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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 612 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1680
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Rodney M. Elliott
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to a ban on Kratom.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex1/10/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex2/13/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 612 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1680
By Representative Elliott of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1680) of
Rodney M. Elliott and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to establish Kratom as a controlled
substance. The Judiciary.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to a ban on Kratom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Subsection (d) of class A of section 31 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing
2in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
3 (9) Kratom, which for the purposes of this paragraph, shall mean any parts of the plant
4Mitragyna speciosa, whether growing or not, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,
5mixture, product or preparation of the plant, including mitragynine and the metabolite 7-
6hydroxymitragynine.