Official Bill Page:
https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb497/
Text:
https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb497_00_0000.pdf
House Directory:
https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/chamber/house/roster/
Senate Directory:
https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/chamber/senate/roster/
House Committee on Health and Human Services:
https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/committees/ctte_h_hhs_1/
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: Active
Action: Senate hearing held February 16, 2026; later Senate materials and state tracking show the bill advanced, and a House hearing that had been scheduled for March 11, 2026 was canceled
Pending: Kansas House Committee on Health and Human Services
Summary
Would add kratom, including mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, to Schedule I in Kansas and make conforming criminal-code changes.
Useful Government Page
The most useful government page right now is the official Kansas bill page, because it links to the bill text plus the testimony and minutes. The House Health and Human Services page is also important because that is the committee page to watch for any renewed hearing or movement.
Public Testimony / Hearing
Kansas has an official committee page for House Health and Human Services that says testimony should be submitted by email in PDF form to the committee assistant. If the bill is revived for a House hearing, that committee page is the place to watch.
Senator Jeff Klemp [R]
Requested Introduction
Jeff.Klemp@senate.ks.gov
785-296-7522
Senator Beverly Gossage [R]
Chair, Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Beverly.Gossage@senate.ks.gov
785-296-7382
Representative Will Carpenter [R]
Chair, House Health and Human Services Committee
Will.Carpenter@house.ks.gov
785-296-7644
House Health and Human Services Committee
Testimony / agenda contact
Health.Human.Services@house.ks.gov
785-296-7660