republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-804.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CANNABIS-PRESERVE EVIDENCE"
description: "Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that before or after the trial in a prosecution for certain enumerated violations of the Act, a law enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous chain of custody, not less than 5,001 grams of any substance containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa plants with respect to the enumerated offenses and must maintain sufficient documentation to locate that evidence. Provides that the court may before trial transfer excess quantities of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants with respect to a prosecution for any enumerated offense to the sheriff of the county, or may in its discretion transfer such evidence to the Department of State Police, for destruction. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 804"
citation: "Illinois HB 804 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa3183f-06d1-4d2e-8bb8-76f43cbde7c9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=804&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15392&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0252c4c792fffac8a8ff3e96b1d4878260e0cd57e8a06dc6ffb72e94365ced81"
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 HB 804 (94th) — CANNABIS-PRESERVE EVIDENCE

Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that before or after the trial in a prosecution for certain enumerated violations of the Act, a law enforcement agency or an agent acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency must preserve, subject to a continuous chain of custody, not less than 5,001 grams of any substance containing cannabis and not less than 51 cannabis sativa plants with respect to the enumerated offenses and must maintain sufficient documentation to locate that evidence. Provides that the court may before trial transfer excess quantities of any substance containing cannabis or cannabis sativa plants with respect to a prosecution for any enumerated offense to the sheriff of the county, or may in its discretion transfer such evidence to the Department of State Police, for destruction. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0804&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15392&DocNum=804&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0804eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15392&DocNum=804&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0804enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15392&DocNum=804&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph M. Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2005-02-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2005
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0180 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fa3183f-06d1-4d2e-8bb8-76f43cbde7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).