KansasSB 892025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry disease control act and to establish an annual participation fee for participation in the national poultry improvement plan, a certification fee for persons performing testing and diagnostic services and a testing fee per visit to each location participating in the plan.

Sponsored By: Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Signed by Governor

house committee on agriculture and natural resourcessenate committee on agriculture and natural resources

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6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.

Kansas hatcheries shed specific testing rules

Kansas hatcheries no longer need the act's specific National Plan hatchery designation or equivalent approval. Hatchery supply flocks no longer need the specific U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean designation or equivalent approval. The law also removes the related official blood-test requirement for other poultry on the premises.

Poultry exhibitors face disease screening rules

Poultry taken to Kansas public exhibitions must meet one of three disease-control options; waterfowl are excluded. Birds can come from a flock participating in and complying with the National Poultry Improvement Plan. Alternatively, birds need a negative pullorum-typhoid and fowl typhoid test within 90 days before the exhibition. Coverage through a surveillance program approved by the commissioner also qualifies. These rules include exhibition, exotic, and game birds.

Poultry plan participants face annual fees

Kansas National Poultry Improvement Plan participants must pay an annual fee of up to $50. The fee covers one year from payment, with the next year's fee due afterward. The animal health commissioner can set fees and program rules. The commissioner may revoke participation for rule violations or repeated pullorum-typhoid or fowl typhoid outbreaks. For unpaid fees, revocation can follow a 60-day grace period after the due date.

Poultry testing brings certification and fees

Providers performing covered pullorum-typhoid or fowl typhoid testing or diagnostic work must obtain annual certification. The certification fee is capped at $50, and certification expires on September 30 following issuance. Only services from the commissioner, an authorized agent, or a certified individual count toward poultry plan participation. People requesting covered services from the commissioner or an authorized agent must pay before testing. That fee is capped at $100 per visit to each plan-participating location.

Poultry infections trigger reports and quarantine

Covered diagnostic providers must report each positive specimen's source to the commissioner or an authorized agent within 48 hours. This covers specimens reacting to, or yielding, salmonella pullorum or salmonella gallinarum. The commissioner or agent must investigate the infection's origin. Infected flocks remain quarantined until supervised marketing or destruction, or reclassification through an official blood test under applicable procedures. Owners pay all costs of testing and handling quarantined flocks.

Kansas poultry shipments face source limits

Poultry entering Kansas must come from a source participating in and complying with the National Poultry Improvement Plan when shipped. Sources meeting equivalent plan requirements also qualify. Covered poultry are domesticated birds bred mainly for eggs, meat, or exhibition, including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and game birds. Doves and pigeons are excluded from the act's poultry definition. The law also incorporates federal plan rules, including auxiliary provisions and amendments, and uses the disease term pullorum-typhoid.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 322 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 123 Nay: 0

Yes: 123 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 38 Nay: 2

Yes: 38 • No: 2

House vote • 3/19/2025

Emergency Final Action - Passed