Illinois Medical Marijuana HB 30 Full Text

[420 Warrior]

Creates the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that when a person has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition, the person and the person's primary caregiver may be issued a registry identification card by the Department of Public Health that permits the person or the person's primary caregiver to legally possess no more than 6 cannabis plants and 2 ounces of dried usable cannabis.

Amends the Cannabis Control Act to make conforming changes, including that any registered qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver who distributes cannabis to someone who is not allowed to use cannabis is subject to a penalty enhancement of not more than 2 years in prison or a fine of not more than $2,000, or both, for abuse of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.

Provides that the Act is repealed 3 years after its effective date.

Repeals the research provisions of the Cannabis Control Act.

Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop and disseminate educational information about the health risks associated with the abuse of cannabis and prescription medications.

Provides that the Department shall promulgate rules governing the manner in which it shall consider applications for and renewals of registration certificates for medical cannabis organizations.

Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable.

Effective immediately.

House Sponsors - Rep. Lou Lang - Angelo Saviano - Ann Williams - Robyn Gabel - Kenneth Dunkin, Sara Feigenholtz and Kelly M. Cassidy.

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Best of luck to Illinois Medical Marijuana Patients.

 

[TorturedSoul]

That's not the full text, lol, that's just the synopsis as introduced.

Full text may be read at the website referenced in your post or by going here and clicking on the Full Text link at the top. (NOTE: Link is to the IL General Assembly page on the status of HB0030, and is a government site.) The page also contains a running history of actions from 12/28/10 (Prefiled with clerk by Rep. Lou Lang) to 1/25/12 (Third Reading - Consideration Postponed & Placed on Calandar - Consideration Postponed), amendments to the bill, et cetera.

Among other things, I saw this. It's part of House Floor Amendment 2:

(3) amends the Election Code to make it unlawful for any nonprofit medical cannabis organization, or any political action committee created by any nonprofit medical cannabis organization to make a campaign contribution to any political committee established to promote the candidacy of a candidate or public official and to make it unlawful for any candidate, political committee, or other person to knowingly accept or receive any such contribution and to make it unlawful for any officer or agent of a nonprofit medical cannabis organization to consent to any contribution or expenditure by the nonprofit medical cannabis organization

Which I find to be... interesting.