KansasHB 20372025–2026 Regular SessionHouse

Increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism, updating the house legislative committee assignment required for council members appointed from the house, and removing provisions requiring allocation of funds from the matching grant program for the promotion of tourism for private, public and nonprofit entities and limiting the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity.

Sponsored By: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Signed by Governor

senate committee on commercehouse committee on commerce

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Kansas tourism grants lose allocation limits

The law removes the rule reserving at least 75% of Kansas tourism matching grant funds for public or tax-exempt groups. It also removes the 20% limit on the share of grant funds going to one entity. This gives the program more freedom to divide funds among public, private, and nonprofit applicants. Each grant still cannot cover more than 40% of a project's cost. The change adds no specific funding amount and does not guarantee any applicant a grant.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 542 • No: 26

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 119 Nay: 6

Yes: 119 • No: 6

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 37 Nay: 3

Yes: 37 • No: 3

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 115 Nay: 4

Yes: 115 • No: 4

House vote • 3/25/2025

Concurred with amendments

Yes: 119 • No: 6

Senate vote • 3/19/2025

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended

Yes: 37 • No: 3

House vote • 2/4/2025

Final Action - Passed

Yes: 115 • No: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

    4/1/2025House
  2. Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025

    3/27/2025House
  3. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025

    3/27/2025House
  4. Concurred with amendments; Yea 119, Nay 6

    3/25/2025House
  5. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi

    3/19/2025Senate
  6. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted

    3/19/2025Senate
  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    3/19/2025Senate
  8. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3

    3/19/2025Senate
  9. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce

    3/14/2025Senate
  10. Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S

    2/26/2025Senate
  11. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

    2/5/2025Senate
  12. Final Action - Passed; Yea 115, Nay 4, Absent 6

    2/4/2025House
  13. Received and Introduced

    2/4/2025Senate
  14. Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    1/29/2025House
  15. Hearing: Friday, January 24, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S

    1/24/2025House
  16. Introduced

    1/21/2025House
  17. Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    1/21/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Introduced

  • Enrolled

  • {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}

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