Pennsylvania HB 2657: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in fireworks, further providing for use of consumer fireworks and for penalties.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3668
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2657
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KOSIEROWSKI, PROKOPIAK, DONAHUE, FRANKEL, BRENNAN,
CONKLIN, MALAGARI, DOUGHERTY, BOROWSKI, OTTEN, SANCHEZ,
STEELE, SAPPEY, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, INGLIS, NEILSON, CURRY,
MUNROE, CIRESI, PUGH, PROBST, KRUPA, MADDEN, T. DAVIS, KHAN,
McNEILL, BOYD, STEHR, MERSKI AND O'MARA, JUNE 22, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 22, 2026
AN ACT
Providing for the regulation and sale of kratom products;
imposing a tobacco products tax on natural kratom products;
imposing duties on the Department of Health; and imposing
penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Regulation
and Oversight of Kratom Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Dealer." A wholesaler or retailer.
"Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
"Kratom." The plant Mitragyna speciosa and any part of the
plant.
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"Manufacturer." A person that produces natural kratom
products.
"Natural form." Dried, cut and sifted kratom leaf or raw
kratom leaf powder.
"Natural kratom product." An intermediate or finished
product containing kratom in natural form that is not mixed with
a nonkratom product.
"Processor." A person registered in this Commonwealth to:
(1) Manufacture or perform any other necessary activity
to make kratom into a natural kratom product.
(2) Sell, provide or distribute a natural kratom product
to a retailer.
"Retailer." A person registered in this Commonwealth to
sell, provide or distribute a natural kratom product to a
consumer.
"Synthetic kratom product." An intermediate or finished
product that meets any of the following:
(1) has a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid
fraction exceeding 0.5% of the total alkaloid composition of
a kratom product;
(2) has a level of mitragynine pseudoindoxyl of more
than 10 parts per million;
(3) contains a synthetic alkaloid, including synthetic
mitragynine, synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine or any other
synthetically derived compound of kratom; or
(4) is a product that contains kratom and is not a
natural kratom product.
"Transaction scan device." A device capable of deciphering,
in an electronically readable format, the information encoded on
the magnetic strip, chip or barcode of an identification card.
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"Wholesaler." A person engaged in the business of selling
natural kratom products that receives, stores, sells, exchanges
or distributes natural kratom products to retailers or other
wholesalers in this Commonwealth or retailers that purchase from
a manufacturer or from another wholesaler that has not paid the
tax imposed by this act.
Section 3. Prohibited acts relating to synthetic kratom
products.
(a) Prohibition.--The manufacture, delivery, sale or
possession with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell a
synthetic kratom product is prohibited.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(1) A person registered under the act of April 14, 1972
(P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Act.
(2) A practitioner registered or licensed by the
appropriate State board to prescribe or dispense a synthetic
kratom product.
Section 4. Regulation of kratom products.
(a) Registration of processors and retailers.--
(1) Prior to performing an action of a processor or
retailer, a person shall register with the department. A
processor and retailer shall renew its registration annually.
(2) The department shall:
(i) Establish a procedure for a person to register
and requirements for approval.
(ii) Establish a registration and renewal fee,
neither of which may exceed $100.
(3) All fees collected by the department shall be paid
to the department and used to enforce this act.
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(b) Prohibition.--
(1) A processor or retailer may not sell, provide or
distribute a natural kratom product to an individual under 21
years of age. A retailer shall utilize a transaction scan
device to confirm the age of an individual involved in a
transaction involving a natural kratom product.
(2) A retailer may not sell or share data from the use
of a transaction scan device.
(3) The retailer may use the data to show the department
or law enforcement that the retailer is in compliance with
this act.
(c) Labeling.--A retailer may only sell a natural kratom
product that bears a label that includes the following:
(1) The name and address of the processor responsible
for manufacturing the natural kratom product.
(2) A disclosure that reads:
These products have not been evaluated b