Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced 27 D cosponsors

HB2678 — Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.

Last action — Died in Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 04, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical cannabis; enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act; providing for the licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products; establishing the medical cannabis registration fund and the medical cannabis regulation fund; requiring the expungement of cannabis-related charges; assessing an excise tax and requiring amounts collected from such tax to be used to fund child care, economic development, mental health, low-cost housing and property tax rebates; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-6109, 23-3201, 38-2269, 44-1009, 44-1015, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567, 21-5705, 21-6607, 22-3717, 22-4714, 44-501, 44-706, 65-1120 and 65-28b08 and repealing the existing sections.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Committee

  2. Withdrawn from House Committee on Interstate Cooperation; Referred to House Committee on Interstate Cooperation

  3. Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  4. Introduced

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 27 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (27)

Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB2678 do?
AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical cannabis; enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act; providing for the licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products; establishing the medical cannabis registration fund and the medical cannabis regulation fund; requiring the expungement of cannabis-related charges; assessing an excise tax and requiring amounts collected from such tax to be used to fund child care, economic development, mental health, low-cost housing and property tax rebates; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-6109, 23-3201, 38-2269, 44-1009, 44-1015, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567, 21-5705, 21-6607, 22-3717, 22-4714, 44-501, 44-706, 65-1120 and 65-28b08 and repealing the existing sections.
Who sponsors HB2678?
HB2678 is sponsored by Representative Ruiz, Brandon Woodard (Democrat), Suzanne Wikle (Democrat), Lindsay Vaughn (Democrat), Jerry Stogsdill (Democrat), Alexis Simmons (Democrat), Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (Democrat), Tom Sawyer (Democrat), Mari-Lynn Poskin (Democrat), Dan Osman (Democrat), Melissa Oropeza (Democrat), KC Ohaebosim (Democrat), Heather Meyer (Democrat), Lynn Melton (Democrat), Angela Martinez (Democrat), Jo Ella Hoye (Democrat), Pam Curtis (Democrat), Sydney Carlin (Democrat), Wanda Brownlee Paige (Democrat), Abi Boatman (Democrat), Barbara Ballard (Democrat), Mike Amyx (Democrat), John Alcala (Democrat), Ford Carr (Democrat), Rui Xu (Democrat), Tobias Schlingensiepen (Democrat), Brooklynne Mosley (Democrat), and John Carmichael (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB2678?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 04, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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