House Study Bill 508 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VONDRAN) 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: 3 TLSB 5158YC (1) 91 as/js

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 124.204, subsection 4, Code 2026, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . cq. Kratom, meaning any parts of the 3 plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, as well as 4 synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, 5 and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, 6 or preparation of that plant, including but not limited to 7 mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill designates kratom as a hallucinogenic schedule I 12 controlled substance. 13 A person possessing kratom is guilty of a serious 14 misdemeanor for a first offense. A person who commits a 15 subsequent violation is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 16 A person who has previously been convicted two or more times 17 is guilty of a class “D” felony. A serious misdemeanor is 18 punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine 19 of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. An aggravated 20 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two 21 years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. A 22 class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 23 five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than 24 $10,245. 25 -1- LSB 5158YC (1) 91 as/js 1/ 1