---
type: "Bill"
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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2466"
citation: "Kansas HB 2466 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "HB 2793", "SB 197", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72fdc8d3-3be9-471d-ab49-fe7f28edf253"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2466/"
source_hash: "6cec79b45c6f62d44a2726b270b446e8fa0cf4a338c08ade3095e32b5a09ef4a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2466 (2025-2026) — 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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2466/hb2466_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 78, Nay 44, Absent 3
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 30, Nay 10
- **2026-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Final Action - Passed; Yea 93, Nay 28, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72fdc8d3-3be9-471d-ab49-fe7f28edf253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).