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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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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
House • Apr 10, 2026: Died in House Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 497
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfaresponsor
Votes
YES: 33
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Argabright
- Sen. Billinger
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Blew
- Sen. Bowers
- Sen. Bowser
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Clifford
- Sen. Corson
- Sen. Dietrich
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Faust Goudeau
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Hill
- Sen. Klemp
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Schmidt
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Starnes
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Thompson
- Sen. Titus
- Sen. Tyson
- Sen. Warren
ABSENT: 2
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died in House Committee
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N — CANCELED event
- Mar 06, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 33, Nay 5, Absent 2
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Silas Miller
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Silas Miller was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare and referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, February 16, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S event
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare; Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Silas Miller (Wed, Mar 4, 2026)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Silas Miller (Wed, Mar 4, 2026)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Wed, Mar 4, 2026)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Wed, Mar 4, 2026)HTML
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Wed, Feb 18, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Wed, Feb 18, 2026)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Sara Hortenstine, Executive Director Kansas Children's Death Review Board, Kansas Office of the Attorney General
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Patrick Porubsky, Laboratory Operations Manager & Forensic Chemist, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Bob Stuart, Executive Officer, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Ryan Boshears, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Misty Brown, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Aaron Estabrook, Business Owner, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Katie Patterson, Stand Up for Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Aaron Estabrook, Small Business Owner, Kansas Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Gillis, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Max Haddow, Senior Fellow of Public Policy, American Kratom Association
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Eric Kueser, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Andrew Kulpa, Botanicals for Better Health & Wellness
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Matthew Lowe, Global Kratom Coalition
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Nick Reinecker, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Inga Selders, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jeff Smith, PhD, National Policy Director, Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jason Todack, Small Business Owner
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Melody Woolf, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by David J. Kuntz, PhD, F-ABFT, Executive Director of Analytical toxicology, Clinical Reference Laboratory
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Robert Thompson, CEO, Clinical Reference Laboratory
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Kelly Gray, Owner Nature's Gifts, Private Citizen
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Senator Jeff Klemp, Kansas Senate
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Proponents A - Z, Various
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Opponents, Various
- Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Written Opponents A - Z, Various
