Bill Text: IL SB0299 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a person under 21 years of age who possesses 30 grams or less of cannabis is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (rather than a civil law violation). Provides that a person under 21 years of age who possesses more than 30 grams of cannabis is subject to the penalties provided in the Cannabis Control Act. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0299 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0299-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB0299 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Sen. Jason A. Barickman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 705/10-15
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a person under 21 years of age who possesses 30 grams or less of cannabis is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (rather than a civil law violation). Provides that a person under 21 years of age who possesses more than 30 grams of cannabis is subject to the penalties provided in the Cannabis Control Act. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
by changing Section 10-15 as follows:
(410 ILCS 705/10-15)
Sec. 10-15. Persons under 21 years of age.
(a) Nothing in this Act is intended to permit the transfer
of cannabis, with or without remuneration, to a person under
21 years of age, or to allow a person under 21 years of age to
purchase, possess, use, process, transport, grow, or consume
cannabis except where authorized by the Compassionate Use of
Medical Cannabis Program Act or by the Community College
Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law
authorizing the possession of medical cannabis, nothing in
this Act authorizes a person who is under 21 years of age to
possess cannabis. A person under 21 years of age who possesses
30 grams or less of with cannabis in his or her possession is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor civil law violation as
outlined in paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Cannabis Control
Act. A person under 21 years of age who possesses more than 30
grams of cannabis is subject to the penalties provided in

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Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act.
(c) If the person under the age of 21 was in a motor
vehicle at the time of the offense, the Secretary of State may
suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person for a
violation of this Section under Section 6-206 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code and the rules adopted under it.
(d) It is unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly
permit his or her residence, any other private property under
his or her control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft
under his or her control to be used by an invitee of the
parent's child or the guardian's ward, if the invitee is under
the age of 21, in a manner that constitutes a violation of this
Section. A parent or guardian is deemed to have knowingly
permitted his or her residence, any other private property
under his or her control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or
watercraft under his or her control to be used in violation of
this Section if he or she knowingly authorizes or permits
consumption of cannabis by underage invitees. Any person who
violates this subsection (d) is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor and the person's sentence shall include, but shall
not be limited to, a fine of not less than $500. If a violation
of this subsection (d) directly or indirectly results in great
bodily harm or death to any person, the person violating this
subsection is guilty of a Class 4 felony. In this subsection
(d), where the residence or other property has an owner and a
tenant or lessee, the trier of fact may infer that the

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residence or other property is occupied only by the tenant or
lessee.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.