Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1955

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes changes to the definitions. Provides that if an applicant for a registry identification card is a veteran receiving treatment at a VA facility, the applicant need not submit a written certification, but the Department of Public Health shall verify that the applicant is (i) a veteran, (ii) an Illinois resident, (iii) currently receiving any aspect of his or her treatment at a VA facility, and (iv) being treated for a debilitating medical condition; makes a corresponding change in the provision concerning the denial of registry identification cards. Provides that each prospective patient and designated caregiver shall submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide each applicant a notice that summarizes the Illinois Vehicle Code provisions for driving under the influence. Requires the applicant to sign and date this notice before he or she can receive a registry identification card. Provides that the Department of Agriculture may not issue more than 2 (instead of one) registrations per each Illinois State Police District boundary as specified on the date of January 1, 2013. Provides that no more than 3 Illinois State Police Districts, as those boundaries were specified on the date January 1, 2013, may contain more than one registered cultivation center. Adds the Department of State police to the list of agencies charged with implementing rules to implement the Act. Provides that if any person violates a provision of the Act, the Director of Agriculture or the Director of Financial and Professional Regulation or both may, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, petition for an order enjoining the violation or for an order enforcing compliance with the Act. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds provisions governing the suspension of driver's licenses of medical cannabis cardholders. Provides that a medical cannabis cardholder may request a hearing on the suspension in circuit court. Contains procedural requirements. Removes the refusal to submit to standardized field sobriety tests for cannabis-related impairment by a medical cannabis cardholder from the list of disqualifications for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit. Provides that any person issued a medical cannabis identification card is deemed to have given consent to standardized field sobriety tests if detained by a law enforcement officer with a reasonable suspicion the person is driving a motor vehicle while impaired by the use of cannabis. Provides that if the registry medical cannabis cardholder refuses to submit to testing or submits to testing and fails, the Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license. Provides notice requirements for this suspension. Makes other changes.

Further amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. In the provision concerning the issuance and denial of medical cannabis cultivation permits, provides that no more than 2 (rather than 3) Illinois State Police Districts, as the boundaries of those districts were specified on the date January 1, 2013, may contain more than one registered cultivation center. In the provisions concerning background checks conducted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, deletes language concerning the submission of a full set of fingerprints to the respective departments. Provides instead that each prospective cultivation center agent and dispensing organization agent shall submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State Police in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police and that these fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records filed in the Department of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases; further provides that the Department of State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive identification, all Illinois conviction information to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, respectively.

Date	Chamber	Action
12/31/2013	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0616

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2013	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2/15/2013	Senate	First Reading
2/15/2013	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/5/2013	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/12/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
3/12/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/13/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
3/13/2013	Senate	Postponed - Executive
3/20/2013	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/20/2013	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-004-000
3/20/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
4/8/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
4/8/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
4/10/2013	Senate	Second Reading
4/10/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2013
4/10/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
4/11/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-002-000
4/12/2013	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
4/12/2013	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link
4/12/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2013
4/17/2013	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 032-018-000
4/17/2013	House	Arrived in House
4/18/2013	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
4/18/2013	House	First Reading
4/18/2013	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/24/2013	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
5/2/2013	House	To Finance Subcommittee
5/10/2013	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2013
5/14/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
5/14/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
5/15/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
5/15/2013	House	To Finance Subcommittee
5/24/2013	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
5/31/2013	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
5/31/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
10/16/2013	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) November 30, 2013
10/16/2013	House	Assigned to Judiciary
10/18/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
10/18/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
10/21/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang
10/21/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
10/21/2013	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William R. Haine
10/21/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
10/22/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary
10/22/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote
10/22/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote
10/22/2013	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 010-006-000
10/22/2013	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
10/22/2013	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
10/22/2013	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
10/22/2013	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
11/5/2013	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
11/20/2013	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
11/27/2013	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) December 20, 2013
11/27/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
11/27/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
12/2/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
12/2/2013	House	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
12/2/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Judicial Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Correctional Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Balanced Budget Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted
12/3/2013	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
12/3/2013	House	3/5 Vote Required
12/3/2013	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
12/3/2013	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
12/3/2013	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 State Debt Impact Note Filed as Amended
12/3/2013	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3, 4
12/3/2013	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3, 4 - December 3, 2013
12/3/2013	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dan Kotowski
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dan Kotowski
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dan Kotowski
12/3/2013	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
12/3/2013	Senate	3/5 Vote Required
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
12/3/2013	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
12/3/2013	Senate	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
12/3/2013	Senate	Passed Both Houses
12/4/2013	Senate	Sent to the Governor
12/31/2013	Senate	Governor Approved
12/31/2013	Senate	Effective Date December 31, 2013
12/31/2013	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0616

	Deletes reference to:
	415 ILCS 5/1	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1001

	Land Conveyance Appraisal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Dept. of Transportation)
	No land conveyances are included in this bill; therefore, there are no appraisals to be filed.

	Judicial Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts)
	This bill would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State.

	Correctional Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Dept of Corrections)
	There are no penalty enhancements associated with SB 1955 (H-AM 4). The bill would have no fiscal or population impact on the Department of Corrections.

	Balanced Budget Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Office of Management and Budget)
	SB 1955 (H-AM 4) increases General Revenue Fund spending by $5.9 million. However, the State's ability to access future federal funding for emergency purposes may be impacted if the State has not met its cost-share obligations.

	State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity)
	SB 1955 (H-AM 4) does not create a State mandate.

	State Debt Impact Note, House Floor Amendment No. 4 (Government Forecasting & Accountability)
	This bill would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued or State-supported bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness.

	Adds reference to:
	410 ILCS 130/10

	Adds reference to:
	410 ILCS 130/95