Bill > S1734

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; amending s. 500.92, F.S.; defining terms; revising the definition of the term “kratom product”; prohibiting processors from manufacturing, delivering, offering for sale, distributing, or selling finished kratom products that do not meet specified requirements; requiring that kratom products be manufactured by, delivered to, offered for sale by, distributed by, or sold by a processor who holds a certain permit; prohibiting specified operations; prohibiting exemption from certain requirements; requiring such processors to be registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration; providing an exception; requiring processors to make a certain certification regarding their finished kratom products; requiring a processor to assume responsibility and liability for its kratom, kratom product, and finished kratom product; requiring a processor of a finished kratom product to retain and submit a certificate of analysis from a certain laboratory to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for each batch of finished kratom product; specifying requirements for such laboratory; prohibiting the processor from having any financial or economic interest in such laboratory or the body accrediting such laboratory; requiring the processor to maintain its certificates of analysis for a specified amount of time after the finished kratom product’s expiration date; requiring that the certificate of analysis demonstrate that the finished kratom product is in compliance with statutory and rule concentration limits for specified substances; requiring that certain finished kratom products comply with product registration and testing requirements; providing an exception; prohibiting the serving of kratom beverages combined with alcohol, drugs, or other kratom products; requiring a processor or the department to submit a certain report to the United States Food and Drug Administration if a processor or the department receives a certain notice; authorizing the department to conduct an independent third-party test of a kratom product if probable cause exists that the product is adulterated; requiring the processor to pay the testing cost; authorizing the department to revoke the processor’s product registration if the processor fails to pay for such test within a specified timeframe; providing criminal penalties; providing that certain kratom products are subject to a stop-sale order; authorizing the department to revoke a processor’s finished kratom product registration under certain circumstances; providing that a processor whose kratom product contains a controlled substance or other prohibited substances is in violation of this act; providing an administrative fine; providing an appropriation; providing an effective date.

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Jay Collins (R)*,  Alexis Calatayud (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (on 06/16/2025)

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