101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5201

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 705/10-20
410 ILCS 705/55-23 new

    Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Establishes a cannabis tracking program coordinated and administered by the Illinois State Police to track purchases of cannabis across multiple locations by any person or entity licensed under the Act. Provides that each time an adult use dispensing organization distributes cannabis to an adult use purchaser, the adult use dispensing organization shall transmit an electronic transaction record to a Central Repository. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to notify persons or entities seeking licensure under the Act of their obligation to comply with the requirements. Provides that funding for the tracking program shall be provided by the Illinois State Police, drawing upon State grant money and other available sources. Requires the Illinois State Police to establish a secure website for the transmission of electronic transaction records. Contains provisions regarding the confidentiality of records. Provides specified criminal offenses and fines for violations. Preempts home rule. Contains other provisions.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 10-20 and adding Section 55-23 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 705/10-20)
7    Sec. 10-20. Identification; false identification; penalty.
8    (a) To protect personal privacy, the Department of
9Financial and Professional Regulation shall not require a
10purchaser to provide a dispensing organization with personal
11information other than government-issued identification to
12determine the purchaser's age, and a dispensing organization
13shall not obtain and record personal information about a
14purchaser without the purchaser's consent. A dispensing
15organization shall use an electronic reader or electronic
16scanning device to scan a purchaser's government-issued
17identification, if applicable, to determine the purchaser's
18age and the validity of the identification. Any identifying or
19personal information of a purchaser obtained or received in
20accordance with this Section shall not be retained, used,
21shared or disclosed for any purpose except as required under
22Section 55-23 and as otherwise authorized by this Act.
23    (b) A person who is under 21 years of age may not present

 

 

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1or offer to a cannabis business establishment or the cannabis
2business establishment's principal or employee any written or
3oral evidence of age that is false, fraudulent, or not actually
4the person's own, for the purpose of:
5        (1) purchasing, attempting to purchase, or otherwise
6    obtaining or attempting to obtain cannabis or any cannabis
7    product; or
8        (2) gaining access to a cannabis business
9    establishment.
10    (c) A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor
11consistent with Section 6-20 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
12    (d) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the
13driving privileges of any person for a violation of this
14Section under Section 6-206 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and
15the rules adopted under it.
16    (e) No agent or employee of the licensee shall be
17disciplined or discharged for selling or furnishing cannabis or
18cannabis products to a person under 21 years of age if the
19agent or employee demanded and was shown, before furnishing
20cannabis or cannabis products to a person under 21 years of
21age, adequate written evidence of age and identity of the
22person. This subsection (e) does not apply if the agent or
23employee accepted the written evidence knowing it to be false
24or fraudulent. Adequate written evidence of age and identity of
25the person is a document issued by a federal, State, county, or
26municipal government, or subdivision or agency thereof,

 

 

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1including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's
2license, a registration certificate issued under the Military
3Selective Service Act, or an identification card issued to a
4member of the Armed Forces. Proof that the licensee or his or
5her employee or agent was shown and reasonably relied upon such
6written evidence in any transaction forbidden by this Section
7is an affirmative defense in any criminal prosecution therefor
8or to any proceedings for the suspension or revocation of any
9license based thereon.
10(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)
 
11    (410 ILCS 705/55-23 new)
12    Sec. 55-23. Cannabis tracking program.
13    (a) There is established a statewide cannabis tracking
14program coordinated and administered by the Illinois State
15Police to track purchases of cannabis across multiple
16locations. The tracking program created by this Section shall
17be the sole cannabis tracking program in Illinois.
18    (b) Each time an adult use dispensing organization
19distributes cannabis to an adult use purchaser, the adult use
20dispensing organization shall transmit an electronic
21transaction record to the Central Repository. As used in this
22Section, "Central Repository" means the entity chosen by the
23Illinois State Police to handle electronic transaction records
24as described in this Act.
25    (c) The Department of Financial and Professional

 

 

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1Regulation shall notify persons or entities seeking licensure
2under this Act of their obligation to comply with the
3requirements of this Section.
4    (d) Funding for the tracking program shall be provided by
5the Illinois State Police, drawing upon State grant money and
6other available sources.
7    (e) The Illinois State Police, in consultation with the
8Department of Innovation and Technology, shall establish a
9secure website for the transmission of electronic transaction
10records and make it available free of charge to adult use
11dispensing organizations.
12    The secure website shall enable adult use dispensing
13organizations to transmit to the Central Repository an
14electronic transaction record each time the adult use
15dispensing organization distributes cannabis to an adult use
16purchaser.
17    If the secure website becomes unavailable to an adult use
18dispensing organization, the adult use dispensing organization
19may, during the period in which the secure website is not
20available, continue to distribute cannabis to adult use
21purchasers without using the secure website if, during this
22period, the adult use dispensing organization maintains and
23transmits handwritten logs.
24    (f) The Central Repository may delete each electronic
25transaction record and handwritten log entry 48 months after
26the date of the transaction it describes.

 

 

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1    The Illinois State Police and Central Repository shall
2carry out a program to protect the confidentiality of
3electronic transaction records created under this Section and
4shall ensure that this information remains confidential except
5as specifically provided in this subsection.
6    Any employee or agent of the Central Repository may have
7access to electronic transaction records and handwritten log
8entries solely for the purpose of receiving, processing,
9storing, or analyzing this information.
10    The Illinois State Police may grant qualified outside
11entities access to electronic transaction records or
12handwritten log entries for the purpose of identifying,
13investigating, or prosecuting violations of this Act or any
14other State law or rule involving cannabis. In this Section,
15"qualified outside entity" has the same meaning as provided in
16Section 10 of the Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking Act.
17    The Illinois State Police may release electronic
18transaction records or handwritten log entries to the
19authorized representative of a qualified outside entity only if
20the Illinois State Police verifies that the entity receiving
21electronic transaction records or handwritten log entries is a
22qualified outside entity and that qualified outside entity
23agrees or has previously agreed in writing that it will use
24electronic transaction records and handwritten log entries
25solely for the purpose of identifying, investigating, or
26prosecuting violations of this Act or any other State law or

 

 

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1rule involving cannabis.
2    The Illinois State Police may release to an adult use
3purchaser any electronic transaction records clearly relating
4to that adult use purchaser, upon sufficient proof of identity.
5    (g) Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a
6petty offense and subject to a fine of $500 for a first
7offense; $1,000 for a second offense occurring at the same
8retail location within 3 years of the offense; and $5,000 for a
9third or subsequent offense occurring at the same retail
10location within 3 years of the prior offenses.
11    An employee or agent of an adult use dispensing
12organization who violates this Section is guilty of a Class A
13misdemeanor for a first offense; a Class 4 felony for a second
14offense; and a Class 1 felony for a third or subsequent
15offense.
16    (h) The regulation of the tracking of cannabis is an
17exclusive power and function of the State. A county or
18municipality, including a home rule unit, may not regulate the
19tracking of cannabis. This Section is a denial and limitation
20of home rule powers under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
21Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.