Kansas Cannabis Official Sources — KBI, KDA, KDHE, USDA

Last verified: May 2026

Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI)

• Website: kbi.kansas.gov
• Director: Tony Mattivi.
• Functions: Drug enforcement statewide; civil-asset-forfeiture data; led October 2025 hemp raids; coordinates with AG Kobach and county sheriffs on Kansas drug-policy enforcement.

Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA)

• Website: agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/plant-protection-weed-control/industrial-hemp
• Functions: Formerly the licensing authority for hemp producers (2019–2024); now coordinates with USDA on hemp matters. Plant Protection and Weed Control Area Supervisor Braden Hoch is the public face of the Kansas hemp program.

USDA Domestic Hemp Production Program

• Website: hemp.ams.usda.gov
• Functions: Since January 1, 2025, the licensing authority for Kansas hemp producers. Kansas producers must apply directly through USDA’s Hemp eManagement Platform (HeMP).

Kansas State Fire Marshal — Hemp Processor Registry

• Website: firemarshal.ks.gov
• Functions: Registers hemp processors in Kansas under K.S.A. § 2-3907.

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)

• Website: kdhe.ks.gov
• Functions: Would administer any future medical cannabis program (currently does not, since Kansas has no medical-cannabis program).

Kansas Sentencing Commission

• Website: sentencing.ks.gov
• Functions: Sentencing-grid analysis; arrest statistics; testified in support of HB 2049 (2017) defelonization on cost-saving grounds.

Kansas Office of the Attorney General

• Website: ag.ks.gov
• Attorney General: Kris Kobach (R), took office January 2023; filed for re-election January 8, 2026.
• Functions: Co-led October 2025 hemp raids; defendant in Indy Vapes federal Fourth Amendment lawsuit.

Kansas Highway Patrol

• Website: kansashighwaypatrol.org
• Functions: Highway interdiction; subject of the 2023 Vratil "Kansas Two-Step" ruling. Continues active enforcement on I-70 and I-35 corridors despite the ruling.

The Underlying Statutes

• K.S.A. § 21-5706 — Possession of marijuana.
• K.S.A. § 21-5705 — Cultivation, distribution, manufacture.
• K.S.A. § 21-5709 — Paraphernalia.
• K.S.A. § 21-5710 — Sale of paraphernalia.
• K.S.A. § 65-4105 — Cannabis Schedule I under state controlled-substance law.
• K.S.A. § 21-5706(d) — Claire and Lola’s Law affirmative defense.
• K.S.A. § 8-1014 — Mandatory 1-year driver’s license suspension for vehicle-related cannabis offenses.
• K.S.A. § 8-1567 — DUI / DWI.
• K.S.A. § 8-1001 et seq. — Implied consent.
• K.S.A. Chapter 79 Article 52 — Tax-stamp law.
• K.S.A. § 44-501(b)(1)(E) — Workers’ comp denial for impairment.
• K.S.A. § 44-1015 — Drug-free workplace.
• K.S.A. §§ 2-3901 et seq. — Industrial hemp framework (HB 2167 of 2019).
• K.S.A. § 2-3907 — Hemp processor registration (Kansas State Fire Marshal).

Patient Resources

• For Claire and Lola’s Law, no state agency operates a registry. Patients must work directly with a Kansas-licensed physician for the required certification letter. See Claire and Lola’s Law page.
• Out-of-state medical cards are NOT honored in Kansas.
• Cross-border resources: see Missouri and Colorado pages.

Cross-Border State Resources

• Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation: health.mo.gov/safety/cannabis.
• Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division: sbg.colorado.gov/med.
• Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA): omma.ok.gov.
• Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission: ⚠︐ status uncertain as of May 2026; no sales yet.

Federal Resources

• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): dea.gov.
• USDA Domestic Hemp Production Program: hemp.ams.usda.gov.
• U.S. Department of Justice: Maintains the federal cannabis enforcement-priority guidance.