Illinois 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB0001 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/08/2025

                    104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0001 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under 21 Years of Age Act. Permits the sale and possession of hemp cannabinoids by persons 21 years of age or over. Provides that no person shall offer or sell hemp cannabinoid products to consumers in the State unless the person applies for and holds a hemp retailer license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that no person shall sell ready-to-eat hemp products to end consumers without holding a hemp food establishment license issued by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a hemp food establishment that sells ready-to-eat cannabinoid products shall be exclusively licensed and located in the State. Provides that hemp food establishments and hemp retailers shall require proof of age from a purchaser of any cannabinoid products before selling the product to that person. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Act relating to licensing and oversight of hemp distributors and hemp retailers unless otherwise provided in the Act. Establishes standards for the issuance of licenses under the Act. Provides for criminal and civil penalties for violation of the Act. LRB104 03394 BDA 13416 b   A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0001 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  New Act New Act  Creates the Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under 21 Years of Age Act. Permits the sale and possession of hemp cannabinoids by persons 21 years of age or over. Provides that no person shall offer or sell hemp cannabinoid products to consumers in the State unless the person applies for and holds a hemp retailer license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that no person shall sell ready-to-eat hemp products to end consumers without holding a hemp food establishment license issued by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a hemp food establishment that sells ready-to-eat cannabinoid products shall be exclusively licensed and located in the State. Provides that hemp food establishments and hemp retailers shall require proof of age from a purchaser of any cannabinoid products before selling the product to that person. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Act relating to licensing and oversight of hemp distributors and hemp retailers unless otherwise provided in the Act. Establishes standards for the issuance of licenses under the Act. Provides for criminal and civil penalties for violation of the Act.  LRB104 03394 BDA 13416 b     LRB104 03394 BDA 13416 b   A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0001 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under 21 Years of Age Act. Permits the sale and possession of hemp cannabinoids by persons 21 years of age or over. Provides that no person shall offer or sell hemp cannabinoid products to consumers in the State unless the person applies for and holds a hemp retailer license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that no person shall sell ready-to-eat hemp products to end consumers without holding a hemp food establishment license issued by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a hemp food establishment that sells ready-to-eat cannabinoid products shall be exclusively licensed and located in the State. Provides that hemp food establishments and hemp retailers shall require proof of age from a purchaser of any cannabinoid products before selling the product to that person. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Act relating to licensing and oversight of hemp distributors and hemp retailers unless otherwise provided in the Act. Establishes standards for the issuance of licenses under the Act. Provides for criminal and civil penalties for violation of the Act.
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1  AN ACT concerning hemp cannabinoids.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5  Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for
6  Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under
7  21 Years of Age Act.
8  Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
9  "Cannabinoid menu item" means a restaurant-type food that
10  incorporates ready-to-eat cannabinoids included on a menu or
11  menu board or offered as a food on display.
12  "Hemp business establishment" means a hemp retailer or
13  hemp food establishment.
14  "Hemp cannabinoid" means the chemical constituents of hemp
15  plants that are naturally occurring and biologically active.
16  "Hemp cannabinoid product" means a finished product for
17  sale to hemp cannabinoid users at hemp business establishments
18  within the State that contains cannabinoids derived from hemp
19  and is intended for human consumption by inhalation or
20  ingestion.
21  "Hemp cannabinoid user" means a member of the general
22  public who buys or uses hemp and who is protected by laws
23  against unfair or fraudulent practices in the marketplace.

 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0001 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Prevention of Use of Hemp Cannabinoid Products Intended for Human Consumption by Ingestion or Inhalation by Persons Under 21 Years of Age Act. Permits the sale and possession of hemp cannabinoids by persons 21 years of age or over. Provides that no person shall offer or sell hemp cannabinoid products to consumers in the State unless the person applies for and holds a hemp retailer license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that no person shall sell ready-to-eat hemp products to end consumers without holding a hemp food establishment license issued by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a hemp food establishment that sells ready-to-eat cannabinoid products shall be exclusively licensed and located in the State. Provides that hemp food establishments and hemp retailers shall require proof of age from a purchaser of any cannabinoid products before selling the product to that person. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall administer and enforce the provisions of the Act relating to licensing and oversight of hemp distributors and hemp retailers unless otherwise provided in the Act. Establishes standards for the issuance of licenses under the Act. Provides for criminal and civil penalties for violation of the Act.
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1  "Hemp food establishment" means a facility regulated by
2  the Department of Public Health that incorporates intermediate
3  hemp products in the manufacturing, processing, or preparation
4  of prepackaged or ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid products for
5  human ingestion and which meets the requirements of this Act.
6  "Hemp retailer" means a retailer operated by an
7  organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
8  Financial and Professional Regulation to sell hemp cannabinoid
9  products to hemp cannabinoid users.
10  "Ingestion" means the process of consuming cannabinoid
11  products through the mouth, whether by swallowing into the
12  gastrointestinal system or through tissue absorption.
13  "Inhalation" means the process of consuming cannabinoid
14  products through the mouth or nasal passage into the
15  respiratory system.
16  "Intermediate hemp products" means products that are made
17  from processed hemp that may only be sold to hemp business
18  establishments to be used as ingredients for other
19  intermediate hemp products or final hemp cannabinoid products
20  for human consumption by ingestion or inhalation.
21  "Intermediate hemp products" include products that contain
22  more than 0.3% THC.
23  "Menu" means the primary writing of the establishment from
24  which a customer makes an order selection, including, but not
25  limited to, breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus, dessert menus,
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1  boards, and menus published on the Internet.
2  "Ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid product" means a type of
3  hemp cannabinoid product that is available for human
4  consumption, that is subject to time or temperature control,
5  or both, for food safety, that is "ready-to-eat food" as
6  defined in Section 1-201.10 of the Food Code 2017 of the United
7  States Public Health Service of the Food and Drug
8  Administration, that does not exceed 50 milligrams of THC per
9  serving, that utilizes intermediate hemp products as an input,
10  and that is produced as a single serving in a retail food
11  establishment.
12  Section 10. Sale of hemp cannabinoid products.
13  (a) The retail sale of hemp cannabinoids is allowed as
14  provided in this Act.
15  (b) No person shall sell or offer for sale hemp
16  cannabinoid products to consumers in the State unless the
17  person applies for and holds a hemp retailer license issued by
18  the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. No
19  person shall sell ready-to-eat hemp products to end consumers
20  without holding a hemp food establishment license issued by
21  the Department of Public Health.
22  (c) A hemp food establishment that sells ready-to-eat
23  cannabinoid products shall be exclusively licensed and located
24  in the State.
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1  person under the age of 21.
2  (e) No person shall sell, buy for, distribute samples of,
3  or furnish any cannabinoid product to any person under the age
4  of 21.
5  (f) No person under 21 years of age in the furtherance or
6  facilitation of obtaining hemp cannabinoid products shall
7  display or use a false or forged identification card or
8  transfer, alter, or deface an identification card.
9  (g) A hemp food establishment or hemp retailer that sells
10  cannabinoid products intended for inhalation shall post a
11  clear and conspicuous sign directly adjacent to the display of
12  the product that states the following: "THE SALE OF
13  CANNABINOID PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR INHALATION TO PERSONS UNDER
14  THE AGE OF 21 IS PROHIBITED. PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR
15  PURCHASE.".
16  (h) Cannabinoid products may not be mailed, shipped, or
17  otherwise delivered to a purchaser unless, before the delivery
18  to the purchaser, the hemp retailer obtains confirmation that
19  the purchaser is 21 years of age or older.
20  (i) Hemp food establishments and hemp retailers shall
21  require proof of age from a purchaser of any cannabinoid
22  products before selling the product to that person. Hemp food
23  establishments and hemp retailers shall exercise diligence in
24  the management and supervision of their premises and in the
25  supervision and training of their employees to prevent the
26  underage sale of these products.

 

 

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1  (j) A product containing cannabinoids must not be
2  considered adulterated or unsafe solely because the product
3  contains cannabinoids or other material extracted or derived
4  from hemp plants.
5  (k) A person, hemp food establishment, or hemp retailer
6  that violates subsection (e) is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A
7  person under the age of 21 who violates subsection (f) is
8  guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
9  Section 15. Licensing and regulation of hemp retailers.
10  (a) The Department of Financial and Professional
11  Regulation shall administer and enforce the provisions of this
12  Act relating to licensing and oversight of hemp distributors
13  and hemp retailers unless otherwise provided in this Act.
14  (b) No person shall operate a hemp retail establishment
15  for the purpose of serving purchasers of hemp cannabinoid
16  products without a license issued under this Act by the
17  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
18  (c) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department
19  of Financial and Professional Regulation may exercise the
20  following powers and duties:
21  (1) prescribe forms to be issued for the
22  administration and enforcement of this Act;
23  (2) examine, inspect, and investigate the premises,
24  operations, and records of hemp retail organization
25  applicants and licensees;

 

 

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1  (3) conduct investigations of possible violations of
2  this Act pertaining to hemp retail organizations; and
3  (4) conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
4  or renew licenses or to revoke, suspend, place on
5  probation, reprimand, or otherwise discipline a license
6  holder under this Act or take other nondisciplinary
7  action.
8  (d) The Department of Financial and Professional
9  Regulation may not limit the number of hemp retailer licenses.
10  (e) The Department of Financial and Professional
11  Regulation may not limit the number of hemp retailer licenses
12  an individual may hold.
13  (f) Applicants for a hemp retail license must submit all
14  information required by the Department of Financial and
15  Professional Regulation. Failure by an applicant to submit all
16  required information may result in the application being
17  disqualified.
18  (g) The Department of Financial and Professional
19  Regulation may verify information contained in each
20  application and accompanying documentation to assess the
21  applicant's veracity and fitness to operate a hemp business
22  establishment.
23  (h) The Department of Financial and Professional
24  Regulation may refuse to issue a license to any applicant who:
25  (1) fails to disclose or states falsely any
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1  (2) has been found guilty of a violation of this Act,
2  who has had any disciplinary order entered against it by
3  the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
4  who has entered into a disciplinary or nondisciplinary
5  agreement with the Department of Financial and
6  Professional Regulation, or whose hemp business license
7  was suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied in another
8  State; or
9  (3) has engaged in a pattern or practice of unfair or
10  illegal practices, methods, or activities in the conduct
11  of owning a hemp business establishment or other business.
12  (i) The Department of Financial and Professional
13  Regulation shall deny the license if any principal officer,
14  board member, or persons having a financial or voting interest
15  of 5% or greater on the license is delinquent in filing any
16  required tax returns or paying any amounts owed to the State.
17  (j) The Department of Financial and Professional
18  Regulation shall verify an applicant's compliance with the
19  requirements of this Act and rules before issuing a hemp
20  retailer license.
21  Section 20. Operational requirements of hemp retailers.
22  (a) A hemp retailer shall operate in accordance with the
23  representations made in its application and license materials.
24  It shall be in compliance with this Act and rules.
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1  license may prepare and sell ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid
2  products.
3  (c) A hemp retailer shall maintain compliance with State
4  and local building, fire, and zoning requirements and
5  regulations.
6  (d) A hemp retailer's license allows for a hemp retailer
7  to be operated only at a single location.
8  (e) A hemp retailer shall ensure that any building or
9  equipment used by the hemp retailer for the sale of hemp, hemp
10  cannabinoid products, and ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid
11  products are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
12  (f) A hemp retailer's premises shall be free from
13  infestation by insects, rodents, or pests.
14  (g) A hemp retailer license shall not give the licensee
15  the right to:
16  (1) grow hemp;
17  (2) produce or manufacture hemp or hemp cannabinoid
18  products;
19  (3) sell hemp cannabinoid products to a purchaser
20  unless the purchaser is a medical patient or that the
21  purchaser has been verified to be 21 years of age or older;
22  or
23  (4) violate any other requirements or prohibitions set
24  by Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
25  rules.
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1  out-of-state entity if:
2  (1) the applicant and its principals and officers on
3  the application retain a registered agent or office in the
4  State and agree to submit to tax nexus within the State for
5  jurisdictional, regulatory, and enforcement purposes; and
6  (2) the applicant maintains a log of all sales to
7  residents located within the State to be submitted for
8  inspection by the Department.
9  Section 25. Regulation of hemp food establishments.
10  (a) As used in this Section, "Department" means the
11  Department of Public Health.
12  (b) The Department shall administer and enforce the
13  provisions of this Act relating to the licensing and oversight
14  of hemp food establishments unless otherwise provided in this
15  Act.
16  (c) No person shall operate a hemp food establishment for
17  the purpose of serving hemp cannabinoid products for human
18  ingestion or ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid products without a
19  license issued under this Act.
20  (d) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department
21  may exercise the following powers and duties:
22  (1) prescribe forms to be issued for the
23  administration and enforcement of this Act;
24  (2) examine, inspect, and investigate the premises,
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1  applicants and licensees;
2  (3) conduct investigations of possible violations of
3  this Act pertaining to hemp food establishments; and
4  (4) conduct hearings on proceedings to refuse to issue
5  or renew licenses or to revoke, suspend, place on
6  probation, reprimand, or otherwise discipline a license
7  holder under this Act or take other nondisciplinary
8  action.
9  (e) The Department may not limit the number of hemp food
10  establishment licenses.
11  (f) The Department shall not limit the number of licenses
12  an individual may hold. Applicants for a hemp food
13  establishment license must submit all information required by
14  the Department. Failure by an applicant to submit all required
15  information may result in the application being disqualified.
16  (g) The Department may verify information contained in
17  each application and accompanying documentation to assess the
18  applicant's veracity and fitness to operate a hemp food
19  establishment.
20  (h) The Department may refuse to issue an authorization to
21  any applicant who:
22  (1) fails to disclose or falsifies any information
23  called for in the application;
24  (2) has been found guilty of a violation of this Act,
25  who has had any disciplinary order entered against the
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1  disciplinary or nondisciplinary agreement with the
2  Department, or whose hemp business establishment license
3  was suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied in another
4  state; or
5  (3) has engaged in a pattern or practice of unfair or
6  illegal practices, methods, or activities in the conduct
7  of owning a hemp business establishment or other business.
8  (i) The Department shall deny the license if any principal
9  officer, board member, or persons having a financial or voting
10  interest of 5% or greater on the license is delinquent in
11  filing any required tax returns or paying any amounts owed to
12  the State.
13  (j) The Department shall verify an applicant's compliance
14  with the requirements of this Act and rules before issuing a
15  hemp food establishment license.
16  Section 30. Operational requirements of hemp food
17  establishments.
18  (a) A hemp food establishment that deals in the
19  manufacture and sale of food items and that does not comply
20  with either the existing State laws related to food handling
21  or the health and food handling regulations of a unit of local
22  government having jurisdiction over the establishment may be
23  enjoined from doing business in the following manner: the
24  Department of Public Health or a local department of health
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1  which the establishment is located. An injunction, if granted,
2  shall prohibit the hemp food establishment from selling hemp
3  cannabinoid products for human ingestion until it complies
4  with any applicable State law or regulations of a unit of local
5  government. However, no injunction may be sought or granted
6  before January 1, 2027, to enforce any rule or regulation
7  requiring a licensed food business to adhere to those rules
8  and regulations.
9  (b) The Department of Public Health shall adopt and
10  enforce rules for the manufacturing and processing of hemp
11  cannabinoid products for human ingestion at a hemp food
12  establishment, and, for that purpose, it may at all times
13  enter every building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises
14  occupied or used, or suspected of being occupied or used, for
15  the production, preparation, manufacture for sale, storage,
16  sale, processing, distribution, or transportation and to
17  inspect the premises of a hemp food establishment together
18  with all utensils, fixtures, furniture, and machinery used for
19  the preparation of these products.
20  (c) A hemp food establishment shall be under the
21  operational supervision of a certified food service sanitation
22  manager in accordance with rules adopted under this Act.
23  (d) A hemp food establishment shall operate in accordance
24  with the representations made in its application and license
25  materials. It shall be in compliance with this Act and rules.
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1  handling, preparation, packaging and labeling provisions of
2  the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Food Handling
3  Regulation Enforcement Act, and the Sanitary Food Preparation
4  Act.
5  (f) A hemp food establishment that obtains a hemp retailer
6  license may prepare and sell ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid
7  products.
8  (g) A hemp food establishment shall maintain compliance
9  with State and local building, fire, and zoning requirements.
10  (h) A hemp food establishment license allows for a hemp
11  food establishment to be operated only at a single location.
12  (i) A hemp food establishment shall ensure that any
13  building or equipment used by the hemp food establishment for
14  the storage, preparation, or sale of hemp cannabinoid products
15  for human ingestion and ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid products
16  are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
17  (j) A hemp food establishment shall be free from
18  infestation by insects, rodents, or pests.
19  (k) A hemp food establishment, when combined with an
20  on-site hemp retailer license, allows for the preparation and
21  sale of ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid products.
22  (l) A hemp food establishment license shall not give the
23  establishment the right to:
24  (1) grow hemp;
25  (2) process hemp;
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1  products to a purchaser unless the purchaser has been
2  verified to be 21 years of age or older; or
3  (4) violate any other requirements or prohibitions set
4  by the Department of Public Health rules.
5  Section 35. Recipes and dosing of ready-to-eat hemp
6  cannabinoid products. In order to sell ready-to-eat hemp
7  cannabinoid products, a hemp food establishment shall:
8  (1) keep THC dosing at or below 50 milligrams per
9  serving;
10  (2) submit a standard operating procedure for dosing
11  to the Department of Public Health for approval and
12  registration. The approval shall be granted within 30 days
13  of submission unless the Department provides good cause,
14  in writing, for withholding approval;
15  (3) submit the recipe, at the hemp food
16  establishment's expense, to a third-party testing
17  laboratory for potency testing to ensure 0.3% THC
18  compliance on an annual basis;
19  (4) use only the varietal or proportional varietals of
20  ingredients included in the tested recipe for all
21  subsequent batches of the recipe; and
22  (5) provide documentation of the annual test results
23  of the recipe submitted under this paragraph upon
24  registration and to an inspector upon request during any
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1  Section 40. Disclosure and labeling of ready-to-eat hemp
2  cannabinoid products.
3  (a) Hemp food establishments must ensure that the total
4  milligram content of each type of cannabinoid exceeding one
5  milligram contained in each ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid menu
6  item is listed on the menu adjacent to the name or the price of
7  the associated menu item.
8  (b) Hemp food establishments must ensure that served
9  ready-to-eat hemp cannabinoid menu items include a label that:
10  (1) indicates the total milligram content of the
11  served items; and
12  (2) provides a QR code for a link to a web page
13  containing a copy of:
14  (A) the testing results of the intermediate hemp
15  product used;
16  (B) the dosing standard operating procedure; and
17  (C) a representative compliance test for the
18  recipe.
19  Section 45. Administrative hearings.
20  (a) Administrative hearings involving licenses issued
21  under this Act shall be conducted by the department issuing
22  the licenses under the rules that govern formal administrative
23  proceedings of the department issuing the licenses. As used in
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1  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the
2  case of a violation of this Act or rules adopted under this Act
3  relating to a hemp retailer or (2) the Department of Public
4  Health in the case of a violation of this Act or rules adopted
5  under this Act relating to a hemp food establishment.
6  (b) The following administrative penalties may be imposed
7  by the department issuing the license upon any person or
8  entity who violates any provision of this Act or any rule
9  adopted by any State department under this Act:
10  (1) a penalty of $2,500 for a first violation;
11  (2) a penalty of $5,000 for a second violation at the
12  same location within 2 years of the first violation; and
13  (3) a penalty of $10,000 for a third or subsequent
14  violation at the same location within 2 years of the
15  second or subsequent violation.
16  Any penalty of $5,000 or greater that is not paid within
17  120 days of issuance of notice from the department issuing the
18  license shall be submitted to the Department of Revenue for
19  collection as provided under the Illinois State Collection Act
20  of 1986. The department issuing the license may prohibit any
21  person from selling or distributing a hemp cannabinoid product
22  for failure to pay an administrative penalty within 60 days of
23  issuance of notice from the department.
24  (c) All final administrative decisions of the department
25  issuing the license are subject to judicial review under the
26  Administrative Review Law. For the purposes of this

 

 

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