# Kansas HB 2466: 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. Kansas HB 2466, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Engrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2466-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2466 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-15 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Engrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026 - 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: 8 (470 yes, 176 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 20 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tourism projects cannot take private property: benefit, medium. Cities and counties cannot use eminent domain to take real property for a STAR bond project. They can sell, transfer, or lease property acquired through other means to a developer under the project plan and agreed terms. Property transferred for a specific project must be used only for that approve… - Higher financing cap for expanded projects: benefit, medium. For the law’s expanded STAR project class, the commerce secretary can approve financing above the general 50% limit. Financing is capped at 70% of total eligible project costs and related costs. Approval is required, and financing can cover only costs already incurred. This helps project financing,… - Kansas extends tourism project financing eligibility: benefit, medium. The commerce secretary can find new STAR bond districts eligible through June 30, 2031, replacing the July 1, 2026, cutoff. Cities and counties no longer face a one-year financing application deadline after district creation. The law defines qualifying major amusement park areas, including specifie… - Residents gain online stadium financing records: benefit, low. The sports authority must maintain a public website with information about all its actions. It must post bylaws, meeting notices and minutes, plus phone and email contacts for public comments. The Department of Commerce must post every STAR bond feasibility study and project plan online. Updated pr… - Less visitor reporting for district businesses: benefit, low. STAR bond feasibility studies no longer need a plan to collect and report visitors’ home ZIP codes. Businesses in STAR bond districts no longer have to supply visitor residence data requested by the commerce secretary. These changes remove specific reporting duties, not all project visitor-tracking… - Stadium users face insurance and operating duties: cost, low. Facility lease, license, use, and management agreements must generally make the other party responsible for liabilities from its activities. Agreements can expressly change that liability rule. Those parties must buy insurance naming the authority as an additional insured, with coverage matching pr… - Reusing tourism revenues faces new limits: cost, low. After all project bonds are paid early, including refinancing bonds, project-area revenues generally cannot simply fund a new project. A new tax-increment base and written approval from the commerce secretary and the district's city or county are generally required. The law lists exceptions for pro… - Kansas creates an NFL stadium authority: mixed, medium. The law creates the Kansas Sports Facilities Authority to build, finance, own, and run sports facilities and related infrastructure. Its powers must follow Kansas's December 22, 2025, agreement with the Kansas City Chiefs. Its professional sports agreements are limited to NFL teams; agreements with… - More tax revenue for project bonds: mixed, medium. With commerce secretary authorization, the Kansas Development Finance Authority can issue bonds for locally established, secretary-approved STAR projects. It can also issue bonds for expanded projects, including those the secretary undertakes without city or county participation. Expanded projects… - Sports wagering money can fund stadiums: mixed, medium. The commerce secretary can pledge or spend all or part of the Attracting Professional Sports to Kansas Fund. This includes sports wagering revenues already credited or credited in the future. Money can support a professional team's main facility, including construction, repairs, maintenance, manage… - Tourism bonds gain longer financing options: mixed, medium. The law removes one general 20-year bond maturity limit, but projects still must finish within 20 years after plan approval. Separate limits allow specified expanded projects up to 30 years for special obligation bonds and covered revenue collection. Other projects covered by those separate limits… - Stadium access includes fees and community use: mixed, low. The authority can charge rent, seat licensing fees, and other fees for facilities it owns, runs, or controls. The law sets no amounts. The authority and team must agree on minimum annual facility use for noncompeting community events by the state and its designees. Community use depends on availabi… - Cities gain conditional stadium board seats: mixed, low. Mayors of up to two cities hosting authority facilities can appoint board members while their cities participate by ordinance. Their revenue pledges cannot impose the law's barred limits on the commerce secretary or conflict with the December 22, 2025, agreement. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation… - Local tourism financing keeps approval safeguards: mixed, low. Cities and counties can join secretary-established STAR projects after the initial 60-day period with the secretary's approval. The secretary can establish or change project areas in secretary-established districts without public notice or hearings. Changes to local participation, pledged revenues,… - Local approval required for developer transfers: mixed, low. Developers need local approval to transfer real property acquired under the STAR bond property provision. A transfer is valid only with a two-thirds vote of the city or county governing body where the property sits. This gives local officials control over transfers while limiting developers’ abilit… - Stadium authority gets purchasing and utility exemptions: mixed, low. The authority and its contractors must use competition when the authority decides it is reasonable and practical. Covered purchases are exempt from specified state bidding rules, and the authority receives other listed state-law exemptions. Its electric service is exempt from the retail electric su… - Tourism developers face visitor performance checks: mixed, low. Projects approved on or after July 1, 2026, get goals for visitors from at least 100 miles away and outside Kansas. Annual monitoring starts in the fifth calendar year following the year bonds are first issued. Developers missing goals must address problems, including reasonable strategies at their… - Local tourism bonds gain revenue sources: mixed, low. STAR bonds can use sales-tax growth above the base-year amount from businesses across one or more project areas. Collection is no longer limited to the part of a district occupied by a project. The law also adds financing sources. With commerce secretary approval, cities and counties can pledge com… - Tourism bonds cannot pledge general funds: mixed, low. Cities and counties cannot pledge state general fund money to repay the specified STAR special obligation bonds. The law also removes state government assistance from listed repayment sources for certain bonds and rural redevelopment costs. Private sources, contributions, and federal assistance rem… - Tax breaks for public sports facilities: mixed, low. The Kansas Sports Facilities Authority pays no Kansas property or general ad valorem taxes on qualifying property. This covers sports facilities, infrastructure, and other authority public purposes. Purchases to build, equip, or furnish authority sports facilities and infrastructure are exempt from… ## 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: 30 Nay: 10 | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 78 Nay: 44 | pass | 78 | 44 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 34 Nay: 6 | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 93 Nay: 28 | pass | 93 | 28 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 78 | 44 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 34 | 6 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 93 | 28 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-04-09: Engrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 30, Nay 10 (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 78, Nay 44, Absent 3 (House) - 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: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Hearing: Monday, March 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Final Action - Passed; Yea 93, Nay 28, Absent 4 (House) - 2026-02-11: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2026-01-15: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2466_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_enrolled.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 Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2466_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_enrolled.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-HB2466-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).