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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont requires kratom product registration, safety testing, and age restrictions under new bill
Last action · February 27, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human ServicesSponsors: Troy Headrick and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires processors and distributors to annually register kratom products with the Department of Health, prohibits sales to individuals 21 or younger, and mandates specific warning labels and independent laboratory testing starting July 1, 2025.
Processors, distributors, and retailers face new annual registration fees, mandatory safety testing, and fines or imprisonment for selling unregistered or adulterated kratom products.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Processors
Must annually register kratom products, pay administrative fees, provide independent laboratory testing certificates, and comply with strict labeling and manufacturing prohibitions.
Distributors
Must ensure products are registered with the Department, comply with prohibitions against adulterated or synthetic ingredients, and meet labeling requirements.
Retailers
Must verify that kratom products are registered on the Department's website before selling them to consumers, though good-faith reliance on distributor representations protects them from penalties.
Consumers
Face age restrictions (must be over 21) and receive standardized health warnings, serving size instructions, and product safety disclosures.
Key Facts
- Processors and distributors must register kratom products annually with the Department of Health and pay an administrative fee.
- Selling or distributing kratom products to individuals 21 years of age or younger is prohibited, carrying penalties of up to one year in prison or a $1,000 fine for a first offense.
- Kratom products containing controlled substances, synthetic mitragynine, or dangerous non-kratom substances are strictly prohibited.
- Kratom products must bear conspicuous warning labels recommending against use by individuals under 21, pregnant or breastfeeding individuals, and stating that kratom may be habit forming.
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- Retailers relying in good faith on processor or distributor representations are exempt from enforcement violations.
- Unregistered kratom product sales carry fines of up to $5,000 for a first violation and sales prohibitions for repeated offenses.
- Registrants must provide a certificate of analysis from an independent ISO 17025-accredited testing laboratory demonstrating product safety.
- Products with a 7-hydroxymitragynine level greater than two percent cannot be marketed as a kratom product or derivative of Mitragynine.
- The act takes effect on July 1, 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 27, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services
Version history
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