---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAL CANNABIS-REIMBURSEMENT"
description: "Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to require an employer or a property and casualty insurer to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1571"
citation: "Illinois SB 1571 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed39ce6-02c1-45ca-9886-17ea599b1d80"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1571&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88265&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "56efdddf30d43dc2ccb77f66f2513aa87afd02352f08c06e2bcb5327e34923e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1571 (99th) — MEDICAL CANNABIS-REIMBURSEMENT

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to require an employer or a property and casualty insurer to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1571&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88265&DocNum=1571&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1571eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88265&DocNum=1571&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1571enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88265&DocNum=1571&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Do Pass Insurance; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2015
- **2015-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 045-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2015-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0031 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fed39ce6-02c1-45ca-9886-17ea599b1d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).