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| Bill | PREMISES LIABIL-FIREARM RANGE | Amends the Premises Liability Act. Provides that an owner or operator of a firearm range placed in operation after January 1, 1994 is immune from criminal liability and is not subject to any action for public or private nuisance or trespass arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emissions resulting from the normal use of the firearm range if: all areas from which a firearm may be properly discharged are at least 500 (rather than 1,000) yards from any occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property; or the firearm range met those requirements at the time the range began its operation and subsequently an occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property was built within 500 (rather than 1,000) yards from an area of the range from which a firearm may be properly discharged. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 97th | HB 5151 | Illinois HB 5151 (97th) |
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enacted | 3 | 66 | 4 | 2012-02-08 | 2013-01-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/1b7a37e2-2440-43ef-ae6e-ec84808fffc1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5151&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65268&SessionID=84&GA=97 | 868d7c0ad7aaa211c6abc427efa729025d6b4e7b064497fb9b478484fe98d82a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 5151 (97th) — PREMISES LIABIL-FIREARM RANGE
Amends the Premises Liability Act. Provides that an owner or operator of a firearm range placed in operation after January 1, 1994 is immune from criminal liability and is not subject to any action for public or private nuisance or trespass arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emissions resulting from the normal use of the firearm range if: all areas from which a firearm may be properly discharged are at least 500 (rather than 1,000) yards from any occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property; or the firearm range met those requirements at the time the range began its operation and subsequently an occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property was built within 500 (rather than 1,000) yards from an area of the range from which a firearm may be properly discharged. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 67–46 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 36–15 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 98–7 (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — 67–46 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2012-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
filing - 2012-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2012-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2012-02-17 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
referral-committee - 2012-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000
committee-passage - 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-007-000
reading-3, passage - 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012
reading-1 - 2012-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- 2012-05-02 First Reading
reading-1 - 2012-05-02 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2012-05-04 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2012
- 2012-05-08 Assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2012-05-16 Postponed - Executive
- 2012-05-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Jacobs
- 2012-05-23 Postponed - Executive
- 2012-05-25 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2012-11-21 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 8, 2013
reading-3 - 2012-11-21 Re-assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2012-11-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
amendment-introduction - 2012-11-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2012-11-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- 2012-11-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2012-11-28 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-001-000
committee-passage - 2012-11-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading November 29, 2012
- 2012-11-29 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2012-11-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading December 4, 2012
- 2013-01-02 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- 2013-01-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
amendment-introduction - 2013-01-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-01-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- 2013-01-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2013-01-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 010-003-001
- 2013-01-03 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- 2013-01-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- 2013-01-03 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2013-01-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Clayborne
amendment-passage - 2013-01-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2013-01-03 Third Reading - Passed; 036-015-001
reading-3, passage - 2013-01-04 Arrived in House
introduction - 2013-01-04 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
- 2013-01-04 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- 2013-01-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2013-01-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- 2013-01-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-01-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- 2013-01-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-01-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2013-01-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
referral-committee - 2013-01-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- 2013-01-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2013-01-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 2013-01-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-004-000
- 2013-01-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-004-000
- 2013-01-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 067-046-000
- 2013-01-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 067-046-000
- 2013-01-07 House Concurs
- 2013-01-07 Passed Both Houses
- 2013-01-11 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2013-01-18 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2013-01-18 Effective Date January 18, 2013
- 2013-01-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1145
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b7a37e2-2440-43ef-ae6e-ec84808fffc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).