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type: "Bill"
title: "PREMISES LIABIL-FIREARM RANGE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5151"
citation: "Illinois HB 5151 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2013-01-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7a37e2-2440-43ef-ae6e-ec84808fffc1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5151&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65268&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "868d7c0ad7aaa211c6abc427efa729025d6b4e7b064497fb9b478484fe98d82a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5151&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65268&DocNum=5151&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5151eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65268&DocNum=5151&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5151enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65268&DocNum=5151&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **6746** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **3615** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **987** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **6746** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b7a37e2-2440-43ef-ae6e-ec84808fffc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).