Among the hundreds of new laws in effect in Illinois this year is a strengthened requirement for firearm owners reporting ...

(The Center Square) – Components of Illinois Safe Gun Storage Act go into effect Jan. 1. Supporters of Senate Bill 8, like gun control advocacy group Giffords, say in addition to strengthening ...

Among the hundreds of new laws taking effect in Illinois in 2026 will be bills related to gun ownership, as well as crime reporting and other public safety issues. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as ...

Illinois ushered in the new year with hundreds of new laws ranging from expanded employee protections to strengthened gun safety requirements, physician-assisted death and more. The laws brought ...

ILLINOIS (KWQC) - New laws are set to take effect in Illinois in 2026, including changes that impact gun owners, police response times, prescription drug costs and workplace rights for nursing mothers ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Starting January 1, Illinois gun owners will face stricter requirements under the state’s new Safe Gun Storage Act, aimed at reducing accidental shootings and teen suicides.

Illinois gun owners will need to take new steps to secure firearms in their homes in 2026, especially when children are present. Senate Bill 8, also known as the Safe Gun Storage Act, prohibits gun ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — The elimination of Illinois’ statewide grocery tax, gun storage laws aimed at preventing shootings and suicides, rules protecting undocumented students, and a ban on ...

Safe Gun Storage Act requires guns be locked in certain situations, with exceptions. New eviction law clarifies police may enforce trespass laws against “squatters.” Updated Missing Persons Act ends ...