All Roll Calls
Yes: 158 • No: 6
KansasSB 4252025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Increasing the maximum annual registration fee limit for seed retailers and wholesalers and authorizing a late fee for registrations renewed after the registration deadline.
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Signed by Governor
agriculture and natural resources
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Higher fees and rules for seed sellers
The law raises the maximum annual seed registration fees: wholesalers up to $400 per location and retailers up to $50. You must register each business location, and register twice if you do wholesale and retail at the same site. Late renewals cost $25 if filed Sept. 15 to Oct. 14, and $50 on or after Oct. 15. Wholesalers may not offer seed to buyers they know or should know are not actively registered. Grain sold for planting counts as agricultural seed, so those sales must follow seed rules.
Stronger enforcement and new seed fund
The Secretary may deny, suspend, revoke, modify, or refuse to renew a seed registration after notice and a hearing for breaking seed laws or related rules, including federal or other states' seed rules. Kansas creates an Agricultural Seed Fee Fund; all seed registration money goes into this fund and can be spent only for seed-law purposes when appropriated. The Secretary may adopt rules to run the program. The law repeals the prior seed and live plant dealer statutes and replaces them with this framework.
Live plant dealer licenses and fees
Live plant dealers must hold a license for each location; the application fee cannot be more than $100 per location. Dealers who do not export, make under $10,000 a year, and have only one location can apply to pay at most $50. Renewals on or after Feb. 15 after expiration add a $25 late fee; renewals after Mar. 15 add a $50 late fee. Special-event sellers can register instead of getting a full license. Dealers may sell only plants that meet Kansas quarantine and pest-free rules or that carry a valid inspection certificate.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 121 Nay: 3
Yes: 121 • No: 3
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 37 Nay: 3
Yes: 37 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/9/2026SenateEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
3/24/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
3/18/2026HouseEmergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 3
3/18/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
3/11/2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
3/4/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/24/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
2/18/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/17/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/17/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
2/12/2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
2/11/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
1/30/2026SenateIntroduced
1/29/2026Senate
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
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