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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0125 Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the odor of burnt or raw cannabis in a motor vehicle by itself shall not constitute probable cause for the search of a motor vehicle or person.
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| | SB0125 | | LRB103 05307 HEP 50325 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-502.15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-502.15) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-502.15. Possession of adult use cannabis in a |
| 8 | | motor vehicle. |
| 9 | | (a) No driver may use cannabis within the passenger area |
| 10 | | of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State. |
| 11 | | (b) No driver may possess cannabis within any area of any |
| 12 | | motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except in a secured, |
| 13 | | sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis |
| 14 | | container that is inaccessible. |
| 15 | | (c) No passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger |
| 16 | | area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except |
| 17 | | in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, |
| 18 | | child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible. |
| 19 | | (d) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b), |
| 20 | | or (c) of this Section commits a Class A misdemeanor. |
| 21 | | (e) The odor of burnt or raw cannabis in a motor vehicle by |
| 22 | | itself shall not constitute probable cause for the search of a |
| 23 | | motor vehicle or person.
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