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Assembly Bill A10969

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits harmful and adulterated kratom products

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2025-A10969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1399-mmmm, Pub Health L

2025-A10969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "synthetic kratom kills act" to prohibit harmful synthetic and adulterated kratom products; provides that no person, manufacturer, retailer, or other entity shall manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale: synthesized kratom material; any adulterated kratom product; a kratom product that is combustible or intended to be used for vaporization, aerosolization, or injection

2025-A10969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10969
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  harm-
   ful  synthetic and adulterated kratom products, and requiring testing,
   labeling, and enforcement for natural kratom products
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "synthetic
 kratom kills act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature  hereby  finds  and  declares
 that:
   1. Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), a plant-based product, is used by many
 New  Yorkers  for  potential benefits such as pain relief, mood support,
 and aid for conditions like  PTSD  among  veterans,  when  derived  from
 natural leaf in moderate forms.
   2.  However,  dangerous  synthetic  or semi-synthetic kratom products,
 including those with elevated levels of 7-hydroxymitragynine  (7-OH)  or
 chemical  alterations,  have  been  linked  to  serious  adverse events,
 including deaths and overdoses, as reported in public health data.
   3. Existing mechanisms, including  recent  prohibitions  on  sales  to
 those  under 21 and mandatory warning labels, are important but insuffi-
 cient  to  fully  address  adulteration,  untested  potency,  misleading
 marketing, and youth appeal in synthetic variants.
   4.  Evidence  from  other  jurisdictions demonstrates that unregulated
 synthetics pose significant risks, while  regulated  natural  leaf  with
 quality controls reduces harm without eliminating access.
   5.  Modern  testing  capabilities, including third-party laboratories,
 allow for verification of alkaloid content, absence of contaminants, and
 product safety prior to sale.
   6. At the same time, consumer education through detailed  labeling  is
 essential  to  promote  safe,  informed  use and prevent interactions or
 misuse.
   7. It is the intent of the legislature to ban harmful  synthetics  and
 adulterated  products  outright, while regulating natural kratom through

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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