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IL SB 1849 2025-2026 Senate

CRIM CD-FIREARM OFFENSES

First chamber Not law yet bank: queued

Not law yet. Pending legislation.

Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

Bill summary

Official digest is not on this card.

Now vs if chaptered

NOW: not law; referred to Senate Assignments 2/06/2025. IF CHAPTERED: 15/20/25-to-life firearm add-ons become discretionary, require personally armed and personally displaying, and lose the natural-life option. Present mandatory add-ons remain until then.

Defender utility

Illinois PDs on armed-violence / 15-20-life calendars: this is a pending sentencing rewrite, not present mandatory add-ons. If it moved, demand personal arming plus personal display and treat constructive or co-defendant gun facts as outside the add-on. 2026 narrower twin is SB 2867 / HB 4285. Not a California charge.

Who this is for. IL PDs on 15-20-life / armed-violence calendars — pending discretionary-add-on rewrite parked in Assignments, not present law; not a California charge.

Penalties (if chaptered)

Draft converts mandatory 15/20/25-to-life firearm add-ons to discretionary extra terms; deletes natural-life option on those add-ons. Not live.

SB-1849 Illinois firearm-enhancement 15-20-life personally-armed discretionary 730-ILCS-5/5-8-1 HB-1835-twin not-chaptered