Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB48: Kratom Revisions
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends provisions related to kratom.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 23, 2025:
0 Kratom Revisions 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers House Sponsor: Jake Sawyer LONG TITLE Committee Note: The Business and Labor Interim Committee recommended this bill. Legislative Vote: 16 voting for 0 voting against 4 absent General Description: This bill amends provisions related to kratom. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - schedules 7-hydroxymitragynine, including synthetics, if the 7-hydroxymitragynine concentration exceeds a certain percentage as a schedule I controlled substance; and - schedules Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, including synthetics. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 4-45-104 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 329 58-37-2 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 396 58-37-4 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 216 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 4-45-104 is amended to read: 4-45-104 . Kratom processor requirements -- Criminal penalty. (1) A kratom processor may not prepare, distribute, sell, or offer for sale a kratom product: (a) that is mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance that affects the quality or strength of the kratom product to such a degree as to render the kratom product injurious to a consumer; (b) that contains a …
Sponsors
- Evan Vickers (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Sawyer, Jake (R, 9)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : Senate/ circled
- : Senate/ 3rd reading
- : Senate/ passed 2nd reading
- : Senate/ 2nd reading
- : Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ committee report favorable
- : Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Votes
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (January 22, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (January 21, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Department of Agriculture and Food, Health and Human Services, Controlled Substances
Common questions
- What is SB48?
- SB48 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Kratom Revisions.
- What does SB48 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to kratom.
- What is the status of SB48?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB48?
- Evan Vickers (R, 28), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB48?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0048.html
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