---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Kansas pesticide waste disposal program and implementing the provisions of 2011 executive reorganization order No. 40 relating to the Kansas department of agriculture's division of conservation."
description: "Establishing the Kansas pesticide waste disposal program and implementing the provisions of 2011 executive reorganization order No. 40 relating to the Kansas department of agriculture's division of conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Kansas SB 38 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af5a17b-0777-4ca6-9f34-49c72f0a8daf"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb38"
source_hash: "8e0c043b724620364aeb0e6f980b4d9107526cca75085d327136f9f3c4c59a0d"
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 SB 38 (2021-2022) — Establishing the Kansas pesticide waste disposal program and implementing the provisions of 2011 executive reorganization order No. 40 relating to the Kansas department of agriculture's division of conservation.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb38_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb38_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb38_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 6, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb38_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-04** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Monday, March 22, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-06** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Rahjes, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Carlin appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af5a17b-0777-4ca6-9f34-49c72f0a8daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).