Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1784 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/05/2021

                     
 
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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:   
 
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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.   
 
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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.   
 
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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:   
 
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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. 
 
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