Making certain provisions of the commercial industrial hemp act applicable only if the Kansas department of agriculture has submitted a state plan to the federal government for the state monitoring and regulation of industrial hemp within Kansas and such state plan is still active.

HB 2135 ensures that specific regulations for commercial industrial hemp in Kansas only apply when the Kansas Department of Agriculture has an active state plan submitted to the federal government for hemp monitoring and regulation. The bill removes outdated references to an expired hemp research program and amends statutes to require that the state plan must remain active for hemp-related rules to take effect. This directly affects hemp producers, processors, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture, as regulatory requirements depend entirely on the federal status of the state plan. Without an active federal-approved state plan, the commercial industrial hemp act's provisions would not be enforceable in Kansas.