Bill Text: IL SB1871 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1871 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB1871-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 55-20 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 705/55-20)
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| 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.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
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