SF367 • 2026

A bill for an act designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COSTELLO
Last action: 2025-02-20
Official status: Subcommittee: Taylor, Green, and Quirmbach. S.J. 329 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.

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Bill History

2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Taylor, Green, and Quirmbach. S.J. 329 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 309 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

367

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

367

BY

COSTELLO

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

designating

kratom

as

a

schedule

I

controlled

substance,

1

and

making

penalties

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

367

Section

1.

Section

124.204,

subsection

4,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

cn.

Kratom,

meaning

any

parts

of

the

plant

3

Mitragyna

speciosa,

whether

growing

or

not,

and

any

compound,

4

manufacture,

salt,

derivative,

mixture,

or

preparation

of

5

that

plant,

including

but

not

limited

to

mitragynine

and

6

7-hydroxymitragynine.

7

EXPLANATION

8

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

9

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

10

This

bill

designates

kratom

as

a

hallucinogenic

schedule

I

11

controlled

substance.

12

A

person

possessing

kratom

is

guilty

of

a

serious

13

misdemeanor

for

a

first

offense.

A

person

who

commits

a

14

subsequent

violation

is

guilty

of

an

aggravated

misdemeanor.

15

A

person

who

has

previously

been

convicted

two

or

more

times

16

is

guilty

of

a

class

“D”

felony.

A

serious

misdemeanor

is

17

punishable

by

confinement

for

no

more

than

one

year

and

a

fine

18

of

at

least

$430

but

not

more

than

$2,560.

An

aggravated

19

misdemeanor

is

punishable

by

confinement

for

no

more

than

two

20

years

and

a

fine

of

at

least

$855

but

not

more

than

$8,540.

A

21

class

“D”

felony

is

punishable

by

confinement

for

no

more

than

22

five

years

and

a

fine

of

at

least

$1,025

but

not

more

than

23

$10,245.

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