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HB 3183

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jarred Cannon and 1 co-sponsor

Requires date-stamping of pre-rolled joints (month/day/year rolled and packaged) by dispensaries to boost traceability, freshness, and regulatory oversight.

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Bill Summary · HB 3183

Bill Summary — HB 3183 (104th General Assembly, 2025–2026)

Short title / subject: Amendments to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act — operational/packaging requirement for pre-rolled joints (410 ILCS 705/15‑70).
Bill status: In committee upon adjournment (6/28/2025).
Introduced: Rep. Jawaharial Williams — introduced Feb 18–21, 2025.
Companion: SB 283.

Note: The bill package heading includes an unrelated title reference to the "Open Educational Resources Program; declaring an emergency." The text and statutory citation supplied address cannabis dispensing operational requirements (410 ILCS 705/15‑70). This summary treats the substantive cannabis amendment described in the bill text and synopsis.

Purpose / Intent

The bill would add an operational packaging requirement to the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act that specifically requires dispensing organizations to stamp pre‑rolled joints with the month, day, and year the joint was rolled and packaged for retail sale. The intent is to provide dated information on pre‑rolled products for traceability, product freshness/age awareness, and regulatory oversight.

Key provision(s)

  • Amend 410 ILCS 705/15‑70 (Operational requirements; prohibitions) to require that:
    • Any pre‑rolled joint sold or offered for sale by a dispensing organization be stamped with the month, day, and year it was rolled and packaged for retail sale.
  • The bill otherwise leaves in place the existing operational requirements and prohibitions currently in Section 15‑70 (e.g., packaging, sourcing, hours of operation, security, prohibition on drive‑throughs, limits on inventory concentration, etc.). The amendment is additive to that section.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Licensed dispensing organizations (adult‑use and medical cannabis dispensaries) that sell pre‑rolled joints in Illinois.
  • Secondary: Upstream producers/processors and packaging vendors that supply pre‑rolled joints or packaging services; compliance officers and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (or other designated enforcement agency) responsible for monitoring labeling/packaging compliance.
  • Consumers: Will see dated stamps on pre‑rolled joints indicating roll/package date.

Potential impacts / considerations

  • Compliance costs: Dispensaries and packagers may need stamping/labeling equipment, procedures, and recordkeeping changes to implement date stamps.
  • Operations: May affect inventory rotation and quality control (e.g., discard older product, display/use‑by policies).
  • Enforcement: The bill text does not specify penalties or enforcement details for noncompliance — enforcement would rely on existing regulatory authority under Section 15‑70 and Department rules.
  • Public health/consumer information: Provides consumers and regulators with product date information that could support freshness/traceability.
  • Rulemaking: Implementation details (acceptable stamp formats, placement, exemptions for pre‑packaged items, retroactivity) likely require administrative rule clarification.

Legislative timeline / procedural history (selected)

  • Filed with Clerk: 02/06/2025
  • First reading / referred to Rules / Speaker’s desk: 02/13–02/18/2025
  • Introduced / First Reading: 02/18/2025 (Rep. Williams)
  • Filed (official): 02/21/2025
  • Public hearing: 02/27/2025 (public hearing later canceled 02/13/2025 entry indicates scheduling changes)
  • Read first time / Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: 03/20/2025
  • Work session: 03/20/2025
  • Committee recommendation: Do pass with amendments; printed A‑Engrossed; referred to Ways & Means by prior reference: 03/27/2025
  • Referred to Ways & Means: 03/27/2025
  • Status: In committee upon adjournment: 06/28/2025

Missing / unclear elements

  • The bill text provided is limited to the synopsis and the full Section 15‑70 context; the precise statutory insertion language is not shown in full.
  • No explicit emergency clause language is present in the supplied amendment text (despite “declaring an emergency” appearing in the header).
  • No specified enforcement mechanisms, fines, or effective date appear in the supplied materials.

If you want, I can: (1) draft likely statutory language that would implement the date‑stamping requirement; (2) outline compliance steps and estimated costs for dispensaries; or (3) compare HB 3183 to companion SB 283 to check for textual differences.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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