CANNABIS REGULATION

Amends The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, makes changes concerning confidentiality regarding the Office of Executive Inspector General; makes conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the exemption in the Code relating to implementing the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act shall be 8 years (instead of 5 years) after June 25, 2019. Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the Local Cannabis Consumer Excise Tax Trust Fund to the Local Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Trust Fund. Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Specifies that it is a purpose of the Act for the Department of Revenue to report certain cannabis-related tax and business district tax revenues. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning limitations on the home rule powers of counties and municipalities. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Adds and makes changes to various definitions. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, by rule, certain market protections. Requires the Department of Agriculture to license cannabis laboratories. Provides for the repeal of provisions establishing cultivator taxes and craft grower taxes. Amends the Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act. Deletes a provision which specifies that the sale and possession of marijuana and hashish is illegal. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.