An incident in his district was the reason State Representative Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) sponsored SB2124 which was approved in the Illinois House of Representatives Thursday.  

According to the representative, a student brought a BB gun to school causing fear and panic in the school because other students didn’t recognize it as a BB gun, they just saw it as a gun.

Current Illinois law requires a student to be expelled for no less than one year if he or she brings any object to school or a school-sponsored event or activity that if used or attempted to be used could cause bodily harm, including “look-alikes” of any firearm.