Cannabis legislation to diversify industry approved by Illinois Senate, heads to Pritzker | Govt-and-politics

SPRINGFIELD — New lotteries designed to make it more likely for minorities to become owners of marijuana dispensaries received approval Friday from the Illinois Senate. House Bill 1443 was passed on a vote of 50-3, with one lawmaker voting present. The legislation now goes to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk for his signature. The bill would put in place a major revamp of the process for awarding 110 more recreational marijuana dispensary licenses to diversify ownership in the state’s legal cannabis industry by race, ethnicity and gender. The bill received bipartisan approval Tuesday in the Illinois House on a 70-33 vote.…

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