Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a cannabis business establishment licensed by the Department of Agriculture for cultivating, growing, processing, manufacturing, or infusing cannabis or a cannabis-infused product pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or the Compassionate Use of Medicinal Cannabis Program Act may use industrial hemp as an ingredient in cannabis or a cannabis-infused product that is offered for sale at a dispensary. Provides that hemp flower may not be sold to a dispensary. Provides that industrial hemp may be procured from a licensed third-party grower or processor from within the State of Illinois or from any other state with a regulated industrial hemp program. Requires all hemp and hemp derivatives obtained by a cannabis business establishment to be obtained from a licensed or registered hemp grower or processor. Provides that a cultivation center that intends to use hemp or a hemp derivative must apply for, and be issued, a Hemp Processor License by the Department. Requires a representative sample of all final products containing industrial hemp or hemp derivatives to undergo specified testing. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Topical Eye Medication Prescription Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning offices of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Amends the Automatic Contract Renewal Act. Provides that the Act applies to contracts with a term of 6 months or more (rather than a term of 12 months or more).
Amends the Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Includes programs recognized by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a standard nationally accredited education and training program under which a new pharmacy technician may be educated and trained. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning federal agencies and investigations.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Urges the Illinois State Board of Education to stop punishing school districts for making decisions that they believe support the best interests of the students in the districts they serve. Further urges the Illinois State Board of Education to realize that their decisions may have a negative impact on the students in the districts that they are trying to protect, so there should not be a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois schools.
Amends the Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Expands the purpose of the Act to include protecting employees from unlawful violence and harassment at the workplace or because of an employee's employment duties or place of employment. Permits an employee to seek a workplace protection restraining order in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, if: (i) the employee has suffered unlawful violence and the respondent has made a credible threat of violence to be carried out at the employee's workplace; and (ii) the employee believes that the respondent has made a credible threat of violence to be carried out at the employee's workplace or otherwise to be carried out against the same employee outside of the workplace because of the employee's employment duties or place of employment. Provides that an employee may not seek, and the court may not issue, a workplace protection restraining order if the employee otherwise qualifies for a protective order under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Civil No Contact Order Act, or the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Makes changes to the definition of "credible threat of violence" and "petitioner". Makes other changes.
