Illinois (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
| Field |
Value |
| State |
Illinois (IL) |
| Country |
United States |
| Primary cannabis authority |
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) — Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office; Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (ILCC coordination) |
| Official website |
https://www.idfpr.illinois.gov/ |
| Last verified |
2026-08-09 |
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension |
Status |
| Adult-use possession |
Permitted (21+; up to 30 g flower / 5 g concentrate) |
| Adult-use commercial sales |
Operational (since January 1, 2020) |
| Medical cannabis |
Regulated program (2013 Compassionate Use Act) |
| Home cultivation |
Permitted for registered medical patients (up to 5 plants); not for general adult use |
| Hemp relationship |
Hemp regulated separately under the Illinois Department of Agriculture |
Regulatory Overview
Illinois legalized adult use through the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (2019), with retail sales beginning January 1, 2020. The medical program dates to 2013. Illinois publishes program reports on the IDFPR/ILCC sites, but no cannabis datasets were located on data.illinois.gov (catalog query empty, verified 2026-08-08), giving the state a low machine-readability score.
Data Surface
| Data surface |
Available? |
Official source |
Machine-readable? |
Notes |
| License registry |
partial |
IDFPR licensee search |
no |
Searchable; no documented API |
| Testing-laboratory registry |
partial |
IDFPR licensee records |
no |
No distinct public list located |
| Laboratory testing rules |
yes |
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1290 (testing) |
no |
Codified testing requirements |
| Contaminant/action limits |
yes |
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1290 |
no |
Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories |
partial |
IDFPR/ILCC press and safety notices |
no |
Not structured |
| Product/package identifiers |
unknown |
— |
— |
Not confirmed as publicly exposed |
| COAs/batch results |
no public source located |
— |
— |
Not published as open data |
| Sales data |
partial |
ILCC/IDFPR program reports |
no |
Aggregate reports (PDF/report pages) |
| Open-data downloads |
no public source located |
— |
— |
No cannabis datasets found on data.illinois.gov (2026-08-08) |
Sources & Provenance
- Statutory framework: Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (2019, adult use); Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act (2013).
- Regulator: IDFPR Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office — https://www.idfpr.illinois.gov/
- Data note: data.illinois.gov catalog query returned no cannabis datasets (verified 2026-08-08 in
docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md §3.11).
- Retrieval date: 2026-08-09
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to Illinois. The page is discoverable from the Jurisdictions index.