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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1570 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Kratom Control Act. Provides that a person (rather than a minor under 18 years of age) shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom. Provides that a person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any person (rather than a minor under 18 years of age). Provides that a violation is a Class B misdemeanor. Provides that the knowing sale, buying for, distributing samples of, or furnishing any product containing any quantity of Kratom is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of not less than $500. |
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| | SB1570 | | LRB104 03825 RLC 13849 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law. |
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
| 4 | | Section 5. The Kratom Control Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5 as follows: |
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 642/5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Kratom sale to or possession by minors prohibited. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the |
| 9 | | plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any |
| 10 | | compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or |
| 11 | | preparation of that plant, including but not limited to |
| 12 | | mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. |
| 13 | | (b) A person minor under 18 years of age shall not |
| 14 | | knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any |
| 15 | | quantity of Kratom. |
| 16 | | (c) (Blank). A minor under 18 years of age in the |
| 17 | | furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any product |
| 18 | | containing Kratom shall not knowingly display or use a false |
| 19 | | or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an |
| 20 | | identification card. |
| 21 | | (d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute |
| 22 | | samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of |
| 23 | | Kratom to any person minor under 18 years of age. |
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| 1 | | (e) Sentence. Violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this |
| 2 | | Section is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of subsection (d) |
| 3 | | of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender |
| 4 | | shall be fined an amount of not less than $500. |
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-981, eff. 1-1-15.) |