# Kansas HB 2793: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events.

Kansas HB 2793, Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Appropriations; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2793
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-03-06
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (158 yes, 82 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 Appropriations

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 79 Nay: 41 | pass | 79 | 41 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 79 | 41 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Engrossed on Thursday, March 19, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Timothy Johnson (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Timothy Johnson was adopted (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kristey Williams (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kristey Williams was adopted (House)
- 2026-03-17: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 79, Nay 41, Absent 5 (House)
- 2026-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-03-10: Hearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-03-06: Introduced (House)
- 2026-03-06: 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_2793/hb2793_00_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_2793/hb2793_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_2793/hb2793_00_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_2793/hb2793_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2793-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).