# Kansas SB 89: 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. Kansas SB 89, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB89-2025-2026 - 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 89 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-04-01, Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on agriculture and natural resources, senate committee on agriculture and natural resources - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (322 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas hatcheries shed specific testing rules: benefit, low. 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 othe… - Poultry exhibitors face disease screening rules: cost, low. 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 withi… - Poultry plan participants face annual fees: cost, low. 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 re… - Poultry testing brings certification and fees: cost, low. 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 i… - Poultry infections trigger reports and quarantine: cost, low. 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. Infec… - Kansas poultry shipments face source limits: mixed, low. 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, tu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 38 | 2 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-04-01: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 27, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (House) - 2025-03-06: Hearing: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 112-N (House) - 2025-02-20: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-20: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_89/sb89_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_89/sb89_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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_89/sb89_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_89/sb89_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-SB89-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).