A 9114: 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 9114 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY September 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and 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. LBD13687-02-5