Public Act 0981 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5526 Enrolled LRB098 15322 RLC 50351 b

Public Act 098-0981

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Kratom Control Act.

Section 5. Kratom sale to or possession by minors prohibited.

(a) As used in this Act, "Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine.

(b) A minor under 18 years of age shall not knowingly purchase or possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom.

(c) A minor under 18 years of age in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any product containing Kratom shall not knowingly display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card.

(d) A person shall not knowingly sell, buy for, distribute samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of Kratom to any minor under 18 years of age.

(e) Sentence. Violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of subsection (d) of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of not less than $500.