Public Act 098-0981
 
HB5526 EnrolledLRB098 15322 RLC 50351 b

    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.

Effective Date: 1/1/2015