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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4193

Introduced 10/29/2025, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 705/10-40

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. In provisions regarding
the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program, requires, within 90 days
after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House to jointly appoint to the R3 Program Board 8
individuals who fulfill residency requirements, who possess certain
expertise or backgrounds in an R3 Area, and who are appointed jointly by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
from nominations received from not-for-profit organizations that are
currently in existence and have been continuously in operation in the R3
Area since 1980. Changes other appointments to the R3 Program Board.
Provides that general grant funds (rather than grant funds) shall be
awarded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in
coordination with the R3 Program Board. Establishes the R3 Community
Steering Committee. Requires, within 60 days after the effective date of
the amendatory Act, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to
jointly appoint to the R3 Community Steering Committee 9 individuals from
among individuals nominated by any not-for-profit organization that is
currently in existence and has been continuously in operation in an R3 Area
since 1968. Requires the nominees to possess certain expertise in an R3
Area and to fulfill residency requirements. Requires the Restore,
Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program to allocate and set aside at least 25% and
no more than 30% of its annual funds for targeted community grant funding
programs to be created, organized, and awarded by the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the R3 Community
Steering Committee. Provides that funding for legal services under the R3
Program shall exclude R3 Areas in Cook County unless approved by the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the
R3 Community Steering Committee. Changes the definition of "Authority".
Makes technical changes.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning health.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
5
by changing Section 10-40 as follows:

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(410 ILCS 705/10-40)
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Sec. 10-40.
Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program.
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(a) The General Assembly finds that in order to address
9
the disparities described below, aggressive approaches and
10
targeted resources to support local design and control of
11
community-based responses to these outcomes are required. To
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carry out this intent, the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3)
13
Program is created for the following purposes:
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(1) to directly address the impact of economic
15

disinvestment, violence, and the historical overuse of
16

criminal justice responses to community and individual
17

needs by providing resources to support local design and
18

control of community-based responses to these impacts;
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(2) to substantially reduce both the total amount of
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gun violence and concentrated poverty in this State;
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(3) to protect communities from gun violence through
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targeted investments and intervention programs, including
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economic growth and improving family violence prevention,

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community trauma treatment rates, gun injury victim
2

services, and public health prevention activities;
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(4) to promote employment infrastructure and capacity
4

building related to the social determinants of health in
5

the eligible community areas.
6

(b) In this Section, "Authority" means the Illinois
7
Criminal Justice Information Authority in coordination with
8
the Justice, Equity, and Opportunity Initiative of the
9
Lieutenant Governor's Office
and the R3 Community Steering
10
Committee
.
11

(c) Eligibility of R3 Areas. Within 180 days after the
12
effective date of this Act, the Authority shall identify as
13
eligible, areas in this State by way of historically
14
recognized geographic boundaries, to be designated by the
15
Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board as R3 Areas and
16
therefore eligible to apply for R3 funding. Local groups
17
within R3 Areas will be eligible to apply for State funding
18
through the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board.
19
Qualifications for designation as an R3 Area are as follows:
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(1) Based on an analysis of data, communities in this
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State that are high need, underserved, disproportionately
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impacted by historical economic disinvestment, and ravaged
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by violence as indicated by the highest rates of gun
24

injury, unemployment, child poverty rates, and commitments
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to and returns from the Illinois Department of
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Corrections.

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(2) The Authority shall send to the Legislative Audit
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Commission and make publicly available its analysis and
3

identification of eligible R3 Areas and shall recalculate
4

the eligibility data every 4 years. On an annual basis,
5

the Authority shall analyze data and indicate if data
6

covering any R3 Area or portion of an Area has, for 4
7

consecutive years, substantially deviated from the average
8

of statewide data on which the original calculation was
9

made to determine the Areas, including disinvestment,
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violence, gun injury, unemployment, child poverty rates,
11

or commitments to or returns from the Illinois Department
12

of Corrections.
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(d) The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board shall
14
encourage collaborative partnerships within each R3 Area to
15
minimize multiple partnerships per Area.
16

(e) The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board is
17
created and shall reflect the diversity of the State of
18
Illinois, including geographic, racial, and ethnic diversity.
19
Using the data provided by the Authority, the Restore,
20
Reinvest, and Renew Program Board shall be responsible for
21
designating the R3 Area boundaries and for the selection and
22
oversight of R3 Area grantees. The Restore, Reinvest, and
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Renew Program Board ex officio members shall, within 4 months
24
after the effective date of this Act, convene the Board to
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appoint a full Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board and
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oversee, provide guidance to, and develop an administrative

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structure for the R3 Program.
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(1) The ex officio members are:
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(A) The Lieutenant Governor, or his or her
4

designee, who shall serve as chair.
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(B) The Attorney General, or his or her designee.
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(C) The Director of Commerce and Economic
7

Opportunity, or his or her designee.
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(D) The Director of Public Health, or his or her
9

designee.
10

(E) The Director of Corrections, or his or her
11

designee.
12

(F) The Director of Juvenile Justice, or his or
13

her designee.
14

(G) The Director of Children and Family Services,
15

or his or her designee.
16

(H) The Executive Director of the Illinois
17

Criminal Justice Information Authority, or his or her
18

designee.
19

(I) The Director of Employment Security, or his or
20

her designee.
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(J) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her
22

designee.
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(K) A member of the Senate, designated by the
24

President of the Senate.
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(L) A member of the House of Representatives,
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designated by the Speaker of the House of

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Representatives.
2

(M) A member of the Senate, designated by the
3

Minority Leader of the Senate.
4

(N) A member of the House of Representatives,
5

designated by the Minority Leader of the House of
6

Representatives.
7

(2) Within 90 days after the R3 Areas have been
8

designated by the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program
9

Board, the following members shall be appointed to the
10

Board
by the R3 board chair
:
11

(A) Eight public officials of municipal geographic
12

jurisdictions in the State that include an R3 Area, or
13

their designees
, appointed by the R3 Program Board
14

chair
;
15

(B) Four community-based providers or community
16

development organization representatives who provide
17

services to treat violence and address the social
18

determinants of health, or promote community
19

investment, including, but not limited to, services
20

such as job placement and training, educational
21

services, workforce development programming, and
22

wealth building. The community-based organization
23

representatives shall work primarily in jurisdictions
24

that include an R3 Area and no more than 2
25

representatives shall work primarily in Cook County.
26

At least one of the community-based providers shall

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have expertise in providing services to an immigrant
2

population
, appointed by the R3 Program Board chair
;
3

(C) Two experts in the field of violence
4

reduction
, appointed by the R3 Program Board chair
;
5

(D) One male who has previously been incarcerated
6

and is over the age of 24 at the time of appointment
,
7

appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of
8

Representatives and the President of the Senate from
9

nominations received from not-for-profit organizations
10

that are currently in existence and have been
11

continuously in operation in an R3 Area since 1980
;
12

(E) One female who has previously been
13

incarcerated and is over the age of 24 at the time of
14

appointment
, appointed jointly by the Speaker of the
15

House of Representatives and the President of the
16

Senate from nominations received from not-for-profit
17

organizations that are currently in existence and have
18

been continuously in operation in an R3 Area since
19

1980
;
20

(F) Two individuals who have previously been
21

incarcerated and are between the ages of 17 and 24 at
22

the time of appointment
, appointed jointly by the
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Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
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President of the Senate from nominations received from
25

not-for-profit organizations that are currently in
26

existence and have been continuously in operation in

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an R3 Area since 1980
;
and
2

(G) Eight individuals who live or work in an R3
3

Area
, appointed by the R3 Program Board chair; and

.
4

(H) Eight individuals (i) who either have resided
5

at one point in their lives for over 30 years in an R3
6

Area and still have family or relatives residing in
7

the R3 Area or who currently reside in an R3 Area; (ii)
8

who possess expertise or backgrounds in the R3 Area in
9

the field of education, medicine, mental health,
10

housing, law, accounting, finance, business, or
11

religion; and (iii) who are appointed by the Speaker
12

of the House of Representatives and the President of
13

the Senate from nominations received from
14

not-for-profit organizations that are currently in
15

existence and have been continuously in operation in
16

the R3 Area since 1980.

17

As used in this paragraph (2), "an individual who has
18

been previously incarcerated" means a person who has been
19

convicted of or pled guilty to one or more felonies, who
20

was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and who has
21

completed his or her sentence. Board members shall serve
22

without compensation and may be reimbursed for reasonable
23

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from
24

funds appropriated for that purpose. Once all its members
25

have been appointed as outlined in
items (A) through (F)
26

of
this paragraph (2), the Board may exercise any power,

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perform any function, take any action, or do anything in
2

furtherance of its purposes and goals upon the appointment
3

of a quorum of its members. The Board terms of the non-ex
4

officio and General Assembly Board members shall end 4
5

years from the date of appointment. The R3
Program Board

6

board
chair may remove an individual appointed to the
7

Board who does not regularly attend Board meetings, based
8

on criteria approved by the Board.
9

Within 90 days after the effective date of this
10

amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
11

President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall
12

jointly appoint the members described in subparagraph (H)
13

of this paragraph (2). Upon a vacancy in the membership of
14

the R3 Program Board under this paragraph (2), the R3
15

Program Board chair shall appoint a member to fill a
16

vacancy under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (G) of this
17

paragraph (2) and the President of the Senate and Speaker
18

of the House shall jointly appoint a member to fill a
19

vacancy under subparagraph (D), (E), (F), or (H) of this
20

paragraph (2).

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(f) Within 12 months after the effective date of this Act,
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the Board shall:
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(1) develop a process to solicit applications from
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eligible R3 Areas;
25

(2) develop a standard template for both planning and
26

implementation activities to be submitted by R3 Areas to

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the State;
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(3) identify resources sufficient to support the full
3

administration and evaluation of the R3 Program, including
4

building and sustaining core program capacity at the
5

community and State levels;
6

(4) review R3 Area grant applications and proposed
7

agreements and approve the distribution of resources;
8

(5) develop a performance measurement system that
9

focuses on positive outcomes;
10

(6) develop a process to support ongoing monitoring
11

and evaluation of R3 programs; and
12

(7) deliver an annual report to the General Assembly
13

and to the Governor to be posted on the Governor's Office
14

and General Assembly websites and provide to the public an
15

annual report on its progress.
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(g) R3 Area grants.
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(1)
General grant

Grant
funds shall be awarded by the
18

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in
19

coordination with the R3
Program Board

board
, based on the
20

likelihood that the plan will achieve the outcomes
21

outlined in subsection (a) and consistent with the
22

requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency
23

Act. The R3 Program shall also facilitate the provision of
24

training and technical assistance for capacity building
25

within and among R3 Areas.
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(2) R3 Program Board grants shall be used to address

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economic development, violence prevention services,
2

re-entry services, youth development, and civil legal aid.
3

(3) The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board and
4

the R3 Area grantees shall, within a period of no more than
5

120 days from the completion of planning activities
6

described in this Section, finalize an agreement on the
7

plan for implementation. Implementation activities may:
8

(A) have a basis in evidence or best practice
9

research or have evaluations demonstrating the
10

capacity to address the purpose of the
Program

program

11

in subsection (a);
12

(B) collect data from the inception of planning
13

activities through implementation, with data
14

collection technical assistance when needed, including
15

cost data and data related to identified meaningful
16

short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals and metrics;
17

(C) report data to the Restore, Reinvest, and
18

Renew Program Board biannually; and
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(D) report information as requested by the R3
20

Program Board.
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(h) The R3 Community Steering Committee is hereby created.
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Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
23
of the 104th General Assembly, the President of the Senate and
24
Speaker of the House shall jointly appoint to the R3 Community
25
Steering Committee 9 individuals from among individuals
26
nominated by any not-for-profit organization that is currently

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in existence and has been continuously in operation in an R3
2
Area since 1968. A nominee shall possess expertise in an R3
3
Area in the field of education, medicine, mental health,
4
housing, law, accounting, finance, business, or religion. This
5
nominee shall either (1) reside in the R3 Area or (2) have
6
resided at one point in the nominee's life for over 30 years in
7
the R3 Area and still have family or relatives residing in the
8
R3 Area. The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program shall
9
allocate and set aside at least 25% and no more than 30% of its
10
annual funds for targeted community grant funding programs to
11
be created, organized, and awarded by the Department of
12
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the R3
13
Community Steering Committee, for the purposes described in
14
subsection (a) of this Section and consistent with the
15
requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act.

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(i) Funding for legal services under the R3 Program
17
established in this Section shall exclude R3 Areas in Cook
18
County unless approved by the Department of Commerce and
19
Economic Opportunity, in coordination with the R3 Community
20
Steering Committee.
21
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
22
102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)

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