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HF3453 • 2026

Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hanson, J., Elkins, Baker, Bahner, Gillman, Falconer, Pursell, Duran, Repinski, Schwartz, Harder, Kraft, Klevorn
Last action
Final Acti
Official status
Presentment date 05/04/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

What This Bill Does

  • Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

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Bill History

  1. Final Acti House

    Presented to Governor 05/04/2026

  2. Final Acti Senate

    Presentment date 05/04/2026

  3. 2026-04-27 House

    Returned from Senate

  4. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Special Order

  5. 2026-04-22 House

    Author added Klevorn

  6. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3704

  7. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Received from House

  8. 2026-04-20 House

    Third reading

  9. 2026-04-16 House

    House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, April 20, 2026

  10. 2026-04-07 House

    Author added Kraft

  11. 2026-03-23 House

    Committee report, to adopt

  12. 2026-03-18 House

    Authors added Repinski and Schwartz

  13. 2026-03-16 House

    Author added Duran

  14. 2026-03-12 House

    Author added Pursell

  15. 2026-02-23 House

    Authors added Elkins, Baker, Bahner, Gillman and Falconer

  16. 2026-02-19 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Kratom; legal age to possess kratom established as 21 years of age or older.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to public safety; controlled substances; establishing the legal age to possess

kratom as 21 years of age or older; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section

152.027, subdivision 7.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.027, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Sale or possession of kratom.

(a) A person who unlawfully sells any amount

of kratom or a substance that contains mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine to a person

under the age of
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18
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21
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is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(b) A person under the age of
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18
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21
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who unlawfully possesses any amount of kratom

or a substance that contains mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to crimes

committed on or after that date.

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