Bill Text: IL SB3160 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Kratom Prohibition Act. Prohibits the purchase, possession, sale, or distribution of any product containing kratom. Authorizes certified local health departments that adopt an ordinance to enforce the Act and impose fines. Provides that violations are Class B misdemeanors with a minimum fine of $500 for selling or furnishing kratom. Defines terms. Repeals the Kratom Control Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3160 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3160-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3160 Introduced 2/2/2026, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Kratom Prohibition Act. Prohibits the purchase, possession, sale, or distribution of any product containing kratom. Authorizes certified local health departments that adopt an ordinance to enforce the Act and impose fines. Provides that violations are Class B misdemeanors with a minimum fine of $500 for selling or furnishing kratom. Defines terms. Repeals the Kratom Control Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
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
Prohibition Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Kratom" means any parts of the plant Mitragyna speciosa,
whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, semi-synthesized kratom alkaloids or kratom
constituents, synthesized kratom alkaloids or kratom
constituents, extract, mixture, or preparation of that plant,
including, but not limited to, mitragynine and
7-hydroxymitragynine.
"Ordinance health department" means a certified local
health department whose governing body has adopted an
ordinance electing to administer and enforce this Act.
"Semi-synthesized kratom alkaloids or kratom constituents"
means a kratom extract that has been further exposed to
chemicals, processes, or a combination of chemicals and
processes that would confer a structural change in the
alkaloids contained within the extract, such as with
oxidation, reduction, ring opening, or ring closing, resulting
in material that has been chemically altered.

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"Synthesized kratom alkaloids or kratom constituents"
means an alkaloid or alkaloid derivative that has been created
by chemical synthesis or biosynthetic means, including, but
not limited to, fermentation, recombinant techniques, yeast
derived, or enzymatic techniques, rather than traditional food
preparation techniques, such as heating or extracting.
Section 10. Kratom sale or possession prohibited.
(a) No person, of any age, shall knowingly purchase or
possess any product containing any quantity of Kratom.
(b) No person shall knowingly sell, buy for, distribute
samples of, or furnish any product containing any quantity of
Kratom to any person.
Section 15. Local enforcement. An ordinance adopted by a
governing body of an ordinance health department may include
fines for violations of this Act. An ordinance health
department may assess fines and forward evidence of violations
of this Act to the municipal attorney or State's Attorney for
prosecution. An ordinance health department may collect and
retain revenue from fines collected under the ordinance. An
ordinance health department shall be limited to conducting
regulatory inspections under this Act of anyone selling
prohibited kratom at permitted food establishments subject to
inspection by the ordinance health department.

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Section 20. Sentence. Violation of subsection (a) of
Section 10 of this Act is a Class B misdemeanor. Violation of
subsection (b) of Section 10 of this Act is a Class B
misdemeanor for which the offender shall be fined an amount of
not less than $500.
Section 25. Repeal. The Kratom Control Act is repealed.