Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB534: TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REMOVE MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE, ALSO KNOWN AS KRATOM, FROM THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST IN ARKANSAS
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to establish the arkansas kratom consumer protection act; to remove mitragynine and 7hydroxymitragynine, also known as kratom, from the controlled substances list in arkansas; and for other purposes. subtitle to establish the arkansas kratom consumer protection act; and to remove mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as kratom, from the controlled substances list in arkansas.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; TO REMOVE MITRAGYNINE AND 7HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE, ALSO KNOWN AS KRATOM, FROM THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST IN ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REMOVE MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE, ALSO KNOWN AS KRATOM, FROM THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST IN ARKANSAS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 56, is amended to add an additional subchapter to read as follows: Subchapter 5 -- Arkansas Kratom Consumer Protection Act 20-56-501. Title. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas Kratom Consumer Protection Act". 20-56-502. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) On February 1, 2016, the Department of Health added mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, which are two (2) constituent compounds *JMB567* 03/20/2025 12:06:46 PM JMB567 SB534 of the kratom plant, as Schedule I substances; (2) The Department of Health justified this action on the basis that mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine induce opioid-like effects when consumed and included kratom as a Schedule I substance since it has no approved medical use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; (3)(A) The United States Food and Drug Administration had encouraged every state to ban kratom on the premise …