Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2850: Creates new provisions relating to the sale of kratom products
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 196, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to kratom products, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 196, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 196.1170, to read as follows: 196.1170. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Kratom Consumer Protection Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Dealer", a person who sells, prepares, or maintains kratom or advertises, represents, or holds oneself out as selling, preparing, or maintaining kratom. Such person may include, but not be limited.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 196, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to kratom products, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 196, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 196.1170, to read as follows: 196.1170. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Kratom Consumer Protection Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Dealer", a person who sells, prepares, or maintains kratom or advertises, represents, or holds oneself out as selling, preparing, or maintaining kratom. Such person may include, but not be limited to, a manufacturer, wholesaler, store, restaurant, hotel, catering facility, camp, bakery, delicatessen, supermarket, grocery store, convenience store, nursing home, or food or drink company; (2) "Kratom", any good placed in the marketplace containing any part of the leaf of the plant Mitragyna speciosa. 3. The general assembly hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of regulating kratom to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance, or regulation of any political subdivision of this state. Any political subdivision's existing or future orders, ordinances, or regulations relating to kratom are hereby void. 4. A dealer who prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale kratom including, but not limited to, kratom intended for human consumption, shall disclose the factual basis upon which that representation …