# Kansas HB 2158: 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. Kansas HB 2158, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Rebecca Schmoe (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2158-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2158 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sponsor: Rebecca Schmoe (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on agriculture and natural resources, house committee on commerce - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (550 yes, 90 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Fewer licensing and kitchen rules for beekeepers: benefit, low. 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… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Rebecca Schmoe (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 85 Nay: 34 | pass | 85 | 34 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 110 Nay: 11 | pass | 110 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 110 | 11 | | | 2026-03-24 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 85 | 34 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Reengrossed on Thursday, March 26, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-24: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 110, Nay 11, Absent 4 (House) - 2026-03-20: Senator Francisco is appointed to replace Senator Ware on the Conference Committee. (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House) - 2025-03-25: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 34, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton was rejected (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-18: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-01-29: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2158_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2158_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2158-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).