# Kansas HB 2346: Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund.

Kansas HB 2346, Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status vetoed, last action 2026-04-10 (Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 13, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2346
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund.
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 13, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce, house committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (508 yes, 124 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## 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: 95 Nay: 21 | pass | 95 | 21 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 28 Nay: 12 | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 105 Nay: 16 | pass | 105 | 16 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 26 Nay: 13 | pass | 26 | 13 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 105 | 16 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 26 | 13 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 95 | 21 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2026-04-10: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 13, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-10: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained (House)
- 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 26, Nay 13, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 105, Nay 16, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House)
- 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 28, Nay 12 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brenda Dietrich (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brenda Dietrich was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Virgil Peck (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Virgil Peck was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Hearing: Monday, March 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 95, Nay 21, Absent 9 (House)
- 2026-02-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-02-03: Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-01-14: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-11: Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2025-02-27: Withdrawn from House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Rereferred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-02-17: Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2025-02-07: Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-07: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_enrolled.pdf)
- Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_01_0000.pdf)
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_03_0000.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_2346/hb2346_04_0000.pdf)

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- 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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_enrolled.pdf)
- [Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_01_0000.pdf)
- [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2346/hb2346_03_0000.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_2346/hb2346_04_0000.pdf)

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- [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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2346-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).