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Utah's existing Kratom Consumer Protection Act gets a significant update under this bill, which tightens product standards, registration requirements, and age restrictions for kratom — a plant-based product often sold in supplement or powder form. Both kratom processors (those who manufacture or distribute kratom) and kratom retailers (those who sell it directly to consumers) must now register with the Department of Agriculture and Food, and the department is authorized to fine unregistered sellers up to $5,000 and seize unregistered products. The bill also bans kratom extracts and concentrated forms of the product, requires that kratom products be identifiable as plant matter, prohibits mixing kratom with anything other than a basic inert encapsulating agent, and raises the legal purchasing age from 18 to 21. Penalties for selling non-compliant products escalate from a class B misdemeanor for a first offense up to a third degree felony for repeat violations, and the entire regulatory framework automatically shuts off if the state classifies all kratom alkaloids as controlled substances.