Bill Text: IL HB4312 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Kratom Control Act. Provides that no person or entity shall advertise a product containing any quantity of Kratom, in any form or medium, within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade that admits persons under 18 years of age. Provides that no person or entity shall sell a product containing any quantity of Kratom, in any form or through any medium, within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade that admits persons under 18 years of age. Provides that a violation is a business offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-06 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski [HB4312 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4312-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4312 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 642/10 new
Amends the Kratom Control Act. Provides that no person or entity shall advertise a product containing any quantity of Kratom, in any form or medium, within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade that admits persons under 18 years of age. Provides that no person or entity shall sell a product containing any quantity of Kratom, in any form or through any medium, within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade that admits persons under 18 years of age. Provides that a violation is a business offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Kratom Control Act is amended by adding
Section 10 as follows:
(720 ILCS 642/10 new)
Sec. 10. Kratom sales and advertisements within 1,000 feet
of certain areas prohibited.
(a) In this Section, "advertise" means to engage in
promotional activities on behalf of a product, including, but
not limited to:
(1) billboard, newspaper, radio, Internet, electronic
media, or television advertising;
(2) the distribution of fliers or circulars; or
(3) the display of window or interior signs.
"Advertise" does not mean to post exterior signs
displaying only the name of a business.
(b) No person or entity shall advertise a product
containing any quantity of Kratom, in any form or medium,
within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school grounds, a
playground, a recreation center or facility, a child care
center, a public park or public library, or a game arcade that
admits persons under 18 years of age.

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