Bill Text: IL HB0063 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sale or consumption of nitrous oxide is prohibited on the premises of any business whose gross revenues exceed 50% from the sale of alcoholic liquor, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Exempts the sale or consumption of food items containing nitrous oxide. Defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee [HB0063 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0063-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0063 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24.5-10
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sale or consumption of nitrous oxide is prohibited on the premises of any business whose gross revenues exceed 50% from the sale of alcoholic liquor, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products. Provides that a violation is a Class 3 felony. Exempts the sale or consumption of food items containing nitrous oxide. Defines terms.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24.5-10 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24.5-10)
Sec. 24.5-10. Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, or
delivery, or consumption.
(a) In this Section:
"Alcoholic liquor" has the meaning given the term in
Section 1-3.05 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
"Tobacco product", "electronic cigarette", and
"alternative nicotine product" have the meanings given those
terms in subsection (a-9) of Section 1 of the Prevention of
Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 years of Age and Sale and
Distribution of Tobacco Products Act.
(b) Any person, firm, corporation, co-partnership, limited
liability company, or association that intentionally
manufactures, delivers, or possesses with intent to
manufacture or deliver nitrous oxide for any purpose
prohibited under Section 24.5-5 is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
(c) The sale or consumption of nitrous oxide is prohibited
on the premises of any business whose gross revenues exceed

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50% from the sale of alcoholic liquor, tobacco products,
electronic cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products. A
violation of this subsection (c) is a Class 3 felony.
(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to the sale or
consumption of food products containing nitrous oxide.
(Source: P.A. 91-366, eff. 1-1-00.)