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KS HB2158
Bill
Status
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rebecca Schmoe
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AI Summary
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Beekeepers in Kansas are exempt from food establishment/processing plant licensing requirements if they meet specific criteria: packaging on their own property, proper labeling (product type, beekeeper name/address, net weight), keeping honey unaltered without additives, and hives located in Kansas
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Annual gross sales from honey and honeycombs must not exceed $50,000 to qualify for the license exemption
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Beekeepers must maintain sales records (amount sold by container size, sales location, and date) and make them available to the Kansas Department of Agriculture upon request
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Beekeepers meeting most requirements but exceeding the $50,000 sales cap are not required to have a commercial kitchen facility to obtain a food license
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Amends K.S.A. 65-689 to add beekeepers meeting these requirements to the list of entities exempt from food establishment licensing, while preserving the state's authority to inspect when violations are observed or reported
Legislative Description
Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act.
Last Action
House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
1/29/2026