republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2559.md

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Bill	Creating the Kansas cotton boll weevil program and requiring the program to levy an assessment upon Kansas produced cotton and monitor and mitigate the risk of boll weevils; concerning the Kansas seed law and the commercial industrial hemp act; relating to labeling; seeds treated with certain substances; definitions; labeling; unlawful actions; certain registrations; inspections; live plant dealers; and testing services.	Creating the Kansas cotton boll weevil program and requiring the program to levy an assessment upon Kansas produced cotton and monitor and mitigate the risk of boll weevils; concerning the Kansas seed law and the commercial industrial hemp act; relating to labeling; seeds treated with certain substances; definitions; labeling; unlawful actions; certain registrations; inspections; live plant dealers; and testing services.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	HB 2559	Kansas HB 2559 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	37	4	2022-01-26	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/09b8b99c-5b62-4eb5-8b78-04b5df3568f3	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2559	d28962a37be4f5ddb98a0dbd3d7b14493cbe2024ca32849a7e6842e513f46c05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2559 (2021-2022) — Creating the Kansas cotton boll weevil program and requiring the program to levy an assessment upon Kansas produced cotton and monitor and mitigate the risk of boll weevils; concerning the Kansas seed law and the commercial industrial hemp act; relating to labeling; seeds treated with certain substances; definitions; labeling; unlawful actions; certain registrations; inspections; live plant dealers; and testing services.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 102–15 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 83–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Agriculture — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-26 Introduced introduction
• 2022-01-27 Referred to Committee on Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Hearing: Thursday, February 3, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 112-N
• 2022-02-11 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-15 Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Agriculture referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2022-02-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2022-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-02-23 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 83 Nay: 37 passage
• 2022-02-23 Engrossed on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
• 2022-03-01 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 Hearing: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
• 2022-03-14 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-16 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-16 Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Steffen amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was rejected amendment-failure
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Straub amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was rejected amendment-failure
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was rejected amendment-failure
• 2022-03-22 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-03-23 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 6 passage
• 2022-03-28 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2022-03-29 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Kerschen, Senator Ryckman and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
• 2022-03-31 Conference committee report now available
• 2022-03-31 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 32 Nay: 7 passage
• 2022-03-31 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 102 Nay: 15 passage
• 2022-04-25 Reengrossed on Monday, April 4, 2022
• 2022-04-25 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-04-25 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09b8b99c-5b62-4eb5-8b78-04b5df3568f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).