Bill Text: IL HB1559 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a dispensing organization that sells or offers for sale a pre-rolled joint must stamp the pre-rolled joint with the month, day, and year that it was rolled and packaged for retail sale.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1559 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1559-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 15-70 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 705/15-70)
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7 | Sec. 15-70. Operational requirements; prohibitions. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A dispensing organization shall operate in accordance | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with the representations made in its application and license | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | materials. It shall be in compliance with this Act and rules. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) A dispensing organization must include the legal name | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | of the dispensary on the packaging of any cannabis product it | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | sells. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (c) All cannabis, cannabis-infused products, and cannabis | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | seeds must be obtained from an Illinois registered adult use | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or another | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | dispensary. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (d) Dispensing organizations are prohibited from selling | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | any product containing alcohol except tinctures, which must be | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | limited to containers that are no larger than 100 milliliters. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (e) A dispensing organization shall inspect and count | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | product received from a transporting organization, adult use | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | cultivation center, craft grower, infuser organization, or |
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1 | other dispensing organization before dispensing it. | ||||||
2 | (f) A dispensing organization may only accept cannabis | ||||||
3 | deliveries into a restricted access area. Deliveries may not | ||||||
4 | be accepted through the public or limited access areas unless | ||||||
5 | otherwise approved by the Department. | ||||||
6 | (g) A dispensing organization shall maintain compliance | ||||||
7 | with State and local building, fire, and zoning requirements | ||||||
8 | or regulations. | ||||||
9 | (h) A dispensing organization shall submit a list to the | ||||||
10 | Department of the names of all service professionals that will | ||||||
11 | work at the dispensary. The list shall include a description | ||||||
12 | of the type of business or service provided. Changes to the | ||||||
13 | service professional list shall be promptly provided. No | ||||||
14 | service professional shall work in the dispensary until the | ||||||
15 | name is provided to the Department on the service professional | ||||||
16 | list. | ||||||
17 | (i) A dispensing organization's license allows for a | ||||||
18 | dispensary to be operated only at a single location. | ||||||
19 | (j) A dispensary may operate between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. | ||||||
20 | local time. | ||||||
21 | (k) A dispensing organization must keep all lighting | ||||||
22 | outside and inside the dispensary in good working order and | ||||||
23 | wattage sufficient for security cameras. | ||||||
24 | (l) A dispensing organization must keep all air treatment | ||||||
25 | systems that will be installed to reduce odors in good working | ||||||
26 | order. |
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1 | (m) A dispensing organization must contract with a private | ||||||
2 | security contractor that is licensed under Section 10-5 of the | ||||||
3 | Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, | ||||||
4 | Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 to provide | ||||||
5 | on-site security at all hours of the dispensary's operation. | ||||||
6 | (n) A dispensing organization shall ensure that any | ||||||
7 | building or equipment used by a dispensing organization for | ||||||
8 | the storage or sale of cannabis is maintained in a clean and | ||||||
9 | sanitary condition. | ||||||
10 | (o) The dispensary shall be free from infestation by | ||||||
11 | insects, rodents, or pests. | ||||||
12 | (p) A dispensing organization shall not: | ||||||
13 | (1) Produce or manufacture cannabis; | ||||||
14 | (2) Accept a cannabis product from an adult use | ||||||
15 | cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, dispensing | ||||||
16 | organization, or transporting organization unless it is | ||||||
17 | pre-packaged and labeled in accordance with this Act and | ||||||
18 | any rules that may be adopted pursuant to this Act; | ||||||
19 | (3) Obtain cannabis or cannabis-infused products from | ||||||
20 | outside the State of Illinois; | ||||||
21 | (4) Sell cannabis or cannabis-infused products to a | ||||||
22 | purchaser unless the dispensing organization is licensed | ||||||
23 | under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program | ||||||
24 | Act, and the individual is registered under the | ||||||
25 | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program or the | ||||||
26 | purchaser has been verified to be 21 years of age or older; |
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1 | (5) Enter into an exclusive agreement with any adult | ||||||
2 | use cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser. | ||||||
3 | Dispensaries shall provide consumers an assortment of | ||||||
4 | products from various cannabis business establishment | ||||||
5 | licensees such that the inventory available for sale at | ||||||
6 | any dispensary from any single cultivation center, craft | ||||||
7 | grower, processor, transporter, or infuser entity shall | ||||||
8 | not be more than 40% of the total inventory available for | ||||||
9 | sale. For the purpose of this subsection, a cultivation | ||||||
10 | center, craft grower, processor, or infuser shall be | ||||||
11 | considered part of the same entity if the licensees share | ||||||
12 | at least one principal officer. The Department may request | ||||||
13 | that a dispensary diversify its products as needed or | ||||||
14 | otherwise discipline a dispensing organization for | ||||||
15 | violating this requirement; | ||||||
16 | (6) Refuse to conduct business with an adult use | ||||||
17 | cultivation center, craft grower, transporting | ||||||
18 | organization, or infuser that has the ability to properly | ||||||
19 | deliver the product and is permitted by the Department of | ||||||
20 | Agriculture, on the same terms as other adult use | ||||||
21 | cultivation centers, craft growers, infusers, or | ||||||
22 | transporters with whom it is dealing; | ||||||
23 | (7) Operate drive-through windows; | ||||||
24 | (8) Allow for the dispensing of cannabis or | ||||||
25 | cannabis-infused products in vending machines; | ||||||
26 | (9) Transport cannabis to residences or other |
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1 | locations where purchasers may be for delivery; | ||||||
2 | (10) Enter into agreements to allow persons who are | ||||||
3 | not dispensing organization agents to deliver cannabis or | ||||||
4 | to transport cannabis to purchasers; | ||||||
5 | (11) Operate a dispensary if its video surveillance | ||||||
6 | equipment is inoperative; | ||||||
7 | (12) Operate a dispensary if the point-of-sale | ||||||
8 | equipment is inoperative; | ||||||
9 | (13) Operate a dispensary if the State's cannabis | ||||||
10 | electronic verification system is inoperative; | ||||||
11 | (14) Have fewer than 2 people working at the | ||||||
12 | dispensary at any time while the dispensary is open; | ||||||
13 | (15) Be located within 1,500 feet of the property line | ||||||
14 | of a pre-existing dispensing organization, unless the | ||||||
15 | applicant is a Social Equity Applicant or Social Equity | ||||||
16 | Justice Involved Applicant located or seeking to locate | ||||||
17 | within 1,500 feet of a dispensing organization licensed | ||||||
18 | under Section 15-15 or Section 15-20; | ||||||
19 | (16) Sell clones or any other live plant material; | ||||||
20 | (17) Sell cannabis, cannabis concentrate, or | ||||||
21 | cannabis-infused products in combination or bundled with | ||||||
22 | each other or any other items for one price, and each item | ||||||
23 | of cannabis, concentrate, or cannabis-infused product must | ||||||
24 | be separately identified by quantity and price on the | ||||||
25 | receipt; | ||||||
26 | (18) Violate any other requirements or prohibitions |
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1 | set by Department rules. | ||||||
2 | (q) It is unlawful for any person having an Early Approval | ||||||
3 | Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization License, a | ||||||
4 | Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization, an | ||||||
5 | Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical | ||||||
6 | cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the | ||||||
7 | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act or any | ||||||
8 | officer, associate, member, representative, or agent of such
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9 | licensee to accept, receive, or borrow money or anything else
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10 | of value or accept or receive credit (other than merchandising
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11 | credit in the ordinary course of business for a period not to
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12 | exceed 30 days) directly or indirectly from any adult use
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13 | cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or transporting
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14 | organization in exchange for preferential placement on the | ||||||
15 | dispensing organization's shelves, display cases, or website. | ||||||
16 | This includes anything received or borrowed or from any | ||||||
17 | stockholders, officers, agents, or persons connected with an | ||||||
18 | adult
use cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or
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19 | transporting organization. | ||||||
20 | (r) It is unlawful for any person having an Early Approval | ||||||
21 | Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization License, a | ||||||
22 | Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization, an | ||||||
23 | Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical | ||||||
24 | cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the | ||||||
25 | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program to enter into | ||||||
26 | any contract with any person licensed to cultivate, process, |
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1 | or transport cannabis whereby such dispensing organization | ||||||
2 | agrees not to sell any cannabis cultivated, processed, | ||||||
3 | transported, manufactured, or distributed by any other | ||||||
4 | cultivator, transporter, or infuser, and any provision in any | ||||||
5 | contract violative of this Section shall render the whole of | ||||||
6 | such contract void and no action shall be brought thereon in | ||||||
7 | any court. | ||||||
8 | (s) A dispensing organization that sells or offers for | ||||||
9 | sale a pre-rolled joint must stamp the pre-rolled joint with | ||||||
10 | the month, day, and year that it was rolled and packaged for | ||||||
11 | retail sale.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; | ||||||
13 | 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
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