Tex. Health & Safety Code § 445.004 · Chapter 445. MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS
OFFENSE FOR DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCT TO MINOR.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a kratom product to an individual younger than 18 years of age.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 497), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 444 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(22), eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.445.htm
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- sha256 f8961ffcbf10e9aaaada53e1dc83d697c6874476a7c2b918c4ce63d67213296d
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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