2025-2026 Regular SessionKansas Legislature

SB197

Legislative Summary

House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Furthering economic development by providing for authorization of a port authority by the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, authorizing redevelopment of mall facilities as STAR bond projects, allowing vertical construction for certain STAR bond projects, facilitating such projects in less-populated counties in the Wichita and Kansas City metropolitan statistical areas, setting visitor origin requirements for such 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.

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Bill History

2/5/2025
Senate Introduced
Senate
2/6/2025
Senate Referred to Committee on Commerce
Senate
2/10/2025
Senate Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
Senate
2/18/2025
Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Klemp
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Klemp was adopted
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shane
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Shane was rejected
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
Senate
2/19/2025
Senate Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 8
Senate
2/25/2025
House Received and Introduced
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
House Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
House of Representatives
3/20/2025
House Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
House Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
House of Representatives

Amendments

House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Report

House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Report

3/19/2025Not Adopted

Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Klemp)

Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Klemp)

2/19/2025Not Adopted

Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shane)

Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shane)

2/19/2025Not Adopted

Senate Committee on Commerce Report

Senate Committee on Commerce Report

2/18/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended - Yea: 32 Nay: 8
2/19/2025
32
Yea
8
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/25/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development(House of Representatives)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text1/1/1970174.7 KB
Amended
Bill Text1/1/1970198.1 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/1/1970216.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/5/202565.6 KB
Analysis
Analysis3/19/2025114.6 KB
Analysis
Analysis2/20/202590.9 KB
Analysis
Analysis2/19/202588.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/10/2025133.0 KB