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WV HB4459

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/16/2026

Primary Sponsor

Scot Heckert

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals West Virginia's Select Plant-Based Derivatives Regulation Act for Kratom (Article 19-12F), which currently regulates kratom through a permitting and taxation system
  • Classifies kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) and its alkaloids including 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl as Schedule I controlled substances
  • Adds synthetic alkaloids and synthetically derived compounds from the kratom plant to the Schedule I list of opiates
  • Removes references to kratom regulation from the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission's enforcement authority under Chapter 60
  • Introduced January 16, 2026, and referred to the House Health and Human Resources Committee then Judiciary Committee

Legislative Description

Relating to Kratom

Health

Last Action

To House Health and Human Resources

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Resources2/18/2026
Public Health2/11/2026
Health & Human Resources1/16/2026

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