New York A 2340: Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY S4552A (as of 2025-06-13)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2340

Sponsors: John T. McDonald III, Andrew Hevesi, Angelo Santabarbara, Brian Manktelow, Carrie Woerner, Daniel Norber, David McDonough, Deborah Glick, Edward Ra, Jeff Gallahan, Jen Lunsford, Jodi Giglio, Joe DeStefano, Jonathan Jacobson, Judy Griffin, Keith Brown, Kenneth Blankenbush, Marianne Buttenschon, Mary Beth Walsh, MaryJane Shimsky, Matthew Simpson, Michael Durso, Nader Sayegh, Phil Steck, Philip Ramos

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A02340 Summary:

BILL NOA02340A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04552-A

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SPONSORMcDonald

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COSPNSRSteck, Woerner, Walsh, Ra, Santabarbara, Griffin, Colton, Shimsky, Blankenbush, Durso, Hawley,
 McDonough, Manktelow, Buttenschon, Glick, Hevesi, Lunsford, Ramos, Giglio, Brown K, DeStefano,
 Norber, Gallahan, Sayegh, Jacobson, Simpson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 13-F Art Head, §1399-aa, add Art 13-F §1399-mmm, Pub Health L

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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.

Go to top A02340 Actions:

BILL NOA02340A

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01/16/2025referred to health

05/14/2025amend and recommit to health

05/14/2025print number 2340a

05/19/2025reported referred to codes

06/09/2025reported referred to rules

06/13/2025reported 

06/13/2025rules report cal.710

06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.710

06/13/2025substituted by s4552a

&nbspS04552 AMEND=A FAHY

&nbsp02/06/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

&nbsp05/14/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

&nbsp05/14/2025PRINT NUMBER 4552A

&nbsp06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1809

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/11/2025referred to codes

&nbsp06/13/2025substituted for a2340a

&nbsp06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.710

&nbsp06/13/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/13/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025SIGNED CHAP.690

&nbsp12/19/2025APPROVAL MEMO.69

Go to topA02340 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:24/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes PaulinAyeJensenAye

DinowitzAyeGandolfoAye

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzAye

HevesiAyeGrayAye

SteckAyeMaherAye

BraunsteinAyeSlaterAye

SolagesAyeChludzinskiAye

Bichotte HermelExcusedNorberAye

SayeghAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAbsent

LavineAye

LunsfordAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:20/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyExcused

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/13/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

RosenthalAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

StirpeAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA02340 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02340 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2340--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, STECK, WOERNER, WALSH, RA, SANTABAR-
 BARA, GRIFFIN, COLTON, SHIMSKY, BLANKENBUSH, DURSO, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH,
 MANKTELOW, BUTTENSCHON, GLICK, HEVESI, LUNSFORD, RAMOS, GIGLIO,
 K. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, NORBER, GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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:

 1 Section 1. The article heading of article 13-F of the public health
 2 law, as amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, HERBAL CIGARETTES,
 5 KRATOM AND SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA; DISTRIBUTION
 6 TO MINORS
 7 § 2. Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by adding a
 8 new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
 9 19. "Kratom" means any part of the plant Mitragyna speciosa, whether
 1

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