---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act."
description: "Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Kansas HB 2158 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Schmoe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f807648-2385-4ac8-be0b-99015922397c"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2158/"
source_hash: "ccf43a8cddeaeb9c0720ec6130c40d801814021fb3f2236cb4cddb4312bf956a"
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 2158 (2025-2026) — Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2158/hb2158_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Schmoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-03-26** Reengrossed on Thursday, March 26, 2026
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 110, Nay 11, Absent 4
- **2026-03-24** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2026-03-24** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-20** Senator Francisco is appointed to replace Senator Ware on the Conference Committee.
- **2026-01-29** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as second conferees
- **2025-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-25** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-25** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 34, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton was rejected
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2025-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f807648-2385-4ac8-be0b-99015922397c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).