# Kansas SB 497: 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. Kansas SB 497, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Public Health and Welfare; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in House Committee) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB497-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 497 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-06 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in House Committee - Sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on health and human services, senate committee on public health and welfare, senate committee on ways and means, senate committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (98 yes, 134 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 9 Nay: 30 | fail | 9 | 30 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 33 Nay: 5 | pass | 33 | 5 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 7 Nay: 32 | fail | 7 | 32 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 33 | 5 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected | fail | 9 | 30 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Silas Miller was rejected | fail | 7 | 32 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee (House) - 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N — CANCELED (House) - 2026-03-06: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House) - 2026-03-05: Final Action - Passed; Yea 33, Nay 5, Absent 2 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Silas Miller (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Silas Miller was rejected; Yea 7, Nay 32, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected; Yea 9, Nay 30, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare and referred to Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Hearing: Monday, February 16, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare; Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2026-02-06: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_497/sb497_00_0000.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_497/sb497_00_0000.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [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-SB497-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).