A bill to regulate the hemp industry failed in the Illinois State Capitol. The legislation, House Bill 4293, would have banned Delta 8 packaging designed to look like marijuana and marketing them to kids.

There was a raucous meeting of the Democratic House caucus, in which there was a lot of yelling at staff by people who were opposed to the bill.” By Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House

The president of the Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association says a proposal in the General Assembly would decimate the state’s hemp industry. Justin Ward says the bill, which seeks to ban the sale of products like HHC and Delta 8 outside of licensed cannabis dispensaries,

The legislation would've imposed the same testing requirements and taxes on hemp products that the state already has in place for recreational marijuana.

A bill that would have effectively banned the sale of delta-8 and other hemp intoxicants outside of dispensaries is likely dead in the statehouse. Gov. JB Pritzker called the Illinois House's failure to vote on the bill a "tragedy.

Illinois' hemp regulation bill stalls amid tensions, as Pritzker criticizes House Democrats for yielding to lobbyists.