S 8925 NY
Prohibits the sale of 7-hydroxymitragynine products
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Summary
This bill prohibits the sale, offer for sale, delivery, or distribution of products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine at levels exceeding two percent of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving in New York State. The prohibition applies to all business entities doing business in the state, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, firms, and online platforms. Violations are subject to civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars for a first violation and one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation, enforceable by the New York Attorney General. All penalty funds collected are deposited into the New York State Drug Treatment and Public Education Fund. The bill takes effect ninety days after becoming law.
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Official abstract
Prohibits the sale of products that contain 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level that exceeds 2% of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving; establishes fines for the sale of such products.
Sponsor (1)
- Christopher Ryan Democratic · primary
6 coauthors / cosponsors
- Jake Ashby Republican · cosponsor
- Patricia Fahy Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Dean Murray Republican · cosponsor
- Anthony H. Palumbo Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
Action history (13)
- Jan 16, 2026 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
- May 11, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
- May 11, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 8925A · upper
- May 20, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1297 · upper
- May 21, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 26, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS · lower
- Jun 3, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9156B · lower
- Jun 3, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.408 · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jun 5, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S08925 Summary: BILL NO S08925A   SAME AS SAME AS A09156-B
  SPONSOR RYAN C   COSPNSR ASHBY, FAHY, HARCKHAM, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS   MLTSPNSR   Add §392-l, Gen Bus L   Prohibits the sale of products that contain 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level that exceeds 2% of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving; establishes fines for the sale of such products.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
8925--A
IN SENATE
January 16, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sens. C. RYAN, ASHBY, FAHY, HARCKHAM, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of 7-hydroxymitragynine products
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 392-l to read as follows: 3 § 392-l. Sale of 7-hydroxymitragynine products. 1. For purposes of 4 this section, the term "7-hydroxymitragynine products" shall mean any 5 substance, material, mixture, compound, preparation, extract, or 6 finished goods that contains 7-hydroxymitragynine at a level that 7 exceeds two percent of total alkaloids or one milligram per serving. 8 2. The provisions of this section shall apply to the sale, offer for 9 sale, delivery, or distribution of all 7-hydroxymitragynine products. 10 3. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, 11 online platform, or any other business entity doing business within this 12 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver 7-hydroxymitragy- 13 nine products. 14 4. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, 15 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this 16 state that violates the provisions of this section by knowingly selling, 17 offering for sale, or delivering 7-hydroxymitragynine products shall be 18 subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for a 19 first violation, and one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation, 20 recoverable in an action by the attorney general of the state of New 21 York. All funds collected or received by the state from civil penalties 22 imposed under this section shall be deposited in the New York state drug 23 treatment and public education fund established pursuant to section 24 ninety-nine-jj of the state finance law. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 26 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13840-05-6
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