Kratom Timeline
Each state's whole-leaf kratom bans and consumer laws, in order, linked to their reviewed sources.
State kratom laws over time
Reviewed state laws only; federal rules and pending bills are not listed. Whole-leaf kratom and 7-OH are shown separately.
51 states · 39 law entries
Alabama
State details· Kratom
Alabama kratom alkaloid ban takes effect
Prohibited
Act2016-279 adds mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine to Schedule I. Official legislature act summary confirms May10, 2016 as effective date; enrolled act specifies immediate effect after approval.
Alabama Act2016-279 / SB226 enrolled act (opens in a new tab)
Alaska
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Arizona
State details· Kratom
Arizona Kratom Consumer Protection Act takes effect
Regulated framework
2019 chapter156 establishes labeling, adulteration, alkaloid and under-18 sales protections. Effective August27, 2019 under the legislature general-effective-date table; governor approval occurred April30.
Arizona Laws 2019 chapter 156 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Arizona enacts processor and retailer amendments
Regulated framework
2022 chapter 253 revises processor and retailer definitions and enforcement while retaining consumer and alkaloid restrictions. Date shown is governor approval, not commencement.
Arizona Laws 2022 chapter 253 (opens in a new tab)
Arkansas
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
California
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Colorado
State details· Kratom
Colorado enacts initial kratom regulation
Regulated framework
SB22-120 establishes age and identification controls and a feasibility report, with additional product and retail restrictions delayed until July 2024. Only enactment year is recorded here.
Colorado SB22-120 enacted law (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Colorado delayed product and retail restrictions take effect
Regulated framework
SB22-120 provisions on adulteration, ingredient and manufacturer labels, sales to under-21s and retail accessibility become operative. Delayed provisions of the 2022 law.
Colorado SB22-120 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Colorado Daniel Bregger Act takes effect
Regulated framework
2025 chapter 283 (SB25-072) expands consumer protection, labeling, age, display and product-composition rules; its safety clause makes it effective on governor approval.
Colorado Laws 2025 chapter 283 (opens in a new tab)
Connecticut
State details· Kratom
Connecticut kratom scheduling becomes operative
Prohibited
The Department of Consumer Protection confirms the plant, leaves, stem and extracts are Schedule I under regulations finally approved April2, 2026 and now in effect. Only the operative year is recorded; April2 is not independently confirmed as commencement.
Connecticut DCP enacted scheduling update (opens in a new tab)
Delaware
State details· Kratom
Delaware Kratom Consumer Protection Act takes effect
Regulated framework
HS1 for HB332 (85 Delaware Laws chapter 478) establishes under-21 sales and marketing restrictions and product consumer protections.
Delaware HS1 for HB332, chapter 478 (opens in a new tab)
District of Columbia
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Florida
State details· Kratom
Florida kratom age restriction takes effect
Regulated framework
2023 chapter 182 (HB179) prohibits furnishing kratom products to persons under 21. Principally an age-restriction law rather than comprehensive product-testing regulation.
Florida 2023 HB179 enrolled act (opens in a new tab)
Georgia
State details· Kratom
Georgia enacts kratom age and labeling controls
Regulated framework
HB551 adds age-18 access and possession restrictions and ingredient, alkaloid and manufacturer labeling. Only enactment year is confirmed; no precise commencement day is claimed.
Georgia 2019 HB551 signed act (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Georgia expanded kratom controls take effect
Regulated framework
2024 HB181 (Act546) raises the threshold to 21 and expands packaging, display and product restrictions. The signed act regulates kratom; the original bill caption is not an enacted whole-leaf ban.
Georgia 2024 HB181 signed act (opens in a new tab)
Hawaii
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Idaho
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Illinois
State details· Kratom
Illinois Kratom Control Act takes effect
Regulated framework
Public Act98-981 prohibits purchase and possession by under-18s and supplying kratom to them. This act does not impose an adult statewide ban.
Illinois Public Act 98-981 (opens in a new tab)
Indiana
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Iowa
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Kansas
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Kentucky
State details· Kratom
Kentucky kratom consumer protection law takes effect
Regulated framework
2024 Acts chapter44 (HB293) establishes age-21 access, labeling, adulteration and synthetic-alkaloid restrictions and a 2% 7-OH alkaloid-composition limit.
KRS 217.2202; 2024 Acts chapter 44 (opens in a new tab)
Louisiana
State details· Kratom
Louisiana statewide kratom prohibition takes effect
Prohibited
Act 41 of 2025 prohibits possession, production and distribution of kratom, including products derived from plant leaves; not limited to synthetic 7-OH.
2025 Act 41; R.S. 40:966.1 (opens in a new tab)
Maine
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Maryland
State details· Kratom
Maryland Kratom Consumer Protection Act takes effect
Regulated framework
2024 chapter748 (HB1229) establishes age-21 and youth-marketing restrictions, labeling, contamination and alkaloid protections. Describes the original act, not every later amendment.
Maryland 2024 chapter 748 (opens in a new tab)
Massachusetts
State details· Kratom
Massachusetts temporary kratom scheduling takes effect
Prohibited
105 CMR726.000 temporarily places kratom and named constituents in Schedule I, effective August28, 2026 for one year unless terminated earlier by the Commissioner. This is a temporary plant-inclusive rule, not merely a synthetic-7-OH ban.
105 CMR726.000 and commissioner order (opens in a new tab)
Michigan
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Minnesota
State details· Kratom
Minnesota kratom age restrictions take effect
Regulated framework
2018 chapter195 article1 section3 prohibits sale of kratom or its named alkaloids to under-18s and possession by under-18s. Applies to crimes committed on or after August1, 2018.
Minnesota Laws 2018 chapter195 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Minnesota kratom minimum age rises to 21
Regulated framework
2026 chapter63 changes sale and possession age restrictions from 18 to 21 for crimes on or after August 1, 2026.
Minnesota Laws 2026 chapter 63 (opens in a new tab)
Mississippi
State details· Kratom
Mississippi enacts kratom age restrictions
Regulated framework
HB1077 establishes under-21 restrictions for qualifying leaf and leaf-extract products while preserving local bans and restrictions. Date shown is governor approval, not a confirmed effective date. Product-definition limits are not an independently verified ban on every out-of-definition product.
Mississippi 2025 HB1077 signed version (opens in a new tab)
Missouri
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Montana
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Nebraska
State details· Kratom
Nebraska Kratom Consumer Protection Act becomes operative
Regulated framework
LB230 creates a regulated product framework including registration and testing documentation. Registration has a separate Tax Commissioner trigger; not every obligation begins July1.
Nebraska Revised Statutes 71-3801 (opens in a new tab)
Nevada
State details· Kratom
Nevada enacts kratom consumer protections
Regulated framework
2019 chapter 429 (AB303) prohibits sales to under-18s, injurious adulterated products and products without ingredient labels. Only enactment year is confirmed here; no precise commencement day is claimed.
NRS 597.998; 2019 chapter 429 (opens in a new tab)
New Hampshire
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
New Jersey
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
New Mexico
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
New York
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
North Carolina
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
North Dakota
State details· Kratom
North Dakota enacts restricted pure-leaf framework
Regulated framework
HB1628 creates a pure-leaf regulatory framework, excludes extracts from licensed products and restricts access to age21. Date shown is governor signing, not verified Secretary of State filing. Sales remain prohibited until licensing rules are implemented.
North Dakota HB1628 enrolled act (opens in a new tab)
Ohio
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Oklahoma
State details· Kratom
Oklahoma enacts Kratom Consumer Protection Act
Regulated framework
HB1784 establishes labeling, documentation, product-quality, alkaloid and minor-sales protections. Date shown is governor approval, not the effective date.
Oklahoma 2021 HB1784 enrolled act (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Oklahoma strengthened consumer protections take effect
Regulated framework
2024 chapter 278 (HB3574) revises product specifications, lowers the 7-OH limit to 1% of alkaloid composition and strengthens serving information and warnings.
Oklahoma 2024 HB3574 enrolled act (opens in a new tab)
Oregon
State details· Kratom
Oregon enacts Kratom Consumer Protection Act
Regulated framework
Oregon Laws 2022 chapter 41 creates processor registration, testing and retail obligations and an under-21 sales prohibition. Only enactment year is confirmed; registration starts separately in July 2023.
Oregon Laws 2022 chapter 41 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Oregon kratom processor registration begins
Regulated framework
Registration created by Oregon Laws 2022 chapter 41 becomes operative for wholesale processors. This implements the 2022 law rather than a separate enactment.
Oregon Revenue: Kratom processor registration (opens in a new tab)
Pennsylvania
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
Rhode Island
State details· Kratom
Rhode Island Kratom Act regulatory framework takes effect
Regulated framework
2025 Public Laws chapters 446 and 447 establish product rules, age restrictions and licensed kratom sales. Enacted July 2, 2025; framework effective April 1, 2026.
Rhode Island Public Law 2025 chapter 446 (opens in a new tab)
South Carolina
State details· Kratom
South Carolina Kratom Consumer Protection Act takes effect
Regulated framework
2025 S221 establishes age-21 controls, secured retail access, labeling and product-quality rules. Effective sixty days after May12 approval. No generic 2% 7-OH ceiling is claimed.
South Carolina 2025 S221 enacted act (opens in a new tab)
South Dakota
State details· Kratom
South Dakota enacts age-21 kratom controls
Regulated framework
2021 chapter146 (HB1262) restricts under-21 sales, possession and consumption subject to its parent or guardian exception. Date shown is enactment, not a confirmed effective day.
South Dakota 2021 chapter 146 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
South Dakota enacts kratom product standards
Regulated framework
2025 chapter138 (HB1056) adds adulteration, synthetic-alkaloid, 2% 7-OH and labeling restrictions alongside the existing age framework. Only enactment year is confirmed here.
SDCL34-20B-115.1; 2025 chapter138 (opens in a new tab)
Tennessee
State details· Kratom
Tennessee natural-form kratom safeguards take effect
Regulated framework
Public Chapter1040 (HB1832) establishes age-21, labeling and natural-form restrictions. The 2017 Attorney General opinion is interpretation, not an enactment creating an exemption.
Tennessee Public Chapter 1040 (2018) (opens in a new tab)
Texas
State details· Kratom
Texas kratom consumer protection law takes effect
Regulated framework
SB497 establishes serving labels, product-quality and alkaloid requirements, under-18 sales restrictions and enforcement. It does not prohibit all natural kratom.
Texas 2023 SB497 final act (opens in a new tab)
Utah
State details· Kratom
Utah Kratom Consumer Protection Act takes effect
Regulated framework
2019 SB58 establishes product registration, labeling, quality requirements and restrictions on sales to minors.
Utah 2019 SB58 (opens in a new tab)· Kratom
Utah restricts retail kratom to qualifying pure leaf
Regulated framework
2026 SB45 narrows permitted products to qualifying pure-leaf kratom and revises age, registration and alkaloid limits. Extract restrictions do not prohibit all natural leaf.
Utah Code Title 4 chapter 45, effective May 6 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Vermont
State details· Kratom
Vermont scheduling ban documented in 2017 rule
Prohibited
This operative Regulated Drug Rule lists mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. July15, 2017 is the effective date of this documented rule version, not a claim that the original kratom ban began then. Earlier commencement remains unverified.
Vermont Regulated Drug Rule effective July15, 2017 (opens in a new tab)
Virginia
State details· Kratom
Virginia kratom consumer protections take effect
Regulated framework
2023 chapter596 (SB1108) restricts sales to under-21s and requires ingredients and prescribed health warnings under the Consumer Protection Act.
Virginia 2023 chapter 596 (opens in a new tab)
Washington
State detailsNo reviewed Kratom history yet.
West Virginia
State details· Kratom
West Virginia Select Plant-Derived Regulation Act takes effect
Regulated framework
The signed SB220 establishes kratom permits, age verification, regulation and taxation in article19-12F. Certain internal provisions operate from passage.
West Virginia 2023 SB220 signed act (opens in a new tab)
Wisconsin
State details· Kratom
Wisconsin kratom alkaloid scheduling takes effect
Prohibited
2013 Wisconsin Act351 adds mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine to Schedule I. Effective April25, 2014 under the act footnote citing section991.11: the day after April24 publication.
2013 Wisconsin Act 351 (opens in a new tab)
Wyoming
State details· Kratom
Wyoming kratom product regulation takes effect
Regulated framework
2026 chapter68 (SF0056) establishes sales, testing, labeling, age-21 and product-composition restrictions. Substantive rules take effect July1; implementation sections were effective earlier.
Wyoming 2026 SF0056 enrolled act, chapter68 (opens in a new tab)