---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain kratom products to include a warning label"
description: "Requires certain kratom products to include a warning label with disclosures including, but not limited to, that kratom may be addictive and to keep it out of reach of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9443"
citation: "New York A 9443 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phil Steck"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe7b4d8a-9d67-4adc-88d5-df44a32294b2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9443"
source_hash: "ff86099bef01fd52fca1580ef7fb3420538f893993e53637dff529c947c58c02"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 9443 (2025-2026) — Requires certain kratom products to include a warning label

Requires certain kratom products to include a warning label with disclosures including, but not limited to, that kratom may be addictive and to keep it out of reach of children.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A9443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9443&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phil Steck — primary (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED
- **2026-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.23
- **2026-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.23
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8780
- **2026-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.152
- **2026-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-02-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe7b4d8a-9d67-4adc-88d5-df44a32294b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).