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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5582

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 705/7-20

Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Requires waiver of 50% of
any nonrefundable license application fees, any nonrefundable fees
associated with purchasing a license to operate a cannabis business
establishment, and any surety bond or other financial requirements for a
Social Equity Applicant who promises to open and operate the business in a
Disproportionately Impacted Area and who promises to hire and employ at
least 40% of all employees and contracted labor from persons residing in or
headquartered in the Disproportionately Impacted Area where the business
will be located. Provides that a breach of a promise by an applicant under
those provisions shall constitute a violation of the Act. Provides that
fee waivers or other requirement waivers under 2 different specified
provisions relating to Social Equity Applicants may not be cumulative, and
an applicant who qualifies under both may only choose one.
LRB104 18243 BDA 31682 b

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,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
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by changing Section 7-20 as follows:

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(410 ILCS 705/7-20)
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Sec. 7-20.
Fee waivers.
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(a) For Social Equity Applicants, the Department of
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Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of
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Agriculture shall waive 50% of any nonrefundable license
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application fees, any nonrefundable fees associated with
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purchasing a license to operate a cannabis business
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establishment, and any surety bond or other financial
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requirements, provided a Social Equity Applicant meets the
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following qualifications at the time the payment is due:
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(1) the applicant, including all individuals and
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entities with 10% or greater ownership and all parent
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companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, has less than a
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total of $750,000 of income in the previous calendar year;
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and
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(2) the applicant, including all individuals and
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entities with 10% or greater ownership and all parent
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companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, has no more than

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2 other licenses for cannabis business establishments in
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the State of Illinois.
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(a-5) For Social Equity Applicants, the Department of
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Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of
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Agriculture shall waive 50% of any nonrefundable license
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application fees, any nonrefundable fees associated with
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purchasing a license to operate a cannabis business
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establishment, and any surety bond or other financial
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requirements, if the Social Equity Applicant meets the
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following qualifications at the time the payment is due:
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(1) the applicant promises to open and operate the
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business in a Disproportionately Impacted Area; and
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(2) the applicant promises to hire and employ at least
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40% of all employees and contracted labor from persons
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residing in or headquartered in the Disproportionately
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Impacted Area where the business will be located.
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A breach of a promise by an applicant under this
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subsection shall constitute a violation of this Act.
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(b) The Department of Financial and Professional
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Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may require
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Social Equity Applicants to attest that they meet the
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requirements for a fee waiver as provided in subsection (a)
or
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(a-5)
and to provide evidence of annual total income in the
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previous calendar year
or any other evidence or covenant
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required. Fee waivers or other requirement waivers under
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subsections (a) and (a-5) may not be cumulative, and an

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applicant who qualifies both under subsections (a) and (a-5)
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may only choose one
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(c) If the Department of Financial and Professional
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Regulation or the Department of Agriculture determines that an
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applicant who applied as a Social Equity Applicant is not
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eligible for such status, the applicant shall be provided an
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additional 10 days to provide alternative evidence that he or
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she qualifies as a Social Equity Applicant. Alternatively, the
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applicant may pay the remainder of the waived fee and be
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considered as a non-Social Equity Applicant. If the applicant
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cannot do either, then the Departments may keep the initial
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application fee and the application shall not be graded.
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(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)

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