Illinois Rep. Will Guzzardi introduced today a new House bill containing multiple cannabis-related amendments across several state acts. House Bill 5784 (HB5784) encompasses provisions from CBD and hemp to licensing and operations.

The bill includes the following provisions and technical changes:

1. Creates the CBD Consumer Products Act, prohibiting the sale or distribution of hemp-derived cannabinoid products for human or animal consumption unless sold by a registered CBD product registrant.
2. Amends the definition of “minor cannabis offense” in the Criminal Identification Act.
3. Updates the name of the Local Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax Trust Fund.
4. Removes a tax exemption for CBD food products.
5. Provides for public tax-revenue reporting.
6. Prohibits home rule counties and municipalities from taxing cannabis.
7. Updates definitions, adds references to additional patient categories, allows certain intergovernmental agreements, and permits purchases at any licensed dispensing organization in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.
8. Makes related changes to registration, identification cards, confidentiality, and taxes.
9. Repeals the Social Equity Justice Involved Medical Lottery.
10. Amends definitions, business development, social equity loans and fee waivers, possession limits, minors, licensing, operations, investigations, security, and testing, and adds provisions concerning medical cannabis licenses, relocation, storage endorsements, warning labels, and pickup or drive-through services in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.

The full bill can be read here. Witness slips can be filled out here. The bill has already picked up several sponsors, including Justin Slaughter, Bob Morgan, Kevin John Olickal, Lisa Davis, Barbara Hernandez, and Sharon Chung. The House and Senate currently have multiple other crossover cannabis-related bills stuck in committee.

HB5784 amends or makes technical and other changes to the Industrial Hemp Act, Cannabis Control Act, Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act, Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, Criminal Identification Act, and Department of Professional Regulation Law.

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