Bill Text: IL SB2939 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the odor of burnt or raw cannabis in a motor vehicle by itself shall not constitute probable cause for the search of a motor vehicle.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-30 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB2939 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2939-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2939 Introduced 10/19/2021, by Sen. John Connor SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-502.15
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the odor of burnt or raw cannabis in a motor vehicle by itself shall not constitute probable cause for the search of a motor vehicle.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-502.15 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-502.15)
Sec. 11-502.15. Possession of adult use cannabis in a
motor vehicle.
(a) No driver may use cannabis within the passenger area
of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State.
(b) No driver may possess cannabis within any area of any
motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except in a secured,
sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis
container that is inaccessible.
(c) No passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger
area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except
in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof,
child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible.
(d) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b),
or (c) of this Section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) The odor of burnt or raw cannabis in a motor vehicle by
itself shall not constitute probable cause for the search of a
motor vehicle.

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(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)