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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related controlled substance in the criminal code.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: Withdrawn from Committee on Public Health and Welfare and referred to Committee of the Whole
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Senate Calendar: General Orders
Position: 7
Summary
Comments on SB 497
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Public Health and Welfaresponsor
Votes
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Actions
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Public Health and Welfare and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, February 16, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Sara Hortenstine, Executive Director Kansas Children's Death Review Board, Kansas Office of the Attorney General (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Patrick Porubsky, Laboratory Operations Manager & Forensic Chemist, Kansas Bureau of Investigation (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Bob Stuart, Executive Officer, Kansas Bureau of Investigation (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Ryan Boshears, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Misty Brown, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Aaron Estabrook, Business Owner, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Katie Patterson, Stand Up for Kansas (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Aaron Estabrook, Small Business Owner, Kansas Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Gillis, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Max Haddow, Senior Fellow of Public Policy, American Kratom Association (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Eric Kueser, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Andrew Kulpa, Botanicals for Better Health & Wellness (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Matthew Lowe, Global Kratom Coalition (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Nick Reinecker, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Inga Selders, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jeff Smith, PhD, National Policy Director, Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jason Todack, Small Business Owner (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Melody Woolf, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by David J. Kuntz, PhD, F-ABFT, Executive Director of Analytical toxicology, Clinical Reference Laboratory (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Robert Thompson, CEO, Clinical Reference Laboratory (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Kelly Gray, Owner Nature's Gifts, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Senator Jeff Klemp, Kansas Senate (Oral Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Proponents A - Z, Various (SB497 Written Proponents)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Opponents, Various (SB497 - Written Opponents)
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Opponents A - Z, Various (Written Only Opponents SB497)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
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