---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one"
description: "Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4552"
citation: "New York S 4552 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia Fahy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6590b1b-06ec-4a57-a248-b64184eee376"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4552"
source_hash: "a1628e4b3e8460b430c47241a73270eff36e3586469f8223588716fbffc405ff"
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 S 4552 (2025-2026) — Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4552&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4552A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4552A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patricia Fahy — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- James Tedisco — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 4552A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1809
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2340A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.710
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.690 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6590b1b-06ec-4a57-a248-b64184eee376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).