SB2953 Summary

• Creates new Section 11-508 of the Illinois Vehicle Code establishing separate offense for operating a motor vehicle with any amount of unlawful drugs in blood, breath, or urine, classified as Class B misdemeanor for first offense and Class A misdemeanor for subsequent offenses.

• Removes the drug possession provision from the DUI offense (Section 11-501) and eliminates it from implied consent testing requirements, statutory summary suspensions, and driver's license suspension for conviction.

• Creates corresponding offenses for snowmobiles (Section 5-7.7) and watercraft (Section 5-16d) with the same drug-in-system prohibitions and penalty structure.

• Exempts qualifying medical cannabis patients with valid registry cards from the unlawful drugs provisions in all three vehicle operations statutes.

• Requires offenders convicted under Section 11-508 to undergo professional substance abuse evaluation and authorizes courts to charge laboratory fees up to $150 for DUI analysis.