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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2954
Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. Willie Preston
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/6z-112
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Prison Education Fund. Provides that moneys in the Prison Education Fund shall be used by the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to make grants to prison education programs that award associate degrees or bachelor's degrees to currently incarcerated students. Makes changes concerning the allocation of money from the Cannabis Regulation Fund. Provides that 0.5% of the moneys in the Cannabis Regulation Fund, after certain allocations have been made, shall be transferred from the Cannabis Regulation Fund to the Prison Education Fund.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-112 as follows:
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-112)
7    Sec. 6z-112. The Cannabis Regulation Fund.
8    (a) There is created the Cannabis Regulation Fund in the
9State treasury, subject to appropriations unless otherwise
10provided in this Section. All moneys collected under the
11Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act shall be deposited into the
12Cannabis Regulation Fund, consisting of taxes, license fees,
13other fees, and any other amounts required to be deposited or
14transferred into the Fund.
15    (b) Whenever the Department of Revenue determines that a
16refund should be made under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax
17Act to a claimant, the Department of Revenue shall submit a
18voucher for payment to the State Comptroller, who shall cause
19the order to be drawn for the amount specified and to the
20person named in the notification from the Department of
21Revenue. This subsection (b) shall constitute an irrevocable
22and continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for the
23payment of refunds out of the Fund as authorized under this
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1subsection (b).
2    (c) On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
3Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the State
4Comptroller the transfer and allocations of stated sums of
5money from the Cannabis Regulation Fund to other named funds
6in the State treasury. The amount subject to transfer shall be
7the amount of the taxes, license fees, other fees, and any
8other amounts paid into the Fund during the second preceding
9calendar month, minus the refunds made under subsection (b)
10during the second preceding calendar month by the Department.
11The transfers shall be certified as follows:
12        (1) The Department of Revenue shall first determine
13    the allocations which shall remain in the Cannabis
14    Regulation Fund, subject to appropriations, to pay for the
15    direct and indirect costs associated with the
16    implementation, administration, and enforcement of the
17    Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act by the Department of
18    Revenue, the Department of State Police, the Department of
19    Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of
20    Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, the
21    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the
22    Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
23        (2) After the allocations have been made as provided
24    in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), of the remainder
25    of the amount subject to transfer for the month as
26    determined in this subsection (c), the Department shall
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1    certify the transfer into the Cannabis Expungement Fund
2    1/12 of the fiscal year amount appropriated from the
3    Cannabis Expungement Fund for payment of costs incurred by
4    State courts, the Attorney General, State's Attorneys,
5    civil legal aid, as defined by Section 15 of the Public
6    Interest Attorney Assistance Act, and the Department of
7    State Police to facilitate petitions for expungement of
8    Minor Cannabis Offenses pursuant to Public Act 101-27, as
9    adjusted by any supplemental appropriation, plus
10    cumulative deficiencies in such transfers for prior
11    months.
12        (3) After the allocations have been made as provided
13    in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection (c), the
14    Department of Revenue shall certify to the State
15    Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall transfer the
16    amounts that the Department of Revenue determines shall be
17    transferred into the following named funds according to
18    the following:
19            (A) 2% shall be transferred to the Drug Treatment
20        Fund to be used by the Department of Human Services
21        for: (i) developing and administering a scientifically
22        and medically accurate public education campaign
23        educating youth and adults about the health and safety
24        risks of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drug use (including
25        prescription drugs), and cannabis, including use by
26        pregnant women; and (ii) data collection and analysis
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1        of the public health impacts of legalizing the
2        recreational use of cannabis. Expenditures for these
3        purposes shall be subject to appropriations.
4            (B) 8% shall be transferred to the Local
5        Government Distributive Fund and allocated as provided
6        in Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act. The
7        moneys shall be used to fund crime prevention
8        programs, training, and interdiction efforts,
9        including detection, enforcement, and prevention
10        efforts, relating to the illegal cannabis market and
11        driving under the influence of cannabis.
12            (C) 25% shall be transferred to the Criminal
13        Justice Information Projects Fund to be used for the
14        purposes of the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program
15        to address economic development, violence prevention
16        services, re-entry services, youth development, and
17        civil legal aid, as defined by Section 15 of the Public
18        Interest Attorney Assistance Act. The Restore,
19        Reinvest, and Renew Program shall address these issues
20        through targeted investments and intervention programs
21        and promotion of an employment infrastructure and
22        capacity building related to the social determinants
23        of health in impacted community areas. Expenditures
24        for these purposes shall be subject to appropriations.
25            (D) 20% shall be transferred to the Department of
26        Human Services Community Services Fund, to be used to
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1        address substance abuse and prevention and mental
2        health concerns, including treatment, education, and
3        prevention to address the negative impacts of
4        substance abuse and mental health issues, including
5        concentrated poverty, violence, and the historical
6        overuse of criminal justice responses in certain
7        communities, on the individual, family, and community,
8        including federal, State, and local governments,
9        health care institutions and providers, and
10        correctional facilities. Expenditures for these
11        purposes shall be subject to appropriations.
12            (E) 10% shall be transferred to the Budget
13        Stabilization Fund.
14            (F) 0.5% shall be transferred to the Prison 
15        Education Fund, a special fund created in the State 
16        treasury. Moneys in the Prison Education Fund shall be 
17        used by the Illinois Community College Board and the 
18        Board of Higher Education to make grants to prison 
19        education programs that award associate degrees or 
20        bachelor's degrees to currently incarcerated students. 
21        The Illinois Community College Board and the Board of 
22        Higher Education shall distribute moneys received 
23        under this paragraph as grants to eligible 
24        institutions, informed by regular meetings of relevant 
25        agencies, programs, and affected stakeholders, as 
26        appropriate. Only private non-profit and public 
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1        colleges and universities shall be eligible to apply 
2        for grants under this paragraph. The applications from 
3        eligible programs shall be evaluated based on: (i) the 
4        program's commitment to use funding to stabilize and 
5        increase enrollment; (ii) past data on program costs, 
6        enrollment, attendance, and outcomes, including, but 
7        not limited to, credit completion and graduation; 
8        (iii) the program's willingness to collect and report 
9        necessary program data; and (iv) the program's 
10        willingness to take all possible and prudent steps to 
11        receive federal and other sources of funding. Eligible 
12        programs shall apply for and receive no more than 
13        $2,000 per student enrolled in the program, with 
14        excess grant funding returned to the Illinois 
15        Community College Board or the Board of Higher 
16        Education, as applicable, for deposit into the Prison 
17        Education Fund. Undistributed and returned grant 
18        moneys shall be transferred annually from the Prison 
19        Education Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
20            (G) 34.5%, [(F) 35%,] or any remaining balance,
21        shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
22    As soon as may be practical, but no later than 10 days
23after receipt, by the State Comptroller of the transfer
24certification provided for in this subsection (c) to be given
25to the State Comptroller by the Department of Revenue, the
26State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
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1transfer the respective amounts in accordance with the
2directions contained in such certification.
3    (d) On July 1, 2019 the Department of Revenue shall
4certify to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall
5transfer $5,000,000 from the Compassionate Use of Medical
6Cannabis Fund to the Cannabis Regulation Fund.
7    (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and
8except as otherwise provided in this Section, this Fund is not
9subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other
10fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer
11any amounts from this Fund into any other fund of the State.
12    (f) The Cannabis Regulation Fund shall retain a balance of
13$1,000,000 for the purposes of administrative costs.
14    (g) In Fiscal Year 2024 the allocations in subsection (c)
15of this Section shall be reviewed and adjusted if the General
16Assembly finds there is a greater need for funding for a
17specific purpose in the State as it relates to Public Act
18101-27.
19(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)