Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – For Illinois lawmakers in lame duck session, it’s a last chance to push unfinished legislation across the finish line before they have to start all over. The lame duck session began Saturday.

One high-profile bill would more tightly regulate hemp-derived products and treat them more like cannabis. It has passed the Senate, and Gov. JB Pritzker wants the House to send it to him this week. Sources say so far, it does not have enough support in the House.

“If there are not enough votes, then we will continue to talk about it in the 104th General Assembly,” which is inaugurated Wednesday, said State Rep. Camille Lilly (D-Chicago). “I do believe we need to regulate it. I do know there have been discussions around changing the legislation so it would be more inclusive.”

State Sen. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is introducing legislation allowing Illinois voters to recall some of the officials they have put into office. 

“The petition threshold – it’s a short amount of time, a good number of signatures, and then the recall amount is a sixty percent threshold,” said Ugaste. “So you’re really going to have to have someone who is unpopular, because we don’t want to use it to harass officials.”

Previous lame duck sessions have brought Illinois an income tax increase, the Safe-T Act, and even a new Speaker of the House. Any news that big this time, though, would be a surprise.