Full Text of HB1206 103rd General Assembly
HB1206 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB1206 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-502.1 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 | |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions concerning possession of medical cannabis or cannabis in a motor vehicle upon a highway in this State, provides that the medical cannabis or cannabis must be in a secured, sealed or resealable, and child-resistant container (instead of a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis or cannabis container).
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 11-502.1 and 11-502.15 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-502.1) | 7 | | Sec. 11-502.1. Possession of medical cannabis in a motor | 8 | | vehicle. | 9 | | (a) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, may | 10 | | use medical cannabis within the passenger area of any motor | 11 | | vehicle upon a highway in this State. | 12 | | (b) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, a | 13 | | medical cannabis designated caregiver, medical cannabis | 14 | | cultivation center agent, or dispensing organization agent may | 15 | | possess medical cannabis within any area of any motor vehicle | 16 | | upon a highway in this State except in a secured, sealed or | 17 | | resealable, odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis | 18 | | container that is inaccessible. | 19 | | (c) No passenger, who is a medical cannabis card holder, a | 20 | | medical cannabis designated caregiver, or medical cannabis | 21 | | dispensing organization agent may possess medical cannabis | 22 | | within any passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway | 23 | | in this State except in a secured, sealed or resealable, |
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| 1 | | odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis container | 2 | | that is inaccessible. | 3 | | (d) Any person who violates subsections (a) through (c) of | 4 | | this Section: | 5 | | (1) commits a Class A misdemeanor; | 6 | | (2) shall be subject to revocation of his or her | 7 | | medical cannabis card for a period of 2 years from the end | 8 | | of the sentence imposed; and | 9 | | (3) shall be subject to revocation of his or her | 10 | | status as a medical cannabis caregiver, medical cannabis | 11 | | cultivation center agent, or medical cannabis dispensing | 12 | | organization agent for a period of 2 years from the end of | 13 | | the sentence imposed.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; | 15 | | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | 16 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-502.15) | 17 | | Sec. 11-502.15. Possession of adult use cannabis in a | 18 | | motor vehicle. | 19 | | (a) No driver may use cannabis within the passenger area | 20 | | of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State. | 21 | | (b) No driver may possess cannabis within any area of any | 22 | | motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except in a secured, | 23 | | sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis | 24 | | container that is inaccessible. | 25 | | (c) No passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger |
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| 1 | | area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except | 2 | | in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, | 3 | | child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible. | 4 | | (d) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b), | 5 | | or (c) of this Section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
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