---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pertaining to the regulation of certain drugs, authorizing schools to maintain stock supplies of emergency medication kits for certain life-threatening conditions and adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances."
description: "Pertaining to the regulation of certain drugs, authorizing schools to maintain stock supplies of emergency medication kits for certain life-threatening conditions and adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2547"
citation: "Kansas HB 2547 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4cde23d-a775-4912-bd9c-e29da348dd6a"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2547/"
source_hash: "9997472add601ca8a97831e5bf3c78dbd4b9947d19f31ad392f871272c9f96da"
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 2547 (2023-2024) — Pertaining to the regulation of certain drugs, authorizing schools to maintain stock supplies of emergency medication kits for certain life-threatening conditions and adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2547_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2547_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2547_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 116 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2024-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Erickson and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2024-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Engrossed on Monday, April 8, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 19, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4cde23d-a775-4912-bd9c-e29da348dd6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).