More than 1,800 new bills were introduced by Illinois House Lawmakers for 2025. One of these bills (HB1143) would decriminalize and tax psilocybin (commonly known as “magic mushrooms”) and psilocybin products for use by residents of Illinois who are at least 21 years old. Under the bill, a person who is under the influence of psilocybin would not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.
Several U.S. states and cities have already decriminalized possession of psychedelic plants and fungi or have made these offenses a low priority for law enforcement. The bill, as it is currently written, would not change the status of peyote, not because of its intoxication properties, but because the peyote plant is considered endangered and because of the significance of peyote in Native American spirituality.