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HS1FORHB332 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.

Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NOT VOTING
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.
  • House Substitute No.
  • 1 for House Bill No.
  • 332 prohibits the selling, providing, or marketing of kratom or a kratom product to an individual under the age of 21.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NOT VOTING

  2. 2026-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT

  4. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

  5. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 332

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO KRATOM.
House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 332 prohibits the selling, providing, or marketing of kratom or a kratom product to an individual under the age of 21. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
It also requires The Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement and the Department of Health and Social Services to provide a report on kratom testing capabilities and potential licensing requirements for retailers selling kratom products to the Governor and General Assembly by January 1, 2027.
This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 28 of Article IV of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to give jurisdiction to inferior courts or justices of the peace of “such … misdemeanors as the General Assembly may from time to time … prescribe.”