Bill Title: Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the official purpose. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Makes changes concerning agents under the Act. Makes changes concerning provisional patients. Provides that the physical examination required under the Act may be performed by remote means. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions. Repeals provisions concerning excluded offenses. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes changes concerning definitions. Authorizes a dispensing organization to offer drive-through and pickup options for cannabis and cannabis-infused products and makes related changes. Requires a dispensing organization to implement other security measures. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, by rule, certain market protections. Requires the Department of Agriculture to license cannabis laboratories. Adds provisions concerning consolidated transport centers. Provides for the repeal of provisions concerning the medical cannabis dispensing organization exemption, establishing cultivator taxes, and craft grower taxes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes changes concerning the requirements for a container when possessing cannabis. Amends the Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act. Deletes a provision which specifies that the sale and possession of marijuana and hashish is illegal. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-28 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee [HB2911 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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