When SB 263 was published in the Kansas Register, industrial hemp was no longer categorized as a controlled substance in Kansas. However, the cultivation, growth, research, transportation, processing or distribution of industrial hemp or industrial hemp seed is only allowed with a license as part of the research program. The regulations to acquire a license and otherwise carry out the provisions of the alternative crop research act were published in the Kansas Register on Jan. 24, 2019, and applications for licenses were due on June 1, 2019. Applications for the 2020 Industrial Hemp Research Program are due November 30, 2019.