Designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicable

What it does: Adds kratom, including its plant parts, synthetic equivalents and compounds such as mitragynine, to the state's list of schedule I controlled substances, making possession a serious misdemeanor for a first offense, with harsher penalties for repeat offenses. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall amendment H–8168, as amended, be adopted?

Amends the bill to replace scheduling kratom as a controlled substance with rules requiring product registration, lab testing, labeling with a 21-and-over warning, and a 25 mg per serving cap on 7-hydroxymitragynine; processor violations are serious misdemeanors. (AI-written)

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