Rockford Sun

The following actions were taken on May 23 in the House on House bill HR379 ("legalized cannabis-ag study"): "Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed", "Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Criminal Committee(Rep. Natalie A. Manley" and "Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee".

The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. André Thapedi (D-32) on May 13, "directs the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation to conduct a disparity study on whether minority-owned businesses face any barriers that prevent the equitable participation in the business of cultivating, manufacturing, delivering, distributing, testing, transporting, and other avenues within the business of legalized cannabis in Illinois," according to the General Assembly website.

The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Carol Ammons (D-103), Luis Arroyo (D-3), Kambium Buckner (D-26), William Davis (D-30), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Mary E. Flowers (D-31), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Rita Mayfield (D-60), Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-38), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Nicholas K. Smith (D-34), Curtis J. Tarver, II (D-25), Arthur Turner (D-9), Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7) and Maurice A. West, II (D-67).

The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through May 23.