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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 3 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 4 | | we direct the Department of Agriculture to conduct a disparity |
| 5 | | study on whether minority and women-owned businesses face any |
| 6 | | barriers
that prevent the equitable participation in the |
| 7 | | business of cultivating,
manufacturing, delivering, |
| 8 | | distributing, testing, transporting, and other
avenues within |
| 9 | | the business of legalized cannabis in Illinois; and be it |
| 10 | | further
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, That the study should include, but not be limited |
| 12 | | to, the following: |
| 13 | | (1) Evidence of past and present racial discrimination |
| 14 | | by the government; |
| 15 | | (2) Annual income, access to capital,
cannabis |
| 16 | | convictions, communities with a disproportionately high
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| 17 | | amount of law enforcement with respect to cannabis of those |
| 18 | | seeking to enter the field; and |
| 19 | | (3) The process for obtaining recreational and medical |
| 20 | | permits and licensing; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Agriculture and the |
| 22 | | General Assembly should use the results of this study to |
| 23 | | address the inequality within the business of legalized |