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This bill, which regulates hemp-derived cannabinoid products (like CBD) and kratom (a botanical supplement) under a combined "specialized products" framework, was substantially revised from an earlier version that made cannabinoid registration and kratom registration fees mandatory and imposed a flat $50 licensing fee with a 5.3% tax rate on both product types. The current version instead makes the cannabinoid product registration fee temporary, allowing the Department of Agriculture and Food to charge it only through January 1, 2029, and changes the kratom registration fee from a required charge to one the department "may" set, also expiring at the start of 2029. It caps the administrative fine for selling unregistered kratom products at $5,000, allows the department to take other administrative action or seize and destroy unregistered kratom products, and requires the department to share information about kratom sellers with the State Tax Commission upon request. The bill also renames the state's "Cannabinoid Proceeds Restricted Account" to the "Specialized Product Proceeds Restricted Account" and updates related tax and confidentiality statutes so that references to the "Cannabinoid Licensing and Tax Act" become the "Specialized Product Licensing and Tax Act," continuing the broader effort to license and tax cannabinoid and kratom retailers together, with licensing fees collected by the State Tax Commission and new penalties for unlicensed sales.