Almost half of all cannabis business permits issued to date in Illinois — mostly held by social equity entrepreneurs — have not opened for business and sit idle.

Isaiah E. Drew, of Kankakee, was arrested Monday by Kankakee police after they allegedly found a firearm on him.

Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from searching vehicles based ...

A bill would take out that requirement, and by extension, block police from searching a car based on the smell of cannabis, burnt or raw. The bill passed the Senate last month, but House ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan to block Illinois law enforcement from searching vehicles based solely on cannabis odor is moving to the House floor. Although, the bill faces strong opposition ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would remove cannabis odor as the sole probable cause for police officers to search a car. The measure, sponsored by state ...

“Senate Bill 42 will also relieve the burden on law enforcement to decipher the difference between raw and burnt cannabis.” The bill passed the Senate on Thursday and now heads to the House.

Senate Bill 0042 removes the requirement for odorless packaging, while still keeping the directives for secured, sealed or re-sealable child-resistant containers.

A plan that would stop law enforcement from searching vehicles on the sole basis of smell passes the Illinois ... probable cause for officers to search a vehicle on the smell of burnt cannabis.

Senate Bill 42, sponsored by Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, is a response to a September 2024 Illinois Supreme Court decision that held the smell of burnt cannabis alone was insufficient to ...

Five states — Ohio, Illinois, Montana, ... H.B. 7258 would allow police officers to pull a vehicle over if they both see the driver using cannabis and smell its “burnt odor.” ...

ROCKFORD, Ill - A bill moving through the Illinois Senate could stop police from searching a vehicle based on the smell of burnt or raw cannabis for people 21 or older.