Lawmakers were unable to secure the needed 60 votes to pass Senate Bill 1381 after it was debated for over an hour on Tuesday, November 30, 2010.  The bill was able to get as many as 56 Yes votes before legislators started switching their votes and the bill was pulled from the record and put on postponed consideration. There is a chance that Illinois State Representatives will be able to vote on the bill again sometime between January 3-11, 2011, if the bill doesn't pass by January 12 it will die and we will have to start the legislative process over again.  Unfortunately, Illinois does not have a ballot initiative process that would be able to give voters the chance to decide on medical cannabis.

We hope to have the full floor debate online soon, however here are links from the debate and vote: 

3:48 clip of Ill. State Rep. Lou Lang making a case for medical cannabis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxnf2rNwQPA&feature=player_embedded

2 minute clip of Illinois State Representative Sandy Cole's statements against medical cannabis. Her district office info is as follows:

34121 N. IL Route 45  Unit #3
Third Lake, IL 60030
Lake County
847.543.0062
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVH3uOVCRbA

This is a one minute clip of Rep. Sacia's statements against Senate Bill 1381, which would have allowed doctors to recommend cannabis in Illinois for patients with specific ailments: http://www.youtube.com/user/ILCannabispatients#p/a/u/1/bJT--xa2Mu4

See how Illinois lawmakers voted on medical cannabis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmLEbW2R90k&feature=player_embedded#!