(March 13, 2023) – Senate Bill 310 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning health and health care; relating to medical cannabis; creating the Medical Cannabis Regulation Act; providing for licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis; delegating administrative duties and functions to the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, secretary of revenue, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Kansas Board of Pharmacy and the director of alcohol and cannabis control; imposing fines and penalties for violations of the Act; establishing the Medical Cannabis Registration Fund, the Medical Cannabis Business Regulation Fund and the Retail Dispensary Consultant Registration Fee Fund; creating the crimes of unlawful storage and unlawful transport of medical cannabis; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances

House Bill 2457 – By Committee on Taxation
Concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing a 4.95 percent tax rate for individuals and decreasing the normal tax for corporations; discontinuing possible future corporate rate decreases as a result of agreements under the Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion Program Act; increasing the income limit to qualify for a subtraction modification for social security income; providing that all social security benefits qualify for the subtraction modification commencing in the tax year 2026; increasing the Kansas standard deduction by a cost of-living adjustment; discontinuing the food sales tax credit; relating to sales and compensating use tax; reducing the rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; relating to property tax; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; relating to privilege tax rates; decreasing the surtax