Dennis Reboletti
| Dennis Reboletti | |
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| Addison Township Supervisor | |
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Taking office May 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Kathryn Cermak-Durante |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 45th district 46th District (2007-2013) |
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In office January 2007 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Lee A. Daniels |
| Succeeded by | Christine Winger |
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| Born | October 5, 1968 |
| Political party | Republican |
Dennis Reboletti is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 46th district since 2007. He was elected State Representative on November 7, 2006, defeating Democrat Joe Vosicky.
Reboletti is a former Will county Assistant State's Attorney and former Addison Township Trustee. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University, and a J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law. Reboletti previously ran for Illinois Senate in the 23rd district in 2004, but lost in the Republican primary to Carole Pankau.
On January 26, 2007. freshman State Representative Dennis Reboletti filed House Bill HB457 which proposed Schedule I classification for the psychoactive herb Salvia divinorum, including :"the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of that plant, and every compound, [...] derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant".
The bill does not mention the active chemical constituent salvinorin A. Salvia expert Daniel Siebert criticised this wording as being :"absurdly broad in scope, for it implies that any substance extracted from Salvia divinorum (water, chlorophyll, whatever) would be treated as a Schedule I controlled substance under the proposed law."
March 2007 news of the bill's passage on Reboletti's website alleged that Salvia is a
Reboletti said,
and
Salvia divinorum article references and other sources indicate however that Salvia does not look like marijuana. Its psychoactive properties are not like those of LSD, and that Salvia divinorum is not generally understood to be either addictive or toxic.
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