Illinois · House Bill 3791 · 103rd General Assembly

CONCEALED CARRY-FOREST PRESERV

  1. Introduced Feb 17, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 17, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range…

Read the full title (118 words)

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a forest preserve district from prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm into any botanic garden, campground, aquatic center, grounds of an aquatic center, boat launch, boating center, athletic venue, picnic grove, nature center, grounds of a nature center, pavilion, grounds of a pavilion, golf course, parking lot, driving range, adventure course, grounds of an adventure course, zipline building, grounds of a zipline, equestrian center, grounds of an equestrian center, exercise venue, grounds of an exercise venue, any Illinois nature preserve, land and water reserve, or any public or private gathering or special event conducted on property that requires the issuance of a permit. Defines "grounds".

Every action

49 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee · House Judiciary - Criminal
  5. CommitteeTo Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcommittee · House Firearms and Firearm Safety
  6. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  9. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
  10. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  11. HouseChief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  12. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
  13. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  14. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  15. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
  16. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  17. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
  18. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
  19. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
  20. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  21. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  22. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
  23. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
  24. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
  25. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
  26. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
  27. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
  28. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  29. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  30. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
  31. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
  32. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  33. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
  34. CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee · House Judiciary - Criminal
  35. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
  36. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
  37. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
  38. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  39. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
  40. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  41. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
  1. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  8. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 39 cosponsors: 39 Democrats.

All 39 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.