21.414.15 96th Legislative Session 765

2021 South Dakota Legislature

House Bill 1262

ENROLLED

An Act

ENTITLED An Act to regulate kratom for those under the age of twenty-one.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:

34-20B-115. Kratom--Under age--Misdemeanor.

The following actions are unlawful:

(1) To knowingly sell or distribute kratom to a person under the age of twenty-one;

(2) The purchase or attempt to purchase, the receipt or attempt to receive, the possession, or the consumption of kratom by a person under the age of twenty-one; and

(3) To purchase kratom on behalf of, or to give kratom to, any person under the age of twenty-one, unless the purchaser is a parent or guardian of the person under the age of twenty-one.

Kratom, for the purposes of this section, is a substance that contains 7-hydroxymitragynine, Mitragynine, or Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

An Act to regulate kratom for those under the age of twenty-one.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the:

House as Bill No. 1262

Chief Clerk

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1262

File No. ____

Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office

this _____ day of _____________,

2021 at ____________M.

By

for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby

approved this ________ day of

______________, A.D., 2021

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

ss.

Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2021

at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By

Asst. Secretary of State