---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2167 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing a commercial industrial hemp program."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2167 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing a commercial industrial hemp program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2167"
citation: "Kansas HB 2167 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/327f346b-7ed6-4f14-88eb-fd73a6a8214d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2167"
source_hash: "74807ae3730652e3c95c2bb1ed709687bddb9b7e1b7cca82f86a96f6f363d69d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2167 (2019-2020) — Senate Substitute for HB 2167 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing a commercial industrial hemp program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2167_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2167_01_0000.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2167_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2167_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2167_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **63–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)
- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Introduced
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Frownfelter `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Frownfelter was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 63 Nay: 60 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce; Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Hearing: (opponents) Thursday, March 14, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2019-03-07** Hearing: (neutral) Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2019-03-07** Hearing: (proponents) Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Kerschen `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Kerschen was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2019-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2019-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Estes and Senator Francisco appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-05** Senator Billinger is appointed to replace Senator Estes on the Conference Committee
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 15, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Reengrossed on Monday, April 8, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/327f346b-7ed6-4f14-88eb-fd73a6a8214d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).