All Roll Calls
Yes: 550 • No: 90
KansasHB 21582025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act.
Sponsored By: Rebecca Schmoe (Republican)
Signed by Governor
senate committee on agriculture and natural resourceshouse committee on commerce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Fewer licensing and kitchen rules for beekeepers
Kansas beekeepers with annual gross honey and honeycomb sales of $35,000 or less can sell packaged products through retailers without a food establishment or processing plant license. Beekeepers also get relief from commercial-kitchen and temperature-controlled food equipment requirements, with no sales cap for that relief. Both exemptions require unaltered, additive-free products harvested from Kansas hives and packaged on the beekeeper’s own premises. Beekeepers must follow state sanitary packaging standards and keep records showing amounts sold by container size, sale locations, and dates. Those records must be available to the Kansas Department of Agriculture on request. Labels must use legible English and show “honey” or “honeycomb,” the beekeeper’s name, address and ZIP code, and net weight. A floral source can appear only when significant pollen from that flower is present. Labels must also state: “Product not subject to routine inspection by the Kansas department of agriculture.” Beekeepers can still choose to hold a license, and the exemptions do not remove all state food-safety oversight. The law takes effect upon publication in the statute book.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Rebecca Schmoe
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 85 Nay: 34
Yes: 85 • No: 34
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 110 Nay: 11
Yes: 110 • No: 11
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 3/24/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 110 • No: 11
Senate vote • 3/24/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/20/2025
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 85 • No: 34
Actions Timeline
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/9/2026HouseApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
4/9/2026HouseReengrossed on Thursday, March 26, 2026
3/26/2026HouseConference committee report now available
3/24/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/24/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 110, Nay 11, Absent 4
3/24/2026HouseSenator Francisco is appointed to replace Senator Ware on the Conference Committee.
3/20/2026SenateConference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
1/29/2026HouseConference committee report now available
3/27/2025SenateConference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as second conferees
3/27/2025SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
3/25/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as conferees
3/25/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/20/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/20/2025SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/20/2025SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
3/18/2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S
3/12/2025SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/20/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 34, Absent 6
2/19/2025HouseReceived and Introduced
2/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
2/18/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/18/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
2/18/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton was rejected
2/18/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/18/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
As Introduced
Enrolled
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