The lotteries for the 110 new licenses will happen before another is held for 75 licenses that were initially supposed to be released last May. That provision was derided by some jilted social equity applicants, who dubbed it the “slave master clause” as they fought to have it removed for future scoring rounds. The new definition strips out a provision included in the legalization law that allowed applicant groups to earn social equity status by mostly hiring employees that qualify. For the other lottery, applicants will need to meet the definition of “Social Equity Justice Involved” status, meaning priority will be given to those who live in an area “disproportionately impacted” by the drug war or who have past arrests for cannabis-related offenses. One of those lotteries will be open to social equity applicants who previously received 85% of a total of 250 points on the state’s scoring scale. The planned lotteries for the newly created licenses will be broken in two and consist of 55 licenses in each round. “Legalizing adult-use cannabis brought about an important change, and this latest piece of legislation helps move us even closer to our goal of establishing a cannabis industry in Illinois that doesn’t shy away from the pain caused by the war on drugs but instead centers equity and community reinvestment as the key to moving forward,” the governor said in a statement. Pritzker has now signed the bill into law, his office said. The movement comes on the heels of state legislators passing a bill that addressed earlier licensing woes and created 110 of the new pot shop licenses that are now being issued.
What’s more, officials have notified the preliminary winners of 213 total licenses to grow, infuse and transport marijuana - the first batch of so-called social equity applicants that are being awarded lucrative cannabis licenses in the state.
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Pritzker’s office announced Thursday that a series of lotteries for 185 new cannabis dispensary permits are now planned for later this month and August, moving the state one step closer to meeting its lofty goal of diversifying the lily white weed industry.
Marred by lawsuits and lengthy delays, Illinois’ troubled cannabis licensing rollout is finally moving forward.
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