Bill Text: IL SB2888 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2888 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2888-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2888 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Jason A. Barickman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 705/55-20
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that specified provisions prohibiting advertisement of cannabis or cannabis-infused products do not apply to newspapers.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
by changing Section 55-20 as follows:
(410 ILCS 705/55-20)
Sec. 55-20. Advertising and promotions.
(a) No cannabis business establishment nor any other person
or entity shall engage in advertising that contains any
statement or illustration that:
(1) is false or misleading;
(2) promotes overconsumption of cannabis or cannabis
products;
(3) depicts the actual consumption of cannabis or
cannabis products;
(4) depicts a person under 21 years of age consuming
cannabis;
(5) makes any health, medicinal, or therapeutic claims
about cannabis or cannabis-infused products;
(6) includes the image of a cannabis leaf or bud; or
(7) includes any image designed or likely to appeal to
minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or children, or
any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that

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is designed in any manner to be appealing to or encourage
consumption of persons under 21 years of age.
(b) No cannabis business establishment nor any other person
or entity shall place or maintain, or cause to be placed or
maintained, an advertisement of cannabis or a cannabis-infused
product in any form or through any medium:
(1) within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school
grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a
child care center, a public park or public library, or a
game arcade to which admission is not restricted to persons
21 years of age or older;
(2) on or in a public transit vehicle or public transit
shelter;
(3) on or in publicly owned or publicly operated
property; or
(4) that contains information that:
(A) is false or misleading;
(B) promotes excessive consumption;
(C) depicts a person under 21 years of age
consuming cannabis;
(D) includes the image of a cannabis leaf; or
(E) includes any image designed or likely to appeal
to minors, including cartoons, toys, animals, or
children, or any other likeness to images, characters,
or phrases that are popularly used to advertise to
children, or any imitation of candy packaging or

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labeling, or that promotes consumption of cannabis.
Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (b) do not
apply to a newspaper, as defined in Section 5 of the Notice By
Publication Act.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an educational
message.
(d) Sales promotions. No cannabis business establishment
nor any other person or entity may encourage the sale of
cannabis or cannabis products by giving away cannabis or
cannabis products, by conducting games or competitions related
to the consumption of cannabis or cannabis products, or by
providing promotional materials or activities of a manner or
type that would be appealing to children.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)