Req. No. 2039 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1784 By: Pae of the House and Paxton of the Senate COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to public health and safety; crea ting the Oklahoma Kratom Consumer Protection Act; defining terms; requiring kratom vendors to disclose certain information on product label; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; authorizing aggrieved person to bring cause of action under cert ain circumstances; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to b e codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sec tion 1-1432.1 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplic ation in numbering, reads as follows: Sections 1 through 5 of this ac t shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Kratom Consumer Protection Act ”. SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1432.2 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Req. No. 2039 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 As used in this act: 1. “Food” means a food, food produc t, food ingredient, dietary ingredient, dietary supplement or beverage for human consumption; 2. “Kratom product” means a food product or ingredient containing any part of the leaf of the plant Mitragyna speciosa; and 3. “Vendor” means a person that sell s, prepares or maintains kratom products or that advertises, represents or holds itself out as selling, preparing or maintaining kratom pr oducts and includes a manufacturer, wholesaler, store, restaurant, hotel, catering facility, camp, bakery, delicatesse n, supermarket, grocery store, convenience store, nursing home or food or drink company. SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1432.3 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follo ws: A. A vendor that prepares, distributes, sells or expos es for sale a food or ingredient that conta ins kratom as an ingredient or that is represented to be a kratom product shall disclose on the product label, or a quick response (QR) code on the produc t label linked to a website, the factual basis on which tha t representation is made. B. A vendor shall not prepare, distribute, sell or expose for sale a food or ingredient that contains kratom as an ingredient or that is represented to be a kratom produc t that does not conform to the disclosure required by this section. Req. No. 2039 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1432.4 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. A vendor shall not prepare, distribu te, sell or expose for sale any of the foll owing: 1. A kratom product that is adulterated with a nonkratom substance. A kratom product is adulterated with a nonkrato m substance if the kratom prod uct is mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance and that substance affects the quality or strength o f the kratom product to such a degr ee as to render the kratom product injurious to a consumer; 2. A kratom product that is contaminated with a dangerous nonkratom substance. A kratom product is contaminated with a dangerous nonkratom substance if the kra tom product contains a poisonous or otherwise deleterious nonkratom substance including any controlled substance listed in the Uniform Controlled Dangerou s Substances Act; 3. A kratom product containing a level of 7 -hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greate r than two percent (2%) of the alkaloid composition of the product; and 4. A kratom product contain ing any synthetic alkaloid includin g synthetic mitragynine, synthetic 7 -hydroxymitragynine or any other synthetically derived compounds of the kratom plant. Req. No. 2039 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 B. Kratom packaging shall be accompanied by a label, or a quick response (QR) code on the product label linked to a website, bearing the following information prior to its sale in this state: 1. A list of the ingredients; 2. That the sale or transfer o f kratom to a person under eighteen (18) years of age is prohibited; 3. The amount of mitragynine a nd 7-hydroxymitragynine contained in the product; 4. The amount of mitragynine and 7 -hydroxymitragynine contain ed in the packaging for the product; 5. The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the product listed in descending order of predominance; 6. The name and the principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person respons ible for distributing the product; 7. The suggested use of the product; and 8. Any precautionary statements as to the safety and effectiveness of the product. C. A vendor may not distribute, sell or expose for sale a kratom product to an individual unde r eighteen (18) years of age. SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-1432.5 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Req. No. 2039 Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. The owner or manager of a vendor who violates any of the provisions of Section 3 or 4 of this act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for a first offense and a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ( $1,000.00) for a second offense . Upon conviction for a third offense, the vendor shall be prohibited from selling kratom products for a period of three (3) years. The owner or manager of a vendor who sells kratom products during the period of suspension shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such f ine and imprisonment. B. A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 3 or 4 of this act may bring a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages resulting from that vio lation including, but not limited to, economic, noneconomic or consequential damages. C. A vendor does not violate the provisions of Section 3 or 4 of this act if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the vendor relied in good faith on t he representation of a manufacturer, processor, packager or distributor that the food product or dietary ingredient was a kratom product. SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 58-1-2039 DC 4/5/2021 3:43:39 PM