republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-261.md

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Bill	Substitute for SB 261 by Committee on Agriculture -- Prohibiting the use of identifiable meat terms on the labels of meat analogs when such labels do not include proper qualifying language to indicate that such products do not contain meat.	Substitute for SB 261 by Committee on Agriculture -- Prohibiting the use of identifiable meat terms on the labels of meat analogs when such labels do not include proper qualifying language to indicate that such products do not contain meat.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	SB 261	Kansas SB 261 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	25	4	2021-02-17	2022-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/478d8a44-c795-4987-b1f5-07a290e3a732	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb261	319cd59c86fb5ee0af503907f76131958b53e3ef5cfc1794362e086159ab4e72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 261 (2021-2022) — Substitute for SB 261 by Committee on Agriculture -- Prohibiting the use of identifiable meat terms on the labels of meat analogs when such labels do not include proper qualifying language to indicate that such products do not contain meat.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — 96–26 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
• Committee on Agriculture — cosponsor (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 144-S - CANCELED
• 2021-02-24 Hearing: Thursday, February 25, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
• 2021-02-25 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-01 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-03-01 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-01 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-01 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-03-02 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 passage
• 2021-03-03 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed passage, substitution
• 2022-03-21 Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed passage, substitution
• 2022-03-21 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 96 Nay: 26 passage, substitution
• 2022-03-22 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2022-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Rahjes, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Carlin appointed as conferees
• 2022-04-01 Conference committee report now available
• 2022-04-01 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 113 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-25 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2022-04-25 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 passage
• 2022-04-27 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-05-23 Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 5, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/478d8a44-c795-4987-b1f5-07a290e3a732. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).