House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.

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Roll Call Votes

Actions Timeline

1. Conference committee report now available

   3/27/2026House

2. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 75 Nay: 48

   3/27/2026House

3. Conference committee report now available

   3/26/2026House

4. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees

   3/26/2026House

5. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees

   3/26/2026Senate

6. Conference committee report now available

   3/26/2026House

7. Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees

   3/3/2026House

8. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Alley , Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees

   3/2/2026Senate

9. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

   2/26/2026House

10. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Howe

    2/26/2026House

11. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Howe was withdrawn

    2/26/2026House

12. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Bergkamp

    2/26/2026House

13. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Bergkamp was rejected

    2/26/2026House

14. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater

    2/26/2026House

15. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted

    2/26/2026House

16. Committee of the Whole - Motion to reconsider previous amendment prevailed.

    2/26/2026House

17. Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed

    2/26/2026House

18. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater

    2/26/2026House

19. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted

    2/26/2026House

20. Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended

    2/26/2026House

21. Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 82 Nay: 38

    2/26/2026House

22. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    2/10/2026House

23. Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    3/21/2025House

24. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar

    3/20/2025House

25. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    3/19/2025House

Bill Text

• As Amended by House Committee

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• As Amended by House Committee of the Whole

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• As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole

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• As introduced

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