Dutchess County, NY Regulated, Not Banned

Dutchess County landed on regulation rather than prohibition. County Executive Sue Serino announced a countywide kratom ban on July 30, 2026, but the County Legislature did not take that version up. It wrote its own narrower measure, Resolution 2026136, and adopted that unanimously on August 10, 2026. It restricts products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine above 2 percent of total alkaloids or more than 1 milligram per serving, the same thresholds the state bill and the DEA action use, and leaves plain leaf kratom alone. It exempts prescription and FDA-approved products, is enforced by the county Department of Health, and becomes void if a state law covering the same ground takes effect. This matters directly to us because Hudson Valley Botanicals operates from Dutchess County: we sell leaf only and carry no 7-OH or concentrated extracts, so nothing on our shelves is reached and orders to Dutchess addresses continue normally. The relocation contingency we described before the vote is no longer in play. Statewide 21+ age and warning label rules remain in effect across New York. We are reviewing the meeting recording and will post the vote detail and effective date.