Cannabis Laws -- Kansas
Status: Illegal
Medical: No
Recreational: No
Other: "Both chambers of the Kansas Legislature passed bills during the 2016 session that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession. The current penalty is up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. A second offense is a felony that can be punished by up to three and a half years in prison and a $100,000 fine. If one of the bills passes, it would reduce the penalty for a first offense to six months and for a second offense to one year. Because the two bills contain different provisions (in unrelated sections), a conference committee will meet at the end of the session to try to reach a compromise." - MPP
Links: http://norml.org/laws/item/kansas-penalties
Pending Legislation 2016 - 15 Bills:
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2011 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Rep. Gail Finney (DEM-KS) |
| Title: | Enacting the cannabis compassion and care act. |
| Status: | Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/12/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2049 - Updated (Status 04/30/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice |
| Title: | Shorttitle field: Senate Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice -- Amending criminal penalties for possession of marijuana and burglary. |
| Status: | Senator Pettey replaces Senator Haley on the Conference Committee - 04/30/2016 |
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2282 - Updated (Text 04/08/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Health and Human Services |
| Title: | Authorizing hemp treatments for seizure disorders. |
| Status: | Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations - 02/26/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2329 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| Title: | Creating a program to research the use of industrial hemp. |
| Status: | Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 - 03/04/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2338 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice |
| Title: | Amendments to inherently dangerous felony list. |
| Status: | Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - 02/12/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] HB 2691 - Updated (Status 02/16/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Health and Human Services |
| Title: | Enacting the Kansas safe access act; relating to cannabis. |
| Status: | Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/12/2016 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 9 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Sen. David Haley (DEM-KS) |
| Title: | Enacting the cannabis compassion and care act. |
| Status: | Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare - 01/12/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 69 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Public Health and Welfare |
| Title: | Advanced practice registered nurses; scope of practice and prescribing authority. |
| Status: | Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 1:30 PM Room 118-N - 01/26/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 112 - Updated (Text 04/08/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Veterans, Military and Homeland Security |
| Title: | House Substitute for SB 112 by Committee on Veterans, Military and Homeland Security - Expedited professional state credentialing for military servicemembers and nonresident military spouses. |
| Status: | No motion to reconsider line item vetoes; Vetoes sustained - 06/26/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 147 - Updated (Text 04/09/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice |
| Title: | Authorizing hemp treatments for seizure disorders. |
| Status: | Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare - 01/27/2016 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 213 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice |
| Title: | Amendments to inherently dangerous felony list. |
| Status: | Hearing: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 9:30 AM Room 118-N - 02/20/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 237 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Ways and Means |
| Title: | Appropriations for FY 2015, FY 2016, FY 2017, FY 2018 and FY 2019 for various state agencies. |
| Status: | Hearing: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 10:30 AM Room 548-S - 03/16/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 285 - Updated (Text 01/19/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Ways and Means |
| Title: | Healing arts licensees, resident active licenses and health care records. |
| Status: | Hearing: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 1:30 PM Room 118-N - 03/16/2015 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 489 - Updated (Text 04/08/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Ways and Means |
| Title: | Hemp oil treatments for specified medical conditions. |
| Status: | Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - 03/21/2016 |
| Number: | KS [R] SB 510 - Updated (Text, Status 03/15/2016) |
| Sponsor: | Committee on Ways and Means |
| Title: | Eliminating criminal and professional penalties for medical marijuana. |
| Status: | Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare - 03/15/2016 |
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