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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 227 Establishes New Testing, Labeling, and Sales Restrictions for Kratom Products
Last action · August 18, 2025: FiledSponsor: Morgan Meyer
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 227 establishes strict testing, labeling, and packaging regulations for kratom products, prohibits sales near schools and alongside alcohol or tobacco, and increases civil penalties and criminal offenses for violations. The measure defines kratom processors and retailers, bans specific adulterated or synthetic forms, and restricts sales to individuals under 21.
The bill shifts legal liabilities and operating requirements for Texas businesses selling kratom, imposing Class A misdemeanors for unverified sales and civil penalties ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 per violation.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Kratom Processors
Kratom processors must comply with new laboratory testing, strict product labeling, alkaloid concentration limits, and prohibitions on synthetic or specific food/beverage formats.
Kratom Retailers
Kratom retailers face Class A misdemeanor charges for selling untested, improperly labeled, or prohibited kratom products, or selling them near schools, to individuals under 21, or alongside alcohol and tobacco.
Consumers
Consumers experience changes in product availability, mandatory safety labeling, age minimums raised to 21, and enhanced purity standards.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is allowed to purchase kratom products under this bill?
What testing is required before kratom can be sold in Texas?
Can kratom be sold at a store that sells alcohol or tobacco?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 18, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Comprehensive Kratom Restriction Framework
The bill shifts kratom from general commercial sale into a heavily regulated statute with mandatory laboratory testing, specific product packaging formats, and distinct criminal penalties.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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