Illinois Senate Bill 4202

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-05-12 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that, when any substance is scheduled, rescheduled, or deleted as a controlled substance under federal law and notice is given to the Department of Human Services and the Department does not similarly control the substance under the Act, after the expiration of 30 days from publication in the Federal Register of a final order scheduling a substance as a controlled substance or rescheduling or deleting a substance, the substance shall be considered scheduled, rescheduled, or deleted in the same manner as under federal law. Provides that after the public hearing to consider objections to the scheduling, rescheduling, or deletion of the controlled substance, the Department shall publish its decision within 14 days of the conclusion of the public hearing, by means of a rule, which shall be final unless altered by statute. Effective immediately.

CONTROLLED SUB-SCHEDULING

Sen. Mike Porfirio [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-12	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2026-05-12	Senate	First Reading
2026-05-12	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	570	201	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4202&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=210924&DocName=10400SB4202&DocNum=4202&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=168494&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=