Prohibits the sale or offering for sale, delivery or manufacture of food or beverages containing kratom or its derivatives, or 7-hydroxymitragynine; provides penalties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8686
IN SENATE
January 7, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale of food or beverages containing kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 398-g to read as follows:
3 § 398-g. Kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine package labeling. 1. For the
4 purposes of this section:
5 (a) "kratom" means both Mitragyna speciosa, a tree native to Southeast
6 Asia, and the products derived from its leaves that are marketed as
7 herbal supplements; and
8 (b) 7-hydroxymitragynine means a psychoactive compound that occurs
9 naturally in the kratom plant.
10 2. On or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, no person or
11 entity shall sell or offer for sale or manufacture or deliver in this
12 state any food or beverage product containing 7-hydroxymitragynine,
13 kratom or any derivative thereof.
14 3. Any person or entity in violation of this section shall be subject
15 to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for a first
16 violation and not more than one thousand dollars for a second or subse-
17 quent violation.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
19 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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