Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB185: Kratom-prohibition.
Status: Failed, February 13, 2026
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of kratom products; making legislative findings; providing criminal penalties; providing exemptions; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; providing positions; and providing for effective dates.
What the bill says
An act relating to public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of kratom products; making legislative findings; providing criminal penalties; providing exemptions; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; providing positions; and providing for effective dates.
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of kratom products; making legislative findings; providing criminal penalties; providing exemptions; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; providing positions; and providing for effective dates. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. (a) The legislature finds that: (i) The United States drug enforcement administration lists kratom, or mitragyna speciosa, as a drug and chemical of concern; HB0185 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0472 (ii) The United States food and drug administration has recommended federal scheduling for 7-hydroxymitragynine, a concentrated kratom alkaloid; (iii) The centers for disease control and the food and drug administration recently documented a forty-one (41) state salmonella outbreak linked to kratom products; (iv) Emerging data shows rising emergency medical services encounters and poison control center encounters involving kratom products. Section 2. W.S. 35-7-2201 through 35-7-2206 are created to read: ARTICLE KRATOM PRODUCT PROHIBITION 35-7-2201. Short title. HB0185 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0472 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kratom Product Prohibition Act." 35-7-2202. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Concentrated kratom alkaloid" means mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine that is isolated, synthesized, semi-synthesized or present above naturally occurring mitragyna speciosa plant levels; (ii) "Kratom" means any part of the plant mitragyna speciosa …
Sponsors
- Pepper Ottman (R, H34) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : H Did not Consider for Introduction
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Subjects: Kratom-prohibition.
Common questions
- What is HB185?
- HB185 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): Kratom-prohibition.
- What does HB185 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to public health and safety; prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of kratom products; making legislative findings; providing criminal penalties; providing exemptions; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; providing positions; and providing for effective dates.
- What is the status of HB185?
- Failed as of February 13, 2026. Latest action: H Did not Consider for Introduction (February 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB185?
- Pepper Ottman (R, H34).
- Where is the official record for HB185?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0185
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