Kansas
Psilocybin is illegal in Kansas as of 01 Aug 2026.1
- Corrected and re-checked against 2 cited sources at this review.
1. What the law is
None enacted. HB 2218 (2025-2026), an FDA-trigger law placing FDA-approved crystalline polymorph psilocybin in Schedule IV, received a favorable House committee report on January 28, 2026, was passed over in Committee of the Whole on February 18, 2026, and was stricken from the calendar under House Rule 1507 on February 19, 2026, the biennium's Turnaround Day; it died with the April 10, 2026 sine die.1
A Kansas bill won a favorable committee report and then died without a floor vote. House Bill 2218 would have moved a future FDA-approved crystalline polymorph psilocybin product to Schedule IV. The House Health and Human Services Committee recommended it in January 2026, the House floor passed over it, and it was stricken from the calendar on Turnaround Day, February 19, 2026. The 2025-2026 Legislature adjourned sine die on April 10, 2026, leaving psilocybin in Schedule I where possession is prohibited.
Kansas splits the job across two statutes. K.S.A. 65-4105 places psilocybin in Schedule I of the Kansas Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and K.S.A. 21-5706 is the provision a possession charge is brought under. Manufacture and distribution are prohibited statewide as well. No Kansas statute authorizes therapeutic, supervised or personal use of psilocybin.
Psilocybin remains illegal in Kansas now, and no enacted law creates any legal access. The only recent reform effort, House Bill 2218 (2025-2026 biennium), is a trigger bill that would carve a future FDA-approved crystalline polymorph psilocybin product out of the Schedule I psilocybin definition and place it in Schedule IV; it would not legalize psilocybin generally and, by its own terms, would take effect only after federal FDA approval and DEA rescheduling of that specific product. The House Health and Human Services Committee issued a favorable committee report recommending passage on January 28, 2026. The House then passed the bill over in Committee of the Whole on February 18, 2026 and struck it from the calendar under House Rule 1507 on February 19, 2026, the session's Turnaround Day. It never received a floor vote. The Legislature adjourned sine die on April 10, 2026, so HB 2218 died without becoming law, and Kansas continues to classify psilocybin as a prohibited Schedule I substance.
2. Pending legislation
No bill is on file in Kansas that would change this record, as of the 01 Aug 2026 review.
3. History
The laws behind today’s status, when each took effect, and every review since, in order.
Kansas House Health and Human Services Committee issued a favorable committee report recommending passage of HB 2218, which would place a future FDA-approved crystalline polymorph psilocybin product in Schedule IV.
HB 2218 was passed over in Committee of the Whole on February 18, 2026 and stricken from the calendar under House Rule 1507 on February 19, 2026, Turnaround Day. It never received a floor vote and died with the 2025-2026 biennium.
Kansas moves from mixed to illegal. Its only psilocybin bill, which depended on a future FDA approval, stalled on the House calendar and died without becoming law.
The supporting citation for HB 2218 moves from a bill-tracking site to the Kansas Legislature's own note on the bill. We use trackers to find bills and official pages to say what they contain.
Kansas's FDA-trigger psilocybin bill died on the House calendar on Turnaround Day in February, and the legislature has adjourned. Nothing is pending.
4. Trials in Kansas
Interventional psilocybin trials with at least one study site in Kansas, drawn from ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTIS, and ISRCTN. Registry data is reported by sponsors and shown as filed.
Recruiting, active, completed and closed add up to the 1 trial with a study site in Kansas, as of Aug 2026. Closed covers trials terminated, suspended, withdrawn or left unverified.
| Registry ID | Trial | Phase | Sponsor | Status | Started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT05478278 (opens in new tab) | An Evaluation of Psilocybin's Effect on Cardiac Repolarization and the Effect of Food on Psilocybin's Pharmacokinetics (opens in new tab)Site at Altasciences Clinical Kansas, Inc, Overland Park | Phase Phase 1 | Sponsor Usona Institute | Status Completed | Started |
ClinicalTrials.gov data courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Kansas?
No. Psilocybin is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Kansas Uniform Controlled Substances Act (K.S.A. 65-4105), and its possession, manufacture, and distribution are prohibited. No Kansas law authorizes therapeutic or personal use.
What is Kansas House Bill 2218?
HB 2218 (2025-2026) is a proposed trigger law that would exclude a future FDA-approved pharmaceutical crystalline polymorph psilocybin product from the Schedule I psilocybin definition and place it in Schedule IV. It received a favorable House committee report on January 28, 2026, was passed over in Committee of the Whole on February 18, 2026, and was stricken from the calendar under House Rule 1507 on February 19, 2026. It never received a floor vote and was not enacted.
Would HB 2218 have made psilocybin legal to use in Kansas?
No. Even if enacted, HB 2218 would not legalize psilocybin generally. It applies only to a specific FDA-approved crystalline polymorph product and is contingent on federal FDA approval and DEA rescheduling, so it would create no current legal access in Kansas.
Has Kansas decriminalized psilocybin?
No. Kansas has not decriminalized or legalized psilocybin. It remains a Schedule I controlled substance and possession is enforced as a drug offense under Kansas law.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Kansas?
"Magic mushrooms" and "shrooms" are common names for fungi that contain psilocybin. Psilocybin is illegal in Kansas as of 01 Aug 2026. Some laws control the compound and the fungus separately, so this record states the position for psilocybin in Kansas.
Sources and confidence
Every status line is checked against the primary sources below. How each record is graded for confidence is set out in the methodology.
- 1.kslegislature.gov (opens in new tab) · kslegislature.gov
- 2.kslegislature.gov (opens in new tab) · kslegislature.gov
Cited at the review
This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Laws change frequently, and enforcement practice can differ from the letter of the law. Verify current status with local authorities before relying on this record.
Changes to this record
Every change we have made to this record, dated, corrections included. Nothing changes silently.
Kansas's FDA-trigger psilocybin bill died on the House calendar on Turnaround Day in February, and the legislature has adjourned. Nothing is pending.
The supporting citation for HB 2218 moves from a bill-tracking site to the Kansas Legislature's own note on the bill. We use trackers to find bills and official pages to say what they contain.
Kansas moves from mixed to illegal. Its only psilocybin bill, which depended on a future FDA approval, stalled on the House calendar and died without becoming law.
Kansas: psilocybin legal status. The Psilocybin Record. Accession US-KS-001. Status as of 01 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/kansas
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