August 14, 2015

To the Honorable Members of

The Illinois House of Representatives

99th General Assembly:

Today I veto House Bill 3215 from the 99th General Assembly for technical reasons. The bill makes changes to House Bill 218, which concerns penalties for cannabis, “[i]f and only if House Bill 218 . . . becomes law in the form in which it passed the House on April 23, 2015.” I thank the sponsors of House Bills 218 and 3215 for their diligent work on these bills.

I returned House Bill 218 with specific recommendations for change. Included among those changes are the changes incorporated by House Bill 3215. If the General Assembly concurs in those changes, House Bill 3215 would be moot and, by its own terms, inoperative.

Therefore, pursuant to Section 9(b) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 3215, “AN ACT concerning regulation”, with the foregoing objections, vetoed in its entirety.

Sincerely,

Bruce Rauner

GOVERNOR