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HB 804 Illinois House · 94th Regular Session

CANNABIS-PRESERVE EVIDENCE

Summary
Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that before or after the trial in a prosecution for certain enumerated violations of the Act, a law enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous chain of custody, not less than 5,001 grams of any substance containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa plants with respect to the enumerated offenses and must maintain sufficient documentation to locate that evidence. Provides that the court may before trial transfer excess quantities of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants with respect to a prosecution for any enumerated offense to the sheriff of the county, or may in its discretion transfer such evidence to the Department of State Police, for destruction. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2005
Committee Review
May 2005
House Passage
May 2005
Senate Passage
May 2005
Signed into Law
Jul 2005
Introduced Mar 17, 2005 Signed Jul 12, 2005
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2005 · House Mar 17, 2005

How they voted

52–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 55
May 18, 2005
D Democratic29
27 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Jul 12, 2005
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 18, 2005
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 18, 2005
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (52-0-3)
senate
May 5, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
upper
Apr 13, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Apr 11, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 17, 2005
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 17, 2005
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (110-0-5)
house
Mar 15, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 8, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
lower
Mar 1, 2005
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2005
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
lower
Feb 25, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 015-000-000
lower
Feb 25, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Feb 25, 2005
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Feb 8, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Feb 2, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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