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UPDATE ON JULY 1 DEADLINES

The following deadlines/announcements previously set for July 1 have been suspended by Executive Order 2020-45:

The Department of Agriculture will NOT be announcing the award of licenses for craft growers, infusers, or transporters.

The deadline for Community College Vocational Cannabis Pilot Program Applications has been extended to September 1, 2020.

The requirement for currently licensed cultivation centers to have obtained a transporter license has been suspended.

The Department of Agriculture will update this webpage when there are new dates to announce for each of the above. Please review the Executive Order or the Department's Press Release for further details.

Adult Use Cannabis

The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (410 ILCS 705) legalized the use of marijuana in Illinois for non-medicinal purposes, effective January 1, 2020. This is commonly called "adult use" cannabis, distinguishing it from medicinal marijuana or cannabis, which has been legal in Illinois since 2014. The Department of Agriculture continues to be the regulatory entity for medicinal cannabis cultivation centers, and was given similar authority for regulating certain adult use cannabis business establishments by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. The Department is tasked with licensing and regulating adult use cultivation centers, cannabis craft growers, cannabis infusers, cannabis transporters, and Community College Vocational Cannabis Pilot Programs.

Licenses

At this time, there are 21 licensed early approval adult use cultivation centers.pdf. The Department is authorized under the Act to license up to 40 cannabis craft growers, 40 cannabis infusers, unlimited transporters, and 8 community college programs in 2020.

The Department is not authorized to license any additional adult use cultivation centers until July 1, 2021. By December 21, 2021, the Department will issue up to 60 additional cannabis craft grower licenses and 60 additional cannabis infuser licenses.

Deficiencies

If you submitted an application for a craft grower, infuser, or transporter, and you receive an email notifying you of a deficiency in your application, please follow the instructions in that email. Deficiency notices will come from the Department of Agriculture, via email, and will identify the missing information and the proper method of submission. The Department is not able to answer any questions or provide any additional information related to a deficiency notice.

Rules

The Act also gave the Department the authority to adopt administrative rules through the use of emergency rulemaking. The emergency rules can be found in the Illinois Register here (the rules start on page number 1466/page 779 of the pdf). Those rules took effect on January 1, 2020 and remained in effect for 180 days. ​The final rules became effective upon filing on June 3, 2020, and can be found here.

Laboratory Licensing

Any laboratory seeking to test and analyze adult use cannabis must be approved by the Department of Agriculture, per 410 ILCS 705/50-5(b)(1). The Department will issue a license to a laboratory that meets the requirements outlined in the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Please see 410 ILCS 705/50 for all of the requirements. Applications for laboratories can be found here: Laboratory License Application.pdf. Submission instructions are included in the Application. For questions related to laboratory licensure, please email AGR.AdultUse@illinois.gov and include "Laboratory Licensure" in the subject line.

A chart of currently licensed laboratories (organized alphabetically) is included below.

Laboratory Name Phone Number ACT Laboratories, Inc. 517-278-9333 Advanced Herbal Analytics, LLC 618-503-0217 ​ARDL, Inc ​ 618-244-3235 CanMed Labs, LLC 718-785-6590 Cogent Lab, LLC 312-897-3731 Deibel Laboratories of Illinois 847-329-9900 Grace Analytical Laboratory, Inc. 708-449-9449 ICR Labs, Inc. 773-750-7788 LK Pure Labs (Monticello) 618-713-0678 LK Pure Labs (Sparta) 618-443-6685 MS Bioanalyticals, LLC 217-649-6820 Origo Labs, LLC 440-391-2007 QC CLB IV, Inc. 310-448-3093 Unitech Laboratories of Illinois 401-378-1995 last updated August 2020

Adult Use Cannabis Business Establishment Applications and FAQs

The application period for 2020 licenses for Craft Growers, Infusers, and Transporters, has closed. Community College Vocational Program Applications are still being accepted. These applications were accepted and will be scored under the Department's emergency rules.



Community College Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program Application and Exhibits Form - these applications must be submitted per the instructions on the Application, however, the deadline of July 1, 2020 has been extended to September 1, 2020.

Community College Cannabis Vocation Pilot Program Applications - Questions & Answers



