So Illinois SB 1381 What Us With This

From the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/19/medical-marijuana-bill-on_n_313167.html


State. Rep. Deborah Mell, a Chicago Democrat, said she decided to co-sponsor the House version of the bill after she got more calls to her office from both liberals and conservatives in support of legalizing medical marijuana than all other issues combined.


Yet Mell echoes a common perception among legislators that medical marijuana is a liberal issue, even though many conservative voters support it.
"This is a very conservative state in terms of issues like that," Mell said. "People who support it are either liberals or people who have experience with chronic suffering."

Several House members said they doubt the bill will come up before the February primary because legislators are loathe to vote on what they perceive as controversial issues without knowing who their primary opponent will be.

"That mailer writes itself," State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Woodstock) said. "Candidate X voted to make marijuana easier for your children to get and is tearing apart the fabric of our communities."

excellent smithers... release the hounds on the prohibitionist and chase them into the foot hills

hopefully this passes with my state bein right next door maybe they will open their eyes

I just moved to Illinois.
My new next door naigbor has no legs and a slew of medical problems.
He has to take a dozen diffrent pills every day.
His wife told my wife that his doc said:
"He could be taken off half those pills tomarrow but for the Medical pot prohabition."
For his sake I hope they pass this.
IMO its currently drakonian.

It'll pass. But Illinois isn't a liberal state. It's a union state. The democrats here are mostly socially conservative union workers and the black voting block. Not that they don't smoke or don't agree with legalization. The only "liberal" places in Illinois are parts of Chicago some suburbs and Champaign Urbana. It's not like Northern Cali or Eastern Mass. Most of the politicians here are looking for revenue, that includes the states republicans which are just as bad or worse than the democrats in Illinois.

Whatever, it's still better than the bible belt On Dead tour driving through OK a buddy got pulled over and got a year in prison for packed bowl and a gram of shake. They acted like it was the biggest heist in history. Usually, in Illinois now they just make you dump it on the street.

I don't really understand the "2 ounces dried or 7 plants?" who came up with that? If you grow 3 plants and have 3 in grow and 1 mother? What if you have 7 mature plants and harvest way more than 2 ounces? How do they measure moisture content in harvested buds? Hell, you could get 2 lbs a plant outside.

Last i knew if you had an ounce of marijuana then its a misdermeanor and if you had 1 plant then its a felony... well thats the way it is across here in east st louie

greenearth5 said:

Last i knew if you had an ounce of marijuana then its a misdermeanor and if you had 1 plant then its a felony... well thats the way it is across here in east st louie

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I live right by east st.louis And you can have up to 5 plants in Illinois and its a misdemeanor

Damn man.. i looked that info up on NORML.com and they are saying the same damn thing... one plant is a felony here in missouri... how hard do they fuck with you over a plant if ur growin in ur house

greenearth5 said:

Damn man.. i looked that info up on NORML.com and they are saying the same damn thing... one plant is a felony here in missouri... how hard do they fuck with you over a plant if ur growin in ur house

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Yeah I have a few friends that live in st.louis that grow and you can get in a lot of trouble over there. Its weird there because it doesn't go by number of plants but buy weight and if you grow enough there its one of those states that you can get life in prison for growing. Thats why I moved to Illinois the max I can get here is 3-7 years (more than 50 plants)and property is cheap right across the river.

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=SB&DocNum=1381&GAID=10&SessionID=76&LegID=42617

As you can see, as of 12/1/2009 something about rule 19(b) happened. There's a bunch of rewording to the bill, but I can't tell whether or not the bill passed completely yet.

Anyone know if it's on the way to the governor yet? Or is it still at the Senate/House level?

Tmac123 said:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=SB&DocNum=1381&GAID=10&SessionID=76&LegID=42617

As you can see, as of 12/1/2009 something about rule 19(b) happened. There's a bunch of rewording to the bill, but I can't tell whether or not the bill passed completely yet.

Anyone know if it's on the way to the governor yet? Or is it still at the Senate/House level?

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The bill still hasn't become a law. It has passed the IL Senate, but is still awaiting a vote by the IL House of Representatives.

The latest action as of 12/28 was to re-refer the bill to the Rules Committee which happens when the deadline for a vote expires. At this point it either dies or is given a new deadline.

Lou Lang, who authored a previous medical marijuana bill is a member of the committee so hopefully it gets a new deadline and we have a vote soon...

I recently sent 238 testimonials from cancer and AIDS patients that I collected to my Rep. He's a republican so I may have wasted my time. C'mon Illinois!! This is our chance!!! Get involved!! Make some calls, send some e-mails, write some letters, closet smokers need to make it public. For the people, by the people!!!!

grow9000 said:

The bill still hasn't become a law. It has passed the IL Senate, but is still awaiting a vote by the IL House of Representatives.

The latest action as of 12/28 was to re-refer the bill to the Rules Committee which happens when the deadline for a vote expires. At this point it either dies or is given a new deadline.

Lou Lang, who authored a previous medical marijuana bill is a member of the committee so hopefully it gets a new deadline and we have a vote soon...

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correct as usual my friend. I hope it will not get too maimed between now and when it goes up for being voted on. I am not sure what a Rules Committee can do to a bill.

Kant said:

Well unfortunately the bill is pretty conservative. No there won't be clinics or dispensaries. You have to get a permit from the state health department and there's a limited list of who qualifies and a limited number of people allowed in the program.

If you qualify and get in then you have to grow your own and are limited to something like 6 plants and a 60 day supply of dried cannabis.

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yeah i bet that first year or so those that are alowwed to grow will have to put up with and sign a consent form for random inspection - ill pass on being the first to do anything

Does anyone know if the bill allow's a "grower" to grow your marijuana for you?

Say you don't know how to grow it. Or you don't have the money to invest in lamps and soil...etc. According to the Illinois Bill, are you able to designate someone to grow the MMJ for you?

i havent heard shit about this in a while

checked the status today!

"Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate"

I dont know what that means or when is that but it still moving

"Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate"

This means its eligible for a vote whenever the sponsor calls it. Lou Lang, the bill's sponsor, recently spoke at a meeting of the IL Friendship House on this subject. He currently has 48 votes secured. But he needs 60 and he's not saying who he thinks the remaining 12 will come from.

He stated, "The minute I have 60 votes, I'll take it to vote the same day."

So everyone in IL should contact their representative and let them know how you feel:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/mpp/callalert/index.tt?alertid=13443501

2/10/2010HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris

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