Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced

SB197 — House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.

Last action — Died in Conference

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to the STAR bonds financing act; relating to STAR bond project district requirements; authorizing STAR bond projects in certain counties located in certain metropolitan statistical areas as rural redevelopment projects; setting certain visitor origin requirements and requiring certain enforcement by the secretary against developers that fail to meet such requirements; requiring the secretary to make certain information concerning STAR bond projects publicly available on the website of the department of commerce; prohibiting state general fund moneys from being pledged for the repayment of any special obligation bond issued by a city or county to finance a STAR bond project; prohibiting a city or county from using eminent domain to acquire real property for a STAR bond project; requiring the secretary to add to the secretary's annual report information regarding business movement into and out of STAR bond districts and local sales tax revenues lost as the result of such movement; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act to July 1, 2031; amending K.S.A. 12-17,160, 12-17,166, 12-17,172 and 12-17,179 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-17,162, 12-17,164 and 12-17,169 and repealing the existing sections.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Conference

  2. Conference Committee Report was adopted

  3. Conference committee report now available

  4. Conference committee report now available

  5. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens, Senator Faust Goudeau, , appointed as second conferees

  6. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward, Representative Sawyer Clayton, , appointed as second conferees

  7. Conference committee report now available

  8. Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward, Representative Sawyer Clayton, , appointed as conferees

  9. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed , and

  10. Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended

  11. Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  12. Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended

  13. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was adopted

  14. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  15. Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed

  16. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was adopted

  17. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  18. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected

  19. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  20. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was withdrawn

  21. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  22. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  23. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  24. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by

  25. Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  26. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar

  27. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  28. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by

  29. Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S

  30. Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

  31. Received and Introduced

  32. Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended

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  34. Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended

  35. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was rejected

  36. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  37. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by was adopted

  38. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by

  39. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

  40. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  41. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by

  42. Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S

  43. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

  44. Introduced

Sponsors

  • ctte_h_cmrce_lbr_1 · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 76 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • ctte_h_cmrce_lbr_1

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Conference Committee Report was adopted

Passed 75 Yea · 48 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 751300
Democrat 03502
Total 754802
% of votes cast 60%38%0%2%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Abi Boatman Democrat Nay
Alexis Simmons Democrat Nay
Angela Martinez Democrat Nay
Barbara Ballard Democrat Nay
Brandon Woodard Democrat Not Voting
Brooklynne Mosley Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Nay
Dan Osman Democrat Nay
Ford Carr Democrat Nay
Heather Meyer Democrat Nay
Henry Helgerson Democrat Nay
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Nay
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Nay
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Nay
John Alcala Democrat Not Voting
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Nay
Kirk Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Featherston Democrat Nay
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Nay
Louis Ruiz Democrat Nay
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Nay
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Nay
Nikki McDonald Democrat Nay
Pam Curtis Democrat Nay
Rui Xu Democrat Nay
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton Democrat Nay
Susan Ruiz Democrat Nay
Suzanne Wikle Democrat Nay
Sydney Carlin Democrat Nay
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Valdenia Winn Democrat Nay
Virgil Weigel Democrat Nay
Wanda Brownlee Paige Democrat Nay
Adam Smith Republican Yea
Adam Turk Republican Yea
Allen Reavis Republican Nay
Angela Stiens Republican Nay
Angelina Roeser Republican Yea
Avery Anderson Republican Yea
Barb Wasinger Republican Yea
Bill Rhiley Republican Yea
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Blake Carpenter Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Nay
Bradley Barrett Republican Yea
Brett Fairchild Republican Yea
Brian Bergkamp Republican Yea
Carl Turner Republican Nay
Carolyn Caiharr Republican Yea
Charlotte Esau Republican Yea
Chip VanHouden Republican Yea
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Chuck Smith Republican Yea
Clarke Sanders Republican Yea
Courtney Sappington Republican Yea
Cyndi Howerton Republican Yea
Dale Helwig Republican Yea
Dan Goddard Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
David Buehler Republican Yea
Dawn Wolf Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Duane Droge Republican Yea
Emil Bergquist Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Yea
Fred Gardner Republican Yea
Gary White Republican Yea
Greg Wilson Republican Yea
Jason W. Goetz Republican Yea
Jesse Borjon Republican Nay
Jill Ward Republican Yea
Jim Minnix Republican Yea
Joe Seiwert Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kenneth Collins Republican Nay
Kevin Schwertfeger Republican Yea
Kristey Williams Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Kyle McNorton Republican Yea
Kyler Sweely Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Laura Williams Republican Yea
Lauren Bohi Republican Yea
Leah Howell Republican Nay
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Lewis "Bill" Bloom Republican Nay
Lisa M. Moser Republican Yea
Lon Pishny Republican Nay
Mark Schreiber Republican Nay
Marty Long Republican Yea
Megan Steele Republican Yea
Mike King Republican Yea
Mike Storm Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Nay
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Yea
Paul Waggoner Republican Yea
Rebecca Schmoe Republican Yea
Rick James Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Yea
Ron Bryce Republican Nay
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
Samantha Poetter Parshall Republican Yea
Sandy Pickert Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Sean Willcott Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Nay
Shawn Chauncey Republican Yea
Sherri Brantley Republican Yea
Steve Brunk Republican Yea
Steve Huebert Republican Yea
Steven K. Howe Republican Yea
Susan Estes Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
Will Carpenter Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended

Passed 82 Yea · 38 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 662001
Democrat 151804
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 823805
% of votes cast 66%30%0%4%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Resman — Yea
Abi Boatman Democrat Nay
Alexis Simmons Democrat Nay
Angela Martinez Democrat Nay
Barbara Ballard Democrat Nay
Brandon Woodard Democrat Yea
Brooklynne Mosley Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Yea
Dan Osman Democrat Yea
Ford Carr Democrat Nay
Heather Meyer Democrat Nay
Henry Helgerson Democrat Nay
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Yea
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Yea
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Yea
John Alcala Democrat Not Voting
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Yea
Kirk Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Featherston Democrat Nay
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Not Voting
Louis Ruiz Democrat Yea
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Yea
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Nay
Nikki McDonald Democrat Yea
Pam Curtis Democrat Yea
Rui Xu Democrat Nay
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton Democrat Nay
Susan Ruiz Democrat Nay
Suzanne Wikle Democrat Nay
Sydney Carlin Democrat Yea
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Not Voting
Tom Sawyer Democrat Yea
Valdenia Winn Democrat Not Voting
Virgil Weigel Democrat Nay
Wanda Brownlee Paige Democrat Yea
Adam Smith Republican Yea
Adam Turk Republican Yea
Allen Reavis Republican Yea
Angela Stiens Republican Yea
Angelina Roeser Republican Yea
Avery Anderson Republican Yea
Barb Wasinger Republican Yea
Bill Rhiley Republican Nay
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Blake Carpenter Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Bradley Barrett Republican Nay
Brett Fairchild Republican Nay
Brian Bergkamp Republican Nay
Carl Turner Republican Yea
Carolyn Caiharr Republican Nay
Charlotte Esau Republican Yea
Chip VanHouden Republican Not Voting
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Chuck Smith Republican Nay
Clarke Sanders Republican Nay
Courtney Sappington Republican Nay
Cyndi Howerton Republican Yea
Dale Helwig Republican Nay
Dan Goddard Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
David Buehler Republican Yea
Dawn Wolf Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Duane Droge Republican Yea
Emil Bergquist Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Nay
Fred Gardner Republican Nay
Gary White Republican Yea
Greg Wilson Republican Nay
Jason W. Goetz Republican Yea
Jesse Borjon Republican Yea
Jill Ward Republican Yea
Jim Minnix Republican Yea
Joe Seiwert Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kenneth Collins Republican Yea
Kevin Schwertfeger Republican Yea
Kristey Williams Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Kyle McNorton Republican Yea
Kyler Sweely Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Laura Williams Republican Yea
Lauren Bohi Republican Yea
Leah Howell Republican Yea
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Lewis "Bill" Bloom Republican Yea
Lisa M. Moser Republican Yea
Lon Pishny Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Yea
Marty Long Republican Yea
Megan Steele Republican Nay
Mike King Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Yea
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Yea
Paul Waggoner Republican Nay
Rebecca Schmoe Republican Nay
Rick James Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Yea
Ron Bryce Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Nay
Samantha Poetter Parshall Republican Nay
Sandy Pickert Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Sean Willcott Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Yea
Shawn Chauncey Republican Yea
Sherri Brantley Republican Yea
Steve Brunk Republican Yea
Steve Huebert Republican Yea
Steven K. Howe Republican Nay
Susan Estes Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Nay
Timothy Johnson Republican Nay
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
Will Carpenter Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Emergency Final Action Substitute As Amended

Passed 32 Yea · 8 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23800
Democrat 8000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 32800
% of votes cast 80%20%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Ware — Yea
Cindy Holscher Democrat Yea
David Haley Democrat Yea
Dinah Sykes Democrat Yea
Ethan Corson Democrat Yea
Marci Francisco Democrat Yea
Oletha Faust Goudeau Democrat Yea
Pat Pettey Democrat Yea
Patrick Schmidt Democrat Yea
Adam Thomas Republican Yea
Beverly Gossage Republican Nay
Brad Starnes Republican Yea
Brenda Dietrich Republican Yea
Caryn Tyson Republican Nay
Chase Blasi Republican Yea
Craig Bowser Republican Yea
Doug Shane Republican Nay
Elaine Bowers Republican Yea
Jeff Klemp Republican Yea
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Joseph Claeys Republican Yea
Kellie Warren Republican Yea
Kenny Titus Republican Yea
Larry Alley Republican Yea
Michael Fagg Republican Yea
Michael Murphy Republican Nay
Mike Argabright Republican Yea
Mike Petersen Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Nay
Renee Erickson Republican Nay
Rick Billinger Republican Yea
Rick Kloos Republican Yea
Ronald Ryckman Republican Yea
Stephen Owens Republican Yea
TJ Rose Republican Yea
Tim Shallenburger Republican Nay
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Ty Masterson Republican Yea
Virgil Peck Republican Nay
William Clifford Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB197 do?
AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to the STAR bonds financing act; relating to STAR bond project district requirements; authorizing STAR bond projects in certain counties located in certain metropolitan statistical areas as rural redevelopment projects; setting certain visitor origin requirements and requiring certain enforcement by the secretary against developers that fail to meet such requirements; requiring the secretary to make certain information concerning STAR bond projects publicly available on the website of the department of commerce; prohibiting state general fund moneys from being pledged for the repayment of any special obligation bond issued by a city or county to finance a STAR bond project; prohibiting a city or county from using eminent domain to acquire real property for a STAR bond project; requiring the secretary to add to the secretary's annual report information regarding business movement into and out of STAR bond districts and local sales tax revenues lost as the result of such movement; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act to July 1, 2031; amending K.S.A. 12-17,160, 12-17,166, 12-17,172 and 12-17,179 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-17,162, 12-17,164 and 12-17,169 and repealing the existing sections.
Who sponsors SB197?
SB197 is sponsored by ctte_h_cmrce_lbr_1.
What is the current status of SB197?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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