be strongly encouraged to
14        include the fire service in a school evacuation drill
15        at a mutually agreed-upon time.
16            (E) Upon the participation of the local fire
17        service, the appropriate local fire official shall
18        certify that the school evacuation drill was
19        conducted.
20            (F) When scheduling the school evacuation drill,
21        the school administrator or his or her designee and
22        the local fire department or fire district may, by
23        mutual agreement on or before September 14, choose to
24        waive the provisions of subparagraphs (B), (C), and
25        (D) of this paragraph (1).
26        Additional school evacuation drills for fire incidents
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1    may involve the participation of the appropriate local
2    fire department or district.
3        (2) Schools may conduct additional school evacuation
4    drills to account for other evacuation incidents,
5    including without limitation suspicious items or bomb
6    threats.
7        (3) All drills shall be conducted at each school
8    building that houses school children.
9    (b) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
10minimum of one bus evacuation drill. This drill shall be
11accounted for in the curriculum in all public schools and in
12all other educational institutions in this State that are
13supported or maintained, in whole or in part, by public funds
14and that provide instruction in any of the grades kindergarten
15through 12. This curriculum shall include instruction in safe
16bus riding practices for all students. Schools may conduct
17additional bus evacuation drills. All drills shall be
18conducted at each school building that houses school children.
19    (b-5) Notwithstanding the minimum requirements established
20by this Act, private schools that do not utilize a bus to
21transport students for any purpose are exempt from subsection
22(b) of this Section, provided that the chief school
23administrator of the private school provides written assurance
24to the State Board of Education that the private school does
25not plan to utilize a bus to transport students for any purpose
26during the current academic year. The assurance must be made
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1on a form supplied by the State Board of Education and filed no
2later than October 15. If a private school utilizes a bus to
3transport students for any purpose during an academic year
4when an assurance pursuant to this subsection (b-5) has been
5filed with the State Board of Education, the private school
6shall immediately notify the State Board of Education and
7comply with subsection (b) of this Section no later than 30
8calendar days after utilization of the bus to transport
9students, except that, at the discretion of the private
10school, students chosen for participation in the bus
11evacuation drill need include only the subgroup of students
12that are utilizing bus transportation.
13    (c) During each academic year, schools must conduct a law
14enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting
15incident. No later than 90 days after the first day of each
16school year, schools must conduct at least one law enforcement
17lockdown drill that addresses an active threat or an active
18shooter within a school building. Such drills must be
19conducted according to the school district's or private
20school's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and
21procedures to evaluate the preparedness of school personnel
22and students. Law enforcement lockdown drills must be
23conducted on days and times when students are normally present
24in the school building and must involve participation from all
25school personnel and students present at school at the time of
26the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school
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1support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from
2the lockdown drill. The appropriate local law enforcement
3agency shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill.
4All drills must be conducted at each school building that
5houses school children.
6        (1) A law enforcement lockdown drill must meet all of
7    the following criteria:
8            (A) During each calendar year, the appropriate
9        local law enforcement agency shall contact the
10        appropriate school administrator to request to
11        participate in a law enforcement lockdown drill. The
12        school administrator and local law enforcement agency
13        shall set, by mutual agreement, a date for the
14        lockdown drill.
15            (A-5) The lockdown drill shall require the on-site
16        participation of the local law enforcement agency. If
17        a mutually agreeable date cannot be reached between
18        the school administrator and the appropriate local law
19        enforcement agency, then the school shall still hold
20        the lockdown drill without participation from the
21        agency.
22            (B) Upon the participation of a local law
23        enforcement agency in a law enforcement lockdown
24        drill, the appropriate local law enforcement official
25        shall certify that the law enforcement lockdown drill
26        was conducted and notify the school in a timely manner
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1        of any deficiencies noted during the drill.
2            (C) The lockdown drill must not include
3        simulations that mimic an actual school shooting
4        incident or active shooter event.
5            (D) All lockdown drills must be announced in
6        advance to all school personnel and students prior to
7        the commencement of the drill.
8            (E) Lockdown drill content must be age appropriate
9        and developmentally appropriate.
10            (F) Lockdown drills must include and involve
11        school personnel, including school-based mental health
12        professionals.
13            (G) Lockdown drills must include trauma-informed
14        approaches to address the concerns and well-being of
15        students and school personnel.
16        (2) Schools may conduct additional law enforcement
17    drills at their discretion.
18        (3) (Blank).
19        (4) School administrators and school support personnel
20    may, in their discretion, exempt a student or students
21    from participating in a walk-through lockdown drill. When
22    deciding whether to exempt a student from participating in
23    a walk-through lockdown drill, the administrator and
24    school support personnel shall include the student's
25    individualized education program team or federal Section
26    504 plan team in the decision to exempt the student from
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1    participating.
2        (5) Schools must provide sufficient information and
3    notification to parents and guardians in advance of any
4    walk-through lockdown drill that involves the
5    participation of students. Schools must also provide to
6    parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child
7    for any reason from participating in the walk-through
8    lockdown drill.
9        (6) Schools must provide alternative safety education
10    and instruction related to an active threat or active
11    shooter event to students who do not participate in a
12    walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential
13    information, training, and instruction through less
14    sensorial safety training methods.
15        (7) During the drill, students must be allowed to ask
16    questions related to the drill.
17        (8) Law enforcement may choose to run an active
18    shooter simulation, including simulated gun fire drills,
19    but only on school days when students are not present.
20    Parental notification is not required for drills conducted
21    pursuant to this paragraph (8) if students are not
22    required to be present.
23        (9) Schools must provide, after a lockdown drill has 
24    been completed, a forum for trauma-informed discussion 
25    with students, parents, and staff regarding any mental 
26    health concerns that the impact of the lockdown drill has 
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1    had on students.
2    (d) During each academic year, schools must conduct a
3minimum of one severe weather and shelter-in-place drill to
4address and prepare students and school personnel for possible
5tornado incidents and may conduct additional severe weather
6and shelter-in-place drills to account for other incidents,
7including without limitation earthquakes or hazardous
8materials. All drills shall be conducted at each school
9building that houses school children.
10(Source: P.A. 102-395, eff. 8-16-21; 103-197, eff. 1-1-24.)
11    Section 15. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act
12is amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
13    (430 ILCS 68/5-20)
14    Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements.
15    (a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a
16buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card
17whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place. The photo
18copy shall be attached to the documentation detailing the
19record of sale.
20    (b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous
21position on the premises where the licensee conducts business
22a sign that contains the following warning in block letters
23not less than one inch in height:
24        "With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners
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1    Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:
2            (A) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place
3        where a child can obtain access to it;
4            (B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else
5        without receiving approval for the transfer from the
6        Illinois State Police, or
7            (C) fail to report the loss or theft of your
8        firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours.".
9This sign shall be created by the Illinois State Police and
10made available for printing or downloading from the Illinois
11State Police's website.
12    (c) No retail location established after the effective
13date of this Act shall be located within 500 feet of any
14school, pre-school, or day care facility in existence at its
15location before the retail location is established as measured
16from the nearest corner of the building holding the retail
17location to the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care
18facility building nearest the retail location at the time the
19retail location seeks licensure.
20    (d) A certified dealer who sells or transfers a firearm
21shall provide [notify] the purchaser or the recipient, orally
22and in writing, in both English and Spanish, at the time of
23application for a firearm purchase, all of the following 
24information to increase awareness about the risks posed by 
25firearms in the home and State laws regarding firearm 
26ownership:
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1        (1) Firearm ownership risk education, including the 
2    following information:
3            (A) firearm ownership increases the risk of 
4        suicide by 3 times;
5            (B) firearm ownership increases the risk of 
6        suicide for children and teens by 4 times;
7            (C) firearm ownership increases the likelihood of 
8        homicide by 2 times;
9            (D) firearm ownership increases the risk of 
10        intimate partner homicide for women in abusive 
11        relationships by 5 times; and
12            (E) firearms are the leading cause of death for 
13        children and teens.
14        (2) Safe secure storage, which shall state that State 
15    law requires firearms to be placed in a securely locked 
16    box or container and not in a location believed to be 
17    secure from children, anyone prohibited from having a 
18    firearm, or persons at-risk of harming themselves or 
19    others.
20        (3) Reporting lost or stolen firearms, which shall 
21    state that State law requires [the sale or transfer, that]
22    the owner of a firearm [is required] to report a lost or
23    stolen firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours
24    after the owner first discovers the loss or theft.
25    The Illinois State Police shall create the [a] written
26notice, in both English and Spanish, that certified dealers
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1shall provide firearm purchasers or transferees in accordance
2with this provision and make such notice available for
3printing or downloading from the Illinois State Police
4website.
5(Source: P.A. 104-31, eff. 1-1-26.)