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AB 1088

Authors

Bains

Subject

Public health: kratom.

Relating To

relating to public health.

Title

An act to add Article 16 (commencing with Section 111224.8) to Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

Last Action Dt

2025-04-21

State

Amended Assembly

Status

In Committee Process

Active?

Vote Required

Majority

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Yes

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-06-11		Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-06-03		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1876.)
2025-05-27		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-21		In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-21		Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-14		In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-30		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
2025-04-22		Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-21		Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-21		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-10		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-03		In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-10		Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S & T.M.
2025-02-21		From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20		Read first time. To print.

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Amended Assembly		2025-04-21
Amended Assembly		2025-04-10
Introduced		2025-02-20

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			<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
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									Imitation of candy packaging or labeling, or other packaging and labeling of cereals, sweets, chips, or other food products typically marketed to children.
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									The terms “candy” or “candies” or variants in spelling such as “kandy” or “kandee.”
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									Brand names or close imitations of brand names of
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									Any other image or packaging that is easily confused with commercially available foods that do not contain kratom and are typically marketed to children.
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									Anything else that the department determines in regulation to be attractive to children.
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									Anything else that is attractive to children in light of all relevant facts and circumstances.
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									“Kratom leaf” means the leaf of the kratom plant, also known as mitragyna speciosa, any form.
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									“Kratom leaf extract” means the material obtained by extraction
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									“Kratom product” means a product consisting of kratom leaf, kratom leaf extract, or both.
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									“Total kratom alkaloids” means the sum of mitragynine, speciociliatine, speciogynine, paynantheine, and 7-hydroxymitragynine in a kratom product.
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								<html:p>Packaging of a kratom product or a 7-OH product offered for retail sale shall be child resistant for the life of the product. Both of the following packages are considered child resistant for the purposes of this section:</html:p>
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									(a)
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									A package that has been certified as child resistant under the requirements of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1471 et seq.) and any regulations promulgated pursuant to that act.
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									Plastic packaging that is at least four mils thick and heat sealed without an easy-open tab, dimple, corner, or flap, provided that the package maintains its child resistance throughout the life
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									An individual, business, or other entity shall not sell, offer for sale, provide, or distribute a kratom product or 7-OH product to a person under 21 years of age.
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									An online retailer or marketplace of a kratom product or 7-OH product shall implement an age-verification system to ensure compliance with subdivision (a).
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									An individual, business, or other entity shall not sell, offer for sale, provide, or distribute a kratom product or 7-OH product that is attractive to children.
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									An individual, business, or other entity shall not sell,
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					No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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					B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
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					B of the California Constitution.
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Last Version Text Digest

Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of various subjects relating to the manufacturing, processing, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, and cosmetics, under the administration and enforcement of the State Department of Public Health (department) and in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The act generally requires manufacturers, packers, and holders of processed foods to register with the department. A violation of the act is a crime. This bill would add kratom products and products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH products), as defined, to the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law. The bill would prescribe specified quantities of alkaloids present in kratom products and 7-OH products and would establish labeling and packaging requirements for those products. The bill would prohibit the sale of kratom products and 7-OH products to those under 21 years of age. The bill would require the packaging of kratom products and 7-OH products to be child resistant and would prohibit the sale and manufacture of a kratom product or 7-OH product that is attractive to children. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.