l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1077

Kratom products; prohibit sale to persons under 21.

Became law as Chapter 488, Laws of 2025, signed April 17, 2025, 87 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT RETAILERS, MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS FROM SELLING OR DISTRIBUTING KRATOM PRODUCTS TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS; TO PROHIBIT PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM PURCHASING, RECEIVING, OR HAVING IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE ANY KRATOM PRODUCTS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY THAT ENACTED A BAN AND/OR RESTRICTION ON KRATOM PRODUCTS BEFORE JULY 1, 2025, SHALL RETAIN THE AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE ENFORCING ANY SUCH BAN AND OR RESTRICTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT PREEMPT, OVERRIDE, OR PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY BAN AND/OR RESTRICTION BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES SEEKING TO REGULATE, RESTRICT, OR BAN KRATOM PRODUCTS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to April 17, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action27 actions on 19 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 617 days

Business and CommerceJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 628 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 415 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Apr 328 days

With the GovernorApr 3 to Apr 1714 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 6

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Business and Commerce
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 6

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 7 – Apr 3

  1. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  4. Concurred in the House in the Senate's amendments
  5. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Yancey and Calvert)
  6. Reconsidered in the House
  7. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  8. Conferees named in the House: Yancey, Calvert and Aguirre
  9. Conferees named in the Senate: Bryan, Turner-Ford and Fillingane
  10. Conference report filed in the House
  11. Conference report filed in the Senate
  12. Conference report adopted in the House
  13. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Yancey and Calvert)
  14. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  15. Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  16. Enrolled bill signed in the House

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 17

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 27 actions, as published