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Marion County, FL Ban Paused

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners declined on August 18, 2026 to move forward with the local kratom ordinance its city and county attorneys had been directed to draft.

Marion County, FL Paused August 18, 2026 Ban Paused

Level: County
State: Florida
Action date: 18 Aug 2026
Effective date: None stated or not yet known

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners declined on August 18, 2026 to move forward with the local kratom ordinance its city and county attorneys had been directed to draft. Commissioners cited enforcement difficulty, noting that separating concentrated or synthetic products from plain leaf requires laboratory testing the county would have to pay for, and said they would rather wait for the pending federal action on concentrated 7-OH than adopt a county rule that might conflict with it weeks later. Speakers and staff argued that a blanket local ban would sweep in traditional leaf products and compliant retailers alongside the concentrated products that prompted the concern. This is the first local government we have tracked that explicitly deferred to the federal 7-OH threshold approach instead of adopting its own prohibition. The drafting effort previously listed here for Ocala and Marion County is paused, not adopted. Sarasota County keeps its separate 2014 ban.

What the commissioners said

Last verified 22 Aug 2026

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