# Kansas HB 2037: 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. Kansas HB 2037, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2037-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2037 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-04-01, Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (542 yes, 26 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas tourism grants lose allocation limits: benefit, low. 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.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 119 Nay: 6 | pass | 119 | 6 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 37 Nay: 3 | pass | 37 | 3 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 115 Nay: 4 | pass | 115 | 4 | | | 2025-03-25 | House | Concurred with amendments | pass | 119 | 6 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 37 | 3 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 115 | 4 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-01: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-27: Engrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-27: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-25: Concurred with amendments; Yea 119, Nay 6 (House) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Final Action - Passed; Yea 115, Nay 4, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-04: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-01-24: Hearing: Friday, January 24, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-01-21: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-21: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_enrolled.pdf) - {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_01_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_enrolled.pdf) - [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2037/hb2037_01_0000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2037-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).