Kansas: Market and regulatory data analysis of the cannabis sector

15th March 2024: US - Kansas: House Bill (HB) 2168 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate for consideration. HB 2168 would introduce some amendments to the commercial industrial hemp regulation to reduce maximum licence and registration fees from $1,000 to $500.
15th February 2024: US - Kansas: House Bill (HB) 2168 has been passed by the House and now heads to the Senate. HB 2168 would set a cap of $500 on the cost of any hemp licence or registration fee.
6th June 2023: US - Kansas: Governor Laura Kelly has said she will not exercise her executive powers to allow for medical cannabis possession or its decriminalisation in Kansas. Kelly cited Kansas law as the reason she cannot pursue a similar tactic to governors in other states, emphasising instead the importance of advancing cannabis reform through the legislative process. Her decision narrows the options for proponents of medical cannabis in Kansas, as legislative hopes have dwindled in recent years, press reports.
25th January 2023: US - Kansas: Democratic governor Laura Kelly urged the Republican-controlled legislature to legalise medical cannabis during her State of the State address, press reports. Although there is some bipartisan support for legislation, Republican Senate president Ty Masterson expressed that medical cannabis is not a legislative priority.
10th November 2022: US - Kansas: A lawsuit challenging the seizure of over $100,000 in delta-8 THC products by state authorities has been dismissed. The suit alleged that the state attorney general’s conclusion that products with more than 0.3% of all THCs are illegal under state law was wrong. However, the court found that a seller did not have a claim under the 2018 US Farm Bill to require the state of Kansas to allow the sale of delta-8 products. The ruling should come as no surprise, as the federal bill does not preclude states from regulating hemp products within their borders.
30th June 2022: US - Kansas: A retailer in Kansas has filed a lawsuit challenging the seizure of over $100,000 in delta-8 THC products by authorities, press reports. The lawsuit alleges that the state attorney general’s conclusion that products with more than 0.3% of all THCs are illegal – which authorities relied upon for the seizure – is erroneous.
10th May 2022: US - Kansas: Legislation to legalise medical cannabis in Kansas has stalled and appears highly unlikely to pass during the current legislative session, which wraps up on 23rd May, press reports. Senate Bill (SB) 158 was passed in different forms by both chambers of the legislature in 2021, but legislators have been unable to reconcile the two versions of the bill in the months since.

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