Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2429

Introduced
1/12/26  

Caption

Authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

Summary

HB2429 would allow ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine tablets to be sold over the counter in Kansas. The bill states that, notwithstanding any other law, these medications may be made available to the public without a prescription and without consultation with a pharmacist or other healthcare professional. The measure is narrowly focused on removing prescription and pharmacist-consultation requirements for these two drugs. It does not create a broader drug-scheduling framework or address insurance coverage, labeling, dosage standards, or other pharmacy practice rules beyond the authorization for direct public purchase.

Impact

If enacted, the bill would change Kansas law to permit retail sale of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine tablets without a prescription, overriding any conflicting state requirements that currently restrict their distribution. It would affect pharmacies, retailers, prescribers, pharmacists, and consumers by eliminating the usual prescription gatekeeping for these medications and potentially reducing the role of healthcare professionals in access to them.

Sentiment

No committee transcript or recorded vote is available in the provided materials, so there is no direct evidence of legislative debate or formal support/opposition. Based on the bill text alone, the proposal appears straightforward and permissive, but the subject matter is likely to draw mixed reactions because it removes medical oversight for two drugs that have been controversial in public health discussions.

Contention

The main point of contention is likely to be whether these medications should be available without a prescription or pharmacist consultation. Supporters would likely emphasize consumer access and personal choice, while opponents would likely raise concerns about safety, appropriate use, and the loss of professional medical guidance. Because the bill specifically names ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, it may also attract debate tied to their use in controversial or off-label contexts.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.