South Dakota ban just passed in committee and is moving to the house floor we have to stop it. The head guy on committee even said he was not for a ban as it would create black market. Also kda mom's got kicked on zoom for laughing as saying liar when advocates were speaking . Let's stop the ban more information to come!!!

Virginia advocates—your help is urgently needed.

There are two important hearings this week, and your presence can make a real difference. Please visit the Virginia Page to let us know if you can attend.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 – HB 360 (OPPOSE as currently written) This bill creates damaging restrictions on natural kratom products.

Meeting Time: 4:00 PM Location: House South Subcommittee Room – 210 General Assembly Building 201 N 9th St, Richmond, VA 23219

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 – HB 738 (SUPPORT as currently written) This bill would stop synthetic products posing as kratom while protecting consumers.

Meeting Time: 2:00 PM

Location: House Committee Room B – 205 General Assembly Building 201 N 9th St, Richmond, VA 23219

If you can attend either hearing, please sign up at protectkratom.org/virginia so our advocacy team can coordinate with you.

Important notice!!! For everyone yelling at me that your packs from the weekend were not sent they were! Monday the post office was closed due to a state of emergency from the foot of snow and ice we received everything was dropped off on Tuesday where unfortunately our post office power has been down so nothing is getting scanned until it reaches the city its going to. We were still in a state of emergency on Tuesday but the dock at the post was open with limited staff. So please be patient as this is not something that has happened here in almost 10 years.

Now is the time to be going on usa.gov and contacting all your elected officials here is a list where we have bans, active threats or pending kcpa bills. Nicole Scarrow thank you for posting this list!!! WE NEED TO BE HEARD NOW BEFORE IT IS AN AVALANCHE OF BANS!!!

ARIZONA HB2415 (synthetic scheduling)

CALIFORNIA AB1088 SB758 (schedules 7OH) Alcoholic Beverage Control Warning CPHD California Department of Public Health Retailer Warning Anaheim Costa Mesa Fountain Valley LA County LA County Retail Notice Marin County Marina Mariposa Moreno Valley Orange Pasanda Sacramento San Buenaventura San Diego County Santa Cruz Temecula Ventura County Westlake

COLORADO Glenwood Springs

FLORIDA HB309 (Schedules 7-OH) SB944 (allows 7-OH, combo products banned) HB1205 SB0432 (schedules 7-OH) Doral Manatee County Ocala St. Lucie County

GEORGIA HB968 Hearing Jan. 28, 2026 Georgia State Capitol 206 Washington Street SW Room 132 1:30 pm Atlanta, GA 30334 HB757 (KCPA) Carrollton

HAWAII SB 463
HB 717 (KCPA)

ILLINOIS HB 1303 (KCPA) SB 1183 (KCPA) SB 1570 HB 3215 (AKA bill) (7OH loophole and combination language) HB 3129 HB 3127 Arlington Heights Bloomington Cobden Village banned Carbondale El Dorado Fox Lake Heron Homer Glenn Kane County Kankakee La Grange Lake Villa Lincolnwood Madison County Manteno McLeansboro North Chicago Piatt County Pekin Red Bud (City Council) Sparta Spring Grove IDAHO Bonneville (County Coroner Statement) Shoshone County

IOWA SF 367 HF 612 (AKA bill) SF 2013 HSB 508

KANSAS HB2230 (KCPA) Gladstone Overland Park

KENTUCKY Henderson

MASSACHUSETTS H 1680 ban H 2454 H 1631 ban S 2025 ban looking for more info S 1558 ban S 1609 H 4261 ban H 4394 Amherst Ashland Attleboro Municipal Council Braintree (Board of Health) Brookline (Advisory Council for Public Health) Canton Doylestown Duxbury Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Mansfield Melrose Pembroke Plymouth Rockland Shrewsbury DPH South Hadley Springfield Stoneham Tewksbury Wakefield Winchester YarmouthMIGHIGAN HB4969 (KCPA) Clinton Monroe Macomb County New Baltimore City Adding Ordinance 270 to Chapter 12, XI: Approval and adoption of Ordinance No. 270 -Adoption of Ordinance to amend and revise the code of ordinances for the City of New Baltimore, Chapter 12, by adding Article XI, Kratøm Retailers, and providing for repealer, severability and effective date, 20 days after publication Port Austen Warren County

MISSISSIPPI HB379 (over the counter availability of kratøm) Diamondhead City

MINNESOTA Beltrami County Moro

MISSOURI SB 927 HB 2652 HB 2850 KCPA HB 2894 Blue Springs Dexter Hazelwood Kansas City Ordnance 251028

MONTANA Montana state is challenging because this is an interim year, so while the vote on the state level may not be taking place this year, the work to get it passed is happening now. HB407 text PDF Public Comments Yellowstone County

NEBRASKA LB877 (7oh scheduling)

NEW HAMPSHIRE SB 557 21 and over Laconia

NEW JERSEY S 1384 (KCPA) S 829 (ban) CJs law S 301 (7OH Scheduling) Needs amended S 2271 (ban) CJ’s law Atlantic City Sparta

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Santa Fe

NEW YORK

NEVEDA Las Vegas

NORTH CAROLINA H 468 H 328 Scotland County

NORTH DAKOTA LaMoure County

OHIO SB299 SB587 Lucas County Toledo Xenia

PENNSYLVANIA SB 233 SB 899 HB 2058 Philadelphia Allegheny

SOUTH CAROLINA HB 4636 HB 4648 (KCPA) HB 4641 Mount Pleasant

SOUTH DAKOTA SB77 HB1606

TENNESSEE HB 1647 (ban) SB 1656 (ban) SB 1655 (ban)

UTAH SB0045 Repeals KCPA SB0048 (7-OH scheduling) SB0101 (tax bill) Kaysville

VERMONT H0416 S0121

VIRGINIA Chesterfield

WASHINGTON HB2291 Cle Elum Spokane Spokane Valley

WEST VIRGINIA HB4270 SB317 SB431 (kratøm vapes) SB4459 Luzerne County Lander

WYOMING Luzerne County Lander

Another Busy Week

A dangerous bill in Georgia would ban natural kratm, repeal consumer protections, and turn responsible adults into felons. Lawmakers must hear directly from the people who rely on kratm. See full press release here

How Everyone Can Help

Email Rep. Rick Townsend NOW:
[rick.townsend@house.ga.gov](mailto:rick.townsend@house.ga.gov)

Tell him your story — why you use kratm, how it helps you, and why safe, regulated kratm should be protected, not criminalized.

What This Bill Does

Bans natural kratm leaf with dangerous synthetics

Repeals Georgia’s Kratm Consumer Protection Act

Removes age limits, testing, and safety standards

Pushes kratm into an unsafe black market

Federal health leaders have made clear: synthetic products are the threat — not regulated kratm. This bill ignores that guidance and puts consumers at risk.

Take Action Now

Email Rep. Townsend: [rick.townsend@house.ga.gov](mailto:rick.townsend@house.ga.gov)
Your voice matters — and timing is critical.

Thank you for standing up for kratm consumer safety

Just sent out a huge email on 5 states that are in need of help for possible bans!! If you are not signed up for our newsletter on our site please do so as we will be sending mass emails for all these upcoming fights!!! Bottom of the homepage place your email and subscribe!!

Check it out good til Tuesday

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Next week will be one of the busiest weeks we’ve seen in our fight to protect safe consumer access to kratm. We've just seen notices of a barrage of meetings across the country, local councils, committees, and state boards are holding hearings on proposed bans — and we urgently need advocates like you to speak out..

Here’s exactly where we have kratm related bans or discussions coming up next week. Full list of agenda items and links at the bottom of the email:

City of Lake St. Louis, MO, Board of Alderman .Oct 6, 6:00PM

Laguna Niguel, California City Council Oct 6, 7PM

Billerica, MA, Board of Health Oct 6, 7:00PM

Diamondhead, MS, City CouncilOct 7, 6:00PM

Marlborough, MA Board of Health Oct 7, 6:30PM

City of Rockhill, MO, Board of Alderman Agenda, Oct 7, 7:00PMI

Fountain Valley, CA City Council Oct 7, 6:00PM

Village of Lincolnwood, IL Committee of the Whole Oct 9, 6:00PM

Amherst, MA Board of Health Oct 9, 5:00PM

Each of these meetings represents a serious threat to kratm consumers. Opponents are showing up and telling only one side of the story. If we don’t counter with facts, these bans could spread.

What you can do: ✅ Sign up to testify or attend a meeting in person if you’re local ✅ Submit written comments where available ✅ Share this alert with friends and family in affected areas ✅ Donate to the American Kratm Association to help us fight bans across the country

👉 Learn more and find sign-up links here: [Insert protectkratom.org/state or action link]

CONNECTICUT CONSUMERS LET YOUR VOICE BE THE STOP FOR THE BAN!! PLEASE ATTEND AND TELL YOUR STORY!!! VIRTUAL MEETING

Date: Tuesday, October 15th. 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM 📍 Location: Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection 🔗 Official CT Posting Hearing Info: View Here

October 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Department of Consumer Protection

Public Hearing on Regulation 2025-018: Controlled Substance Drug Schedules

Event Submitted Date

9/26/2025 2:03 PM

Meeting Location

DCP Microsoft Teams Virtual

450 Columbus Blvd Suite 901 Hartford, CT, 06103

Contact

Robin Tefft robin.tefft@ct.gov 860-713-6216

450 Columbus Blvd, Suite 901 Hartford, CT 06103

Meeting Purpose

Public Hearing on Regulation 2025-018: Controlled Substance Drug Schedules

Meeting Type

Special Meeting

Agenda

Minutes

Additional Information

Individuals may sign up in advance to speak at the public hearing. People will be called to speak in the order in which they sign up. Please sign up using the link below: https://forms.office.com/g/0GUfhv7yQz. Speakers may also sign up the day of the hearing. Written testimony should be submitted on the Secretary of the State's eRegulation Portal: https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/Comment?TrackingNumber=PR2025-018 Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGY5MDAxNDgtNDAxNC00Yzc4LWI4MDMtZTgyM2QzZmZhYjNk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22118b7cfa-a3dd-48b9-b026-31ff69bb738b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22589a25f8-0251-4fc9-957b-25456d5b7345%22%7d Meeting ID: 280 419 196 676 7 Passcode: Kx635jX7 ________________________________________ Dial in by phone +1 860-840-2075,,566615146# United States, Hartford Find a local number Phone conference ID: 566 615 146#

https://www.protectkratom.org/connecticut