Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill this week set to legalize cannabis use in the state.
Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB 1438 this week, which legalizes the use of cannabis in the state by residents 21 and over. It also enacts a process by which some 770,000 Illinois residents with cannabis-related criminal records are eligible to have their convictions expunged, per the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group.
Residents whose convictions were for amounts between 30 and 500 grams won’t receive automatic clemency. They’ll have to individually petition the court, which will decide on a case-by-case basis.
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