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SB 497 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related controlled substance in the criminal code.
Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Sara Hortenstine, Executive Director Kansas Children's Death Review Board | Kansas Office of the Attorney General | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Patrick Porubsky, Laboratory Operations Manager & Forensic Chemist | Kansas Bureau of Investigation | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Bob Stuart, Executive Officer | Kansas Bureau of Investigation | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Ryan Boshears | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Misty Brown | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Aaron Estabrook, Business Owner | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Katie Patterson | Stand Up for Kansas | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Aaron Estabrook, Small Business Owner | Kansas Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Jennifer Gillis | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Max Haddow, Senior Fellow of Public Policy | American Kratom Association | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Eric Kueser | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Andrew Kulpa | Botanicals for Better Health & Wellness | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Matthew Lowe | Global Kratom Coalition | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Nick Reinecker | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Inga Selders | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Jeff Smith, PhD, National Policy Director | Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Jason Todack | Small Business Owner | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Melody Woolf | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | David J. Kuntz, PhD, F-ABFT, Executive Director of Analytical toxicology | Clinical Reference Laboratory | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Robert Thompson, CEO | Clinical Reference Laboratory | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Kelly Gray, Owner Nature's Gifts | Private Citizen | Oral Opponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Senator Jeff Klemp | Kansas Senate | Oral Proponent |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor | Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes | Bill Brief |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Written Proponents A - Z | Various | SB497 Written Proponents |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Written Opponents | Various | SB497 - Written Opponents |
| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | View | Download | Written Opponents A - Z | Various | Written Only Opponents SB497 |
