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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "Kansas SB 261 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478d8a44-c795-4987-b1f5-07a290e3a732"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb261"
source_hash: "319cd59c86fb5ee0af503907f76131958b53e3ef5cfc1794362e086159ab4e72"
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 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](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb261_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb261_enrolled.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb261_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb261_01_0000.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478d8a44-c795-4987-b1f5-07a290e3a732`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).