Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: To Executive

HB2466 — Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.

Last action — Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

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

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events; requiring members of the authority to submit to a state and national criminal history record check; authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas; permitting additional STAR bond districts where a major professional sports complex STAR bond district previously existed; clarifying geographic areas from which STAR bond revenues may be pledged; clarifying the length of time that revenues may be captured within a STAR bond project area; permitting cities or counties to pledge community improvement district or transportation development district revenues for the payment of STAR bonds; clearly establishing the authority of the secretary to set or modify STAR bond project district and STAR bond project areas without effect on local revenue pledges with respect to a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; permitting cities and counties, upon the request of the secretary, to modify their pledge area for a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act by prohibiting new STAR bond district approvals after July 1, 2031; clarifying the definition of a STAR bond project area; permitting the secretary to approve applications for STAR bond project financing more than one year after a STAR bond district has been established; condensing city, county and department of commerce notice, posting and reporting requirements; requiring a reset of the base year revenue for purposes of financing new STAR bonds in certain circumstances; clarifying that revenues from the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund may be used to pay management, operations and other costs of a professional sports team's primary facility; 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; 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, 12-17,169, 22-4714 and 74-8793 and repealing the existing sections.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

  3. Engrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026

  4. Conference Committee Report was adopted

  5. Conference Committee Report was adopted

  6. Conference committee report now available

  7. Motion to accede adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens, Senator Faust Goudeau, , appointed as conferees

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

  9. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended

  10. fa_fabc_912

  11. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  12. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  13. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  14. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by

  15. Hearing: Monday, March 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S

  16. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

  17. Received and Introduced

  18. Final Action - Passed

  19. Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  20. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  21. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by

  22. Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S

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

  24. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Labor and Economic Development House Committee on Commerce · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 66 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Conference Committee Report was adopted

Passed 78 Yea · 44 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 622600
Democrat 161803
Total 784403
% of votes cast 62%35%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 Yea
Brandon Woodard Democrat Not Voting
Brooklynne Mosley Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Yea
Dan Osman Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Louis Ruiz Democrat Yea
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Nay
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Tom Sawyer Democrat Yea
Valdenia Winn Democrat Yea
Virgil Weigel Democrat Not Voting
Wanda Brownlee Paige Democrat Yea
Adam Smith Republican Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Chuck Smith Republican Yea
Clarke Sanders Republican Yea
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 Nay
Doug Blex Republican Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
Lon Pishny Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Yea
Marty Long Republican Yea
Megan Steele Republican Nay
Mike King Republican Yea
Mike Storm Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Nay
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Nay
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 Nay
Sherri Brantley Republican Yea
Steve Brunk Republican Yea
Steve Huebert Republican Nay
Steven K. Howe Republican Nay
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 →

Adopt CCR

Passed 30 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 23800
Democrat 7200
Total 301000
% of votes cast 75%25%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Cindy Holscher Democrat Nay
David Haley Democrat Nay
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
Silas Miller Democrat Yea
Adam Thomas Republican Yea
Beverly Gossage Republican Yea
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
Kellie Warren Republican Yea
Kenny Titus Republican Nay
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
Scott Hill Republican Nay
Stephen Owens Republican Yea
TJ Rose Republican Yea
Tim Shallenburger Republican Yea
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Ty Masterson Republican Yea
Virgil Peck Republican Nay
William Clifford Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Emergency Final Action As Amended

Passed 34 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Republican 25600
Total 34600
% of votes cast 85%15%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
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
Silas Miller 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 Yea
Elaine Bowers Republican Yea
Jeff Klemp 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 Yea
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
Scott Hill 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 →

Final Action - Passed

Passed 93 Yea · 28 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 731202
Democrat 191602
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 932804
% of votes cast 74%22%0%3%
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 Yea
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 Nay
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Yea
John Alcala Democrat Nay
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Nay
Kirk Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Featherston Democrat Yea
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Yea
Louis Ruiz Democrat Yea
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Yea
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Yea
Nikki McDonald Democrat Nay
Pam Curtis Democrat Yea
Rui Xu Democrat Yea
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton Democrat Yea
Susan Ruiz Democrat Not Voting
Suzanne Wikle Democrat Yea
Sydney Carlin Democrat Nay
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Yea
Valdenia Winn Democrat Not Voting
Virgil Weigel Democrat Yea
Wanda Brownlee Paige Democrat Yea
Adam Smith Republican Nay
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 Yea
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Blake Carpenter Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Bradley Barrett Republican Yea
Brett Fairchild Republican Nay
Brian Bergkamp Republican Nay
Carl Turner Republican Yea
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 Nay
Fred Gardner Republican Not Voting
Gary White Republican Yea
Greg Wilson Republican Yea
Jason W. Goetz Republican Nay
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 Nay
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Kyle McNorton Republican Yea
Kyler Sweely Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Laura Williams Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
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 Yea
Rick James Republican Yea
Rick Wilborn Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Nay
Ron Bryce Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
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 Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
Will Carpenter Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB2466 do?
AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events; requiring members of the authority to submit to a state and national criminal history record check; authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas; permitting additional STAR bond districts where a major professional sports complex STAR bond district previously existed; clarifying geographic areas from which STAR bond revenues may be pledged; clarifying the length of time that revenues may be captured within a STAR bond project area; permitting cities or counties to pledge community improvement district or transportation development district revenues for the payment of STAR bonds; clearly establishing the authority of the secretary to set or modify STAR bond project district and STAR bond project areas without effect on local revenue pledges with respect to a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; permitting cities and counties, upon the request of the secretary, to modify their pledge area for a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act by prohibiting new STAR bond district approvals after July 1, 2031; clarifying the definition of a STAR bond project area; permitting the secretary to approve applications for STAR bond project financing more than one year after a STAR bond district has been established; condensing city, county and department of commerce notice, posting and reporting requirements; requiring a reset of the base year revenue for purposes of financing new STAR bonds in certain circumstances; clarifying that revenues from the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund may be used to pay management, operations and other costs of a professional sports team's primary facility; 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; 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, 12-17,169, 22-4714 and 74-8793 and repealing the existing sections.
Who sponsors HB2466?
HB2466 is sponsored by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
What is the current status of HB2466?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2026. It awaits signature.
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