103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1847

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Kratom Consumer Protection Act. Establishes safety requirements for the preparation, distribution, sale, and exposure for sale of Kratom products and extracts. Prohibits the preparation, distribution, sale, and exposure for sale of adulterated Kratom products and extracts. Provides that a processor of Kratom products that violates the Act is subject to an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for the first offense and not more than $10,000 for the second or subsequent offense. Provides that the penalty shall be collected by the Department of Public Health and paid into the Food and Drug Safety Fund. Requires, upon the request of a person to whom an administrative penalty is issued, the Director of Public Health to conduct a hearing in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that a processor shall not distribute, sell, or expose for sale a Kratom product to a person under 18 years of age. Provides that a person who violates the age restrictions shall be punished as provided in the Kratom Control Act. Provides that a processor does not violate the Act if it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the processor relied in good faith upon the representations of a manufacturer, processor, packer, or distributor of food represented to be a Kratom product.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning Kratom.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Kratom
5Consumer Protection Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions.
7    (a) As used in this Act:
8    "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
9    "Food" means a food, food product, food ingredient,
10dietary ingredient, dietary supplement, or beverage for human
11consumption. "Food" includes a Kratom product.
12    "Kratom extract" means a food product or dietary
13ingredient containing any part of the leaf of the plant
14Mitragyna speciosa that has been extracted and concentrated in
15order to provide more standardized dosing.
16    "Kratom product" means a food product or dietary
17ingredient containing any part of the leaf of the plant
18Mitragyna speciosa, or an extract of it, that is manufactured
19as a powder, capsule, pill, beverage, or other edible product.
20    "Processor" means a person who sells, prepares,
21manufactures, distributes, or maintains Kratom products or who
22advertises, represents, or holds himself or herself out as
23selling, preparing, or maintaining Kratom products.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Kratom product limitations. A processor shall
2not prepare, distribute, sell, or expose for sale any of the
3following:
4        (1) A Kratom product that is adulterated with a
5    dangerous non-Kratom substance. For purposes of this Act,
6    a Kratom product is adulterated with a dangerous
7    non-Kratom substance if the Kratom product is mixed or
8    packed with a non-Kratom substance and that substance
9    affects the quality or strength of the Kratom product to
10    such a degree as to render the Kratom product injurious to
11    a consumer.
12        (2) A Kratom product that is contaminated with a
13    dangerous non-Kratom substance. For purposes of this Act,
14    a Kratom product is contaminated with a dangerous
15    non-Kratom substance if the Kratom product contains a
16    poisonous or otherwise deleterious non-Kratom ingredient,
17    including, but not limited to, the substances listed in
18    Section 204, 206, 208, 210, or 212 of the Illinois
19    Controlled Substances Act.
20        (3) A Kratom extract that contains levels of residual
21    solvents higher than is allowed by United States
22    Pharmacopeia (USP) 467.
23        (4) A Kratom product containing a level of
24    7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is
25    greater than 1.5% of the overall alkaloid composition of

 

 

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1    the product.
2        (5) A Kratom product containing any synthetic
3    alkaloid, including, but not limited to, synthetic
4    mitragynine, synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine, or any other
5    synthetically derived compound of the Kratom plant.
6        (6) A Kratom product that does not provide adequate
7    labeling directions necessary for safe and effective use
8    by consumers, including, but not limited to, a recommended
9    serving size.
 
10    Section 15. Age limits. A processor shall not distribute,
11sell, or expose for sale a Kratom product to a person under 18
12years of age. A person who violates this Section shall be
13punished as provided in the Kratom Control Act.
 
14    Section 20. Violations.
15    (a) A processor who violates Section 10 is subject to an
16administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for a first
17offense and not more than $10,000 for a second or subsequent
18offense. The penalty shall be collected by the Department of
19Public Health and deposited into the Food and Drug Safety
20Fund. Upon the request of a person to whom an administrative
21penalty is issued, the Director shall conduct a hearing in
22accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
23    (b) A processor does not violate Section 10 if it is shown
24by a preponderance of the evidence that the processor relied

 

 

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1in good faith upon the representations of a manufacturer,
2processor, packer, or distributor of food represented to be a
3Kratom product.