---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the Kansas parimutuel racing act regarding qualifications for an organization license, the definition of horsemen's associations and horsemen's nonprofit organizations and the distribution of certain tax revenues."
description: "Amending the Kansas parimutuel racing act regarding qualifications for an organization license, the definition of horsemen's associations and horsemen's nonprofit organizations and the distribution of certain tax revenues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Kansas SB 21 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SB 260"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c445443-687e-4aaf-a59a-5c85367b57f2"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB21/"
source_hash: "afdb4eb8cf89ec959910e10efcc85db9098ac557cc04720d7ba6c31e14779225"
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 SB 21 (2025-2026) — Amending the Kansas parimutuel racing act regarding qualifications for an organization license, the definition of horsemen's associations and horsemen's nonprofit organizations and the distribution of certain tax revenues.

## 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/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_21/sb21_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb21_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_21/sb21_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_21/sb21_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 37, Nay 3
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 90, Nay 35
- **2025-03-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe, and Rep. Silas Miller are appointed to replace Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp, and Rep. Cindy Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- **2025-03-24** Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew, and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau are appointed to replace Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg, and Sen. Marci Francisco on the Conference Committee
- **2025-03-11** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-10** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco
- **2025-03-07** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 101, Nay 20, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c445443-687e-4aaf-a59a-5c85367b57f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).