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 Bill Status of HB3245  99th General Assembly


Short Description:  CANNABIS&DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

House Sponsors
Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 2630/5.2
720 ILCS 550/4from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 704
720 ILCS 550/10from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 710
720 ILCS 600/3.5


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Department of State Police and the local law enforcement agency shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 of each year, the law enforcement records of a person convicted of a civil law violation of possessing 30 grams or less of cannabis or drug paraphernalia possessed by the person arrested on the cannabis charge in the Department's or law enforcement agency's possession or control and which contains the final disposition which pertain to the person when arrested for that offense. Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that the possession of 30 grams or less of cannabis is a civil law violation punishable by a maximum fine of $125. Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that if a person is convicted of 30 grams or less of cannabis, the penalty for possession of any drug paraphernalia seized during the arrest for that offense shall be a civil law violation punishable by a maximum fine of $125. Provides for distribution of these fines.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/25/2015HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  2/25/2015HouseFirst Reading
  2/25/2015HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/10/2015HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
  3/18/2015HouseTo Sentencing, Penalties, and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee
  3/27/2015HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die

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