Committee Information
Members
Senate
Senator Michael Fagg, Chairperson
Senator Cindy Holscher
Senator Rick Kloos
Senator Mike Petersen
Senator Mike Thompson
House
Representative Will Carpenter, Vice-chairperson
Representative Dennis “Boog” Highberger
Representative Nick Hoheisel
Representative Steven Howe
Representative Tom Kessler
Representative Heather Meyer
Staff
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Leighann Thone
Nicole Fielder
Elaina Rudder
Shirley Morrow
Committee Assistant
Jackie Gutierrez
Office of Revisor of Statutes
Jason Long
Mike Heim
Kyle Hamilton
Study Topic
The Committee is directed to:
- Evaluate various policy options and make recommendations for comprehensive medical marijuana legislation. Such review will include review of recent legislation and study of the impact of reclassification as noted below:
- During the 2022 Interim, the Special Committee on Medical Marijuana met for four days to study recent medical marijuana legislation, receive stakeholder testimony, and make recommendations to the 2023 Legislature;
- During the 2023-2024 Biennium, the Legislature held informational briefings on the topic and the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs considered SB 135 and SB 355; and
- On May 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration published notice of proposed rulemaking to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.
Approved Meeting Days: 2 days