assembly Bill A294

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to health
Jan 06, 2021 referred to health

A294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 13-F Art Head, §1399-aa, add §1399-mmm, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8249
2023-2024: A4376

A294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

A294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    294
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the prohibition of
   the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  article heading of article 13-F of the public health
 law, as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2012, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
            REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, HERBAL CIGARETTES,
              KRATOM AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA; DISTRIBUTION
                                 TO MINORS
   §  2.  Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. "KRATOM" MEANS ANY PART OF THE PLANT MITRAGYNA  SPECIOSA,  WHETHER
 GROWING  OR  NOT,  AND  ANY  COMPOUND,  MANUFACTURE,  SALT,  DERIVATIVE,
 MIXTURE, OR PREPARATION OF SUCH PLANT.
   § 3. Article 13-F of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 section 1399-mmm to read as follows:
   §  1399-MMM.  SALE  OF KRATOM PROHIBITED. 1. NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY
 SELL OR PROVIDE KRATOM TO ANY OTHER PERSON  UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF
 AGE. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   2.(A)  ANY PERSON OPERATING A PLACE OF BUSINESS WHEREIN KRATOM IS SOLD
 OR OFFERED FOR SALE IS PROHIBITED FROM SELLING SUCH KRATOM  TO  INDIVID-
 UALS  UNDER  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF  AGE, AND SHALL POST IN A CONSPICUOUS
 PLACE A SIGN UPON WHICH THERE SHALL BE IMPRINTED  THE  FOLLOWING  STATE-
 MENT,  "SALE  OF  KRATOM  TO  PERSONS  UNDER  TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE IS
 PROHIBITED BY LAW".  SUCH SIGN SHALL BE PRINTED ON A WHITE CARD  IN  RED
 LETTERS AT LEAST ONE-HALF INCH IN HEIGHT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets