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