Full Text of SB1871 102nd General Assembly
SB1871 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1871 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Jason A. Barickman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that specified provisions prohibiting advertisement of cannabis or cannabis-infused products do not apply to newspapers. Provides that, except for educational messages, cannabis business establishments shall not advertise in a newspaper if more than 30% of the newspaper's readership is reasonably expected to be under the age of 21.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 55-20 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 705/55-20)
| 7 | | Sec. 55-20. Advertising and promotions. | 8 | | (a) No cannabis business establishment nor any other | 9 | | person or entity shall engage in advertising that contains any | 10 | | statement or illustration that: | 11 | | (1) is false or misleading; | 12 | | (2) promotes overconsumption of cannabis or cannabis | 13 | | products; | 14 | | (3) depicts the actual consumption of cannabis or | 15 | | cannabis products; | 16 | | (4) depicts a person under 21 years of age consuming | 17 | | cannabis; | 18 | | (5) makes any health, medicinal, or therapeutic claims | 19 | | about cannabis or cannabis-infused products; | 20 | | (6) includes the image of a cannabis leaf or bud; or | 21 | | (7) includes any image designed or likely to appeal to | 22 | | minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or | 23 | | any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that |
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| 1 | | is designed in any manner to be appealing to or encourage | 2 | | consumption by persons under 21 years of age. | 3 | | (b) No cannabis business establishment nor any other | 4 | | person or entity shall place or maintain, or cause to be placed | 5 | | or maintained, an advertisement of cannabis or a | 6 | | cannabis-infused product in any form or through any medium: | 7 | | (1) within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school | 8 | | grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a | 9 | | child care center, a public park or public library, or a | 10 | | game arcade to which admission is not restricted to | 11 | | persons 21 years of age or older; | 12 | | (2) on or in a public transit vehicle or public | 13 | | transit shelter; | 14 | | (3) on or in publicly owned or publicly operated | 15 | | property; or | 16 | | (4) that contains information that: | 17 | | (A) is false or misleading; | 18 | | (B) promotes excessive consumption; | 19 | | (C) depicts a person under 21 years of age | 20 | | consuming cannabis; | 21 | | (D) includes the image of a cannabis leaf; or | 22 | | (E) includes any image designed or likely to | 23 | | appeal to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, | 24 | | or children, or any other likeness to images, | 25 | | characters, or phrases that are popularly used to | 26 | | advertise to children, or any imitation of candy |
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| 1 | | packaging or labeling, or that promotes consumption of | 2 | | cannabis. | 3 | | Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (b) do not | 4 | | apply to a newspaper, as defined in Section 5 of the Notice By | 5 | | Publication Act. | 6 | | (b-5) A cannabis business establishment shall not | 7 | | advertise in a newspaper if more than 30% of the newspaper's | 8 | | readership is reasonably expected to be under the age of 21. | 9 | | (c) Subsections (a) , and (b) , and (b-5) do not apply to an | 10 | | educational message. | 11 | | (d) Sales promotions. No cannabis business establishment | 12 | | nor any other person or entity may encourage the sale of | 13 | | cannabis or cannabis products by giving away cannabis or | 14 | | cannabis products, by conducting games or competitions related | 15 | | to the consumption of cannabis or cannabis products, or by | 16 | | providing promotional materials or activities of a manner or | 17 | | type that would be appealing to children.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
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