Kratom laws by state
Is kratom legalin Pennsylvania?
Yes. Kratom is legal statewide with no age limit and no consumer protection act in force, but Philadelphia bans kratom sales from November 12, 2026. HB 2657, which would add a 21+ age limit, seller registration, and a 12% tax, passed the House 202-0 on October 5, 2026 and is now in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
The rules
What the Pennsylvania rules actually say.
Kratom is legal statewide with no age limit and no consumer protection act in force, but Philadelphia bans kratom sales from November 12, 2026. HB 2657, which would add a 21+ age limit, seller registration, and a 12% tax, passed the House 202-0 on October 5, 2026 and is now in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Legal on our map: kratom can be sold and possessed by adults with no state-level restriction on the plant itself. Local ordinances may still apply in some counties or cities.
What to watch
Philadelphia's kratom sales ban takes effect November 12, 2026. Statewide, HB 2657 is in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and Pottsville has given a first reading to a city ban that would reach leaf. If it becomes law, its rules start 180 days after signing: sales at 21 and up with an ID scan, registration with the Department of Health, a 12% tax on the retail price, child-resistant packaging and warning labels, and no extracts or products over 0.05% 7-OH.
Full legal detail
Kratom is legal in Pennsylvania with no statewide age restriction or KCPA in force. HB 2657, the Kratom Standards, Labeling, and Consumer Protection Act from Rep. Bridget Kosierowski, passed the House 202-0 on October 5, 2026 and was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on October 13, 2026. As amended (Printer's No. 3980), it would allow only natural kratom products, with no extracts and no more than 0.05% 7-hydroxymitragynine by dry weight, and would bar the manufacture and sale of any other kratom product as synthetic or semi-synthetic. Processors and retailers would register with the Department of Health, sales would be limited to adults 21 and older with an ID scan, and a 12% tax would apply to the retail purchase price of natural kratom products. Products would need child-resistant, resealable packaging and labels with a lot code, an FDA disclaimer, and a required warning statement. Those rules would start 180 days after the bill is signed. Two earlier KCPA-style bills remain in committee: HB 2058 (Kinkead/Prokopiak), referred to the House Health Committee on November 19, 2025, and SB 233, in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. On August 31, 2026, the Bucks and Chester County district attorneys, following a similar request from the Berks County district attorney, asked the Health Secretary to use emergency powers to place 7-OH and related kratom derivatives in Schedule I; no order had been announced as of early October 2026. Philadelphia Bill No. 260163, passed 16-0 by City Council on June 4, 2026 and signed by the mayor on September 15, 2026, adds Chapter 9-6700 to the Philadelphia Code. From November 12, 2026 it is unlawful to sell or offer for sale an intoxicating substance, a category that includes any kratom product, unless it is FDA-approved, which in practice bars all kratom sales in the city. It also sets a 21+ age limit, and city retailer permits will follow only once regulations are issued.
Local exceptions. Philadelphia: Bill No. 260163, signed September 15, 2026, makes it unlawful from November 12, 2026 to sell or offer for sale kratom in the city unless it is FDA-approved, which no kratom product is, and sets a 21+ age limit. Pottsville is considering Bill 32 of 2026, which would ban the sale, delivery and distribution of kratom, leaf included; it had a first reading on October 12, 2026 and is not adopted. No other city or county restrictions were confirmed as of October 16, 2026.
- Status
- Legal
- Minimum age
- None statewide
- 7-OH and synthetics
- No state rule
- Labeling and testing
- No state requirement
- What is proposed
- HB 2657 would set 21+, registration, a 12% tax, labels, and a ban on extracts and on products over 0.05% 7-OH
- Local rules
- Some cities or counties have their own
- Online orders
- Yes. Shipping details
- Last reviewed
Local rules
Cities and counties with their own rules.
Local rules can be stricter than state law. These are the ones we know about as of our last review.
- Philadelphia: Bill No. 260163, signed September 15, 2026, makes it unlawful from November 12, 2026 to sell or offer for sale kratom in the city unless it is FDA-approved, which no kratom product is, and sets a 21+ age limit. Pottsville is considering Bill 32 of 2026, which would ban the sale, delivery and distribution of kratom, leaf included; it had a first reading on October 12, 2026 and is not adopted. No other city or county restrictions were confirmed as of October 16, 2026.
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HB 2657 was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Pottsville City Council held a first reading of Bill 32 of 2026, which would add a "Synthetic Drugs" chapter to the city code banning the sale, delivery, distribution and manufacture of kratom, leaf and powder included, as a summary offense with fines up to $300 and up to 90 days in jail. It is not adopted, and no second reading has been scheduled.
The House passed HB 2657, the Kratom Standards, Labeling, and Consumer Protection Act, 202-0.
Philadelphia's mayor signed Bill No. 260163. From November 12, 2026 it bars selling kratom in the city unless the product is FDA-approved, which none is, and sets a 21+ age limit.
The Bucks and Chester County district attorneys, following a similar request from Berks County the week before, asked the Health Secretary to use emergency powers to place 7-OH and related kratom derivatives in Schedule I. No order had been announced as of early October.
HB 2657, from Rep. Bridget Kosierowski, was referred to the House Health Committee.
HB 2058, from Reps. Kinkead and Prokopiak, was referred to the House Health Committee. SB 233 is pending in Senate Health and Human Services.
In our Law Tracker
Nationwide · Schedule I, Synthetics Only
Three compounds the DEA describes as lab-made, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15 and MGM-16, are federally Schedule I as of August 26, 2026.
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Is kratom legal in Pennsylvania?
Yes. Kratom is legal in Pennsylvania with no state-level restriction on the plant itself. Status category: Legal, meaning no state-level restriction on the plant.
Can I order kratom online in Pennsylvania?
Yes. We ship all Garuda Kratom products to Pennsylvania addresses. Checkout verifies every address against our current restriction list automatically.
Are there local kratom bans in Pennsylvania?
Yes. Philadelphia: Bill No. 260163, signed September 15, 2026, makes it unlawful from November 12, 2026 to sell or offer for sale kratom in the city unless it is FDA-approved, which no kratom product is, and sets a 21+ age limit. Pottsville is considering Bill 32 of 2026, which would ban the sale, delivery and distribution of kratom, leaf included; it had a first reading on October 12, 2026 and is not adopted. No other city or county restrictions were confirmed as of October 16, 2026.
Is anything changing in Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia's kratom sales ban takes effect November 12, 2026. Statewide, HB 2657 is in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and Pottsville has given a first reading to a city ban that would reach leaf. If it becomes law, its rules start 180 days after signing: sales at 21 and up with an ID scan, registration with the Department of Health, a 12% tax on the retail price, child-resistant packaging and warning labels, and no extracts or products over 0.05% 7-OH.
How current is this page?
The Pennsylvania status on this page was last reviewed October 15, 2026. It is generated from the same continuously reviewed dataset that powers our interactive 50-state legality map, and it changes when the data changes.
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Maryland
KCPA regulatedLegal under a Kratom Consumer Protection Act that bars sales under 21 and sets labeling and purity standards.
See the rulesMichigan
LegalChange pendingKratom is legal in Michigan, but Sterling Heights bans sales and other Detroit-area towns are moving the same way.
See the rulesNew Jersey
LegalChange pendingKratom is legal in New Jersey, but a bill targeting 7-OH is moving.
See the rulesNew York
RestrictedLegal statewide for 21 and up, with warning labels required.
See the rulesOhio
RestrictedOhio allows only plain leaf, dried or powdered, and only when it is not marketed as a food, drug, or dietary supplement.
See the rulesVirginia
KCPA regulatedLegal under a KCPA-style framework covering Mitragyna speciosa extracts.
See the rulesWest Virginia
KCPA regulatedLegal under a regulated framework.
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