On Wednesday, four Illinois bills were moved to the Cannabis Subcommittee of the Senate Executive Committee. Kimberly A. Lightford, who is one of three members of the Cannabis Committee, introduced all four bills. The bills include two omnibus-style cannabis bills and two hemp regulation bills.

The cannabis omnibus bills include Senate Bill 4015 and Senate Bill 4048. Read more about what provisions are contained in the omnibus bills here. The hemp regulation bills include Senate Bill 3820 (SB3820) and Senate Bill 3919 (SB3919).

SB3820 makes changes to the Industrial Hemp Act and the Cannabis Control Act. The amendments would make changes to conform with and adopt rules consistent with changes in federal law with respect to hemp and industrial hemp reflected in the federal Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.

SB3919 amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act so that the definition of cannabis does not include hemp, industrial hemp, or Illinois hemp for human consumption as defined and authorized under the Industrial Hemp Act, but includes intoxicating hemp as defined under the Industrial Hemp Act. SB3919 also revises definitions in the Act to conform to federal law and adds definitions of “Illinois hemp for human consumption,” “intoxicating hemp,” and “synthetic hemp product.” In addition, SB3919 directs the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to conform to federal law and to adopt rules regarding hemp products intended for human consumption that (1) require testing, (2) establish labeling requirements, (3) require child-resistant packaging, and (4) prohibit branding attractive to children.

Other provisions in SB3919:

1. Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, delivery, or furnishment of a hemp product intended for human consumption to a person who is under 21 years of age.
2. Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale, offer for sale, delivery, or furnishment of synthetic hemp products.
3. Provides for civil penalties for violations to be deposited into the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Fund.
4. Provides that the exception in the Cannabis Control Act for the Industrial Hemp Act does not apply to synthetic hemp products.

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