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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Illinois: Medical pot extension bill passes in the House 🌿Illinois: Medical pot extension bill passes in the House
A bill to extend the state’s medical marijuana pilot program overwhelmingly passed the House Tuesday.
The bill passed 81 to 28 with one legislator voting present, according to state records.
Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, who sponsored the extension and has championed the state’s medical marijuana law, said he’s hopeful the bill will make it through the Senate and that Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign it — allowing the delayed medical marijuana program to have a full four years of operation before expiring.
Lang’s bill seeks to extend the program four years from when the first dispensary begins officially operating. It’s now set to expire at the end of 2017.
Without the extension, patients, advocates and marijuana entrepreneurs are worried about the limited time the program will operate before needing to be renewed by lawmakers.
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