101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4522

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 705/50-5

    Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Requires cannabis or cannabis-infused products to be tested for vitamin E acetate. Provides that if a sample fails the test the entire batch from which the sample was taken shall be recalled. Prohibits cannabis and cannabis-infused products from containing vitamin E acetate.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
5by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 705/50-5)
7    Sec. 50-5. Laboratory testing.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
9following acts, when performed by a cannabis testing facility
10with a current, valid registration, or a person 21 years of age
11or older who is acting in his or her capacity as an owner,
12employee, or agent of a cannabis testing facility, are not
13unlawful and shall not be an offense under Illinois law or be a
14basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets under Illinois law:
15        (1) possessing, repackaging, transporting, storing, or
16    displaying cannabis or cannabis-infused products;
17        (2) receiving or transporting cannabis or
18    cannabis-infused products from a cannabis business
19    establishment, a community college licensed under the
20    Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
21    Program, or a person 21 years of age or older; and
22        (3) returning or transporting cannabis or
23    cannabis-infused products to a cannabis business

 

 

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1    establishment, a community college licensed under the
2    Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
3    Program, or a person 21 years of age or older.
4    (b)(1) No laboratory shall handle, test, or analyze
5cannabis unless approved by the Department of Agriculture in
6accordance with this Section.
7    (2) No laboratory shall be approved to handle, test, or
8analyze cannabis unless the laboratory:
9        (A) is accredited by a private laboratory accrediting
10    organization;
11        (B) is independent from all other persons involved in
12    the cannabis industry in Illinois and no person with a
13    direct or indirect interest in the laboratory has a direct
14    or indirect financial, management, or other interest in an
15    Illinois cultivation center, craft grower, dispensary,
16    infuser, transporter, certifying physician, or any other
17    entity in the State that may benefit from the production,
18    manufacture, dispensing, sale, purchase, or use of
19    cannabis; and
20        (C) has employed at least one person to oversee and be
21    responsible for the laboratory testing who has earned, from
22    a college or university accredited by a national or
23    regional certifying authority, at least:
24            (i) a master's level degree in chemical or
25        biological sciences and a minimum of 2 years'
26        post-degree laboratory experience; or

 

 

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1            (ii) a bachelor's degree in chemical or biological
2        sciences and a minimum of 4 years' post-degree
3        laboratory experience.
4    (3) Each independent testing laboratory that claims to be
5accredited must provide the Department of Agriculture with a
6copy of the most recent annual inspection report granting
7accreditation and every annual report thereafter.
8    (c) Immediately before manufacturing or natural processing
9of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product or packaging
10cannabis for sale to a dispensary, each batch shall be made
11available by the cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser
12for an employee of an approved laboratory to select a random
13sample, which shall be tested by the approved laboratory for:
14        (1) microbiological contaminants;
15        (2) mycotoxins;
16        (3) pesticide active ingredients;
17        (4) residual solvent; and
18        (5) an active ingredient analysis; and .
19        (6) vitamin E acetate.
20    (d) The Department of Agriculture may select a random
21sample that shall, for the purposes of conducting an active
22ingredient analysis, be tested by the Department of Agriculture
23for verification of label information.
24    (e) A laboratory shall immediately return or dispose of any
25cannabis upon the completion of any testing, use, or research.
26If cannabis is disposed of, it shall be done in compliance with

 

 

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1Department of Agriculture rule.
2    (f) If a sample of cannabis does not pass the
3microbiological, mycotoxin, pesticide chemical residue, or
4solvent residue test, or vitamin E acetate test, based on the
5standards established by the Department of Agriculture, the
6following shall apply:
7        (1) If the sample failed the pesticide chemical residue
8    test or vitamin E acetate test, the entire batch from which
9    the sample was taken shall, if applicable, be recalled as
10    provided by rule.
11        (2) If the sample failed any other test, the batch may
12    be used to make a CO2-based or solvent based extract. After
13    processing, the CO2-based or solvent based extract must
14    still pass all required tests.
15    (g) The Department of Agriculture shall establish
16standards for microbial, mycotoxin, pesticide residue, solvent
17residue, or other standards for the presence of possible
18contaminants, in addition to labeling requirements for
19contents and potency.
20    (g-1) Cannabis and cannabis-infused products shall not
21contain vitamin E acetate.
22    (h) The laboratory shall file with the Department of
23Agriculture an electronic copy of each laboratory test result
24for any batch that does not pass the microbiological,
25mycotoxin, or pesticide chemical residue test, at the same time
26that it transmits those results to the cultivation center. In

 

 

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1addition, the laboratory shall maintain the laboratory test
2results for at least 5 years and make them available at the
3Department of Agriculture's request.
4    (i) A cultivation center, craft grower, and infuser shall
5provide to a dispensing organization the laboratory test
6results for each batch of cannabis product purchased by the
7dispensing organization, if sampled. Each dispensing
8organization must have those laboratory results available upon
9request to purchasers.
10    (j) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules related
11to testing in furtherance of this Act.
12(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)