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HB4782 • 2026
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa Davis
VEH CD-CANNABIS IN VEHICLE
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Full Text of HB4782 Home Legislation Full Text HB4782 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4782 Introduced , by Rep. Lisa Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/11-502.1 625 ILCS 5/11-502.15 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that cannabis within any area of a motor vehicle must be in an odor-proof container. LRB104 18406 LNS 31848 b A BILL FOR HB4782 LRB104 18406 LNS 31848 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Sections 11-502.1 and 11-502.15 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/11-502.1) 7 Sec. 11-502.1. Possession of medical cannabis in a motor 8 vehicle. 9 (a) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, may 10 use medical cannabis within the passenger area of any motor 11 vehicle upon a highway in this State. 12 (b) No driver, who is a medical cannabis cardholder, a 13 medical cannabis designated caregiver, medical cannabis 14 cultivation center agent, or dispensing organization agent may 15 possess medical cannabis within any area of any motor vehicle 16 upon a highway in this State except in a secured, sealed or 17 resealable, odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis 18 container that is inaccessible. 19 (c) No passenger, who is a medical cannabis card holder, a 20 medical cannabis designated caregiver, or medical cannabis 21 dispensing organization agent may possess medical cannabis 22 within any passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway 23 in this State except in a secured, sealed or resealable, HB4782 - 2 - LRB104 18406 LNS 31848 b 1 odor-proof, and child-resistant medical cannabis container 2 that is inaccessible. 3 (d) Any person who violates subsections (a) through (c) of 4 this Section: 5 (1) commits a Class A misdemeanor; 6 (2) shall be subject to revocation of his or her 7 medical cannabis card for a period of 2 years from the end 8 of the sentence imposed; and 9 (3) shall be subject to revocation of his or her 10 status as a medical cannabis caregiver, medical cannabis 11 cultivation center agent, or medical cannabis dispensing 12 organization agent for a period of 2 years from the end of 13 the sentence imposed. 14 (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 15 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) 16 (625 ILCS 5/11-502.15) 17 Sec. 11-502.15. Possession of adult use cannabis in a 18 motor vehicle. 19 (a) No driver may use cannabis within the passenger area 20 of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State. 21 (b) No driver may possess cannabis within any area of any 22 motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except in a secured, 23 sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis 24 container that is inaccessible. 25 (c) No passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger HB4782 - 3 - LRB104 18406 LNS 31848 b 1 area of any motor vehicle upon a highway in this State except 2 in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, 3 child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible. 4 (d) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a), (b), 5 or (c) of this Section commits a Class A misdemeanor. 6 (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.) 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