Plain English Breakdown
The official text states no reimbursement is required for local agencies but only gives a general reason without specific details.
Regulating Kratom and Adding a Tax
This law adds rules to control how kratom products are made, sold, and labeled while adding a new tax on these items.
What This Bill Does
- Adds kratom products and products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) to state food and drug safety laws.
- Requires companies that make or sell these products to register with the Department of Public Health every year for each product they handle.
- Sets rules for product labels, packaging, and limits on specific chemicals inside the products based on laboratory certification.
- Bans selling kratom products to anyone under 21 years old.
- Requires child-resistant packaging and bans flavors that might attract children.
- Creates a new tax of 15% on sales of these products.
Who It Names or Affects
- Companies that make, package, distribute, or label kratom products
- Retailers who must collect the new tax from buyers
- People under 21 years old who cannot buy these items
- The Department of Public Health which enforces the rules
Terms To Know
- Kratom products
- Items made from a plant called kratom that are sold for use by people.
- 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products
- Products containing a specific chemical found in or added to kratom.
- Processor
- A business that makes, packages, distributes, or labels these products.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill states tax money goes to several funds but does not list the exact amount for each one.
- Specific chemical limits and flavor definitions are mentioned as 'defined' in the law but their exact numbers or lists are not shown here.