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Utah's kratom law would be substantially overhauled under this bill, which requires kratom processors and retailers to register with the Department of Agriculture and Food and restricts retail sales of kratom exclusively to licensed tobacco specialty stores. Only "pure leaf kratom"—unaltered plant matter without added extracts, synthetic compounds, or 7-hydroxymitragynine levels above 0.4% of total alkaloid content—could legally be sold, though a temporary exception through March 2027 would let processors possess or distribute non-compliant kratom products intended for sale outside Utah. The bill would raise the minimum purchase age for kratom from 18 to 21, increase criminal penalties for selling prohibited kratom products (escalating from a misdemeanor to a felony for repeat violations), and raise administrative fines for unregistered or improperly labeled kratom products to as much as $5,000. It would also classify two kratom-derived compounds—7-hydroxymitragynine above a specified concentration and Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, including synthetic versions—as Schedule I controlled substances, with a legal exemption for kratom products that comply with the new "pure leaf" standard.