---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories."
description: "Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2416"
citation: "Kansas HB 2416 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure and Civil Actions", "Named Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Delperdang"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5076a4a6-9ffb-4262-b6cd-d4e8f21e3fda"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2416/"
source_hash: "cb339d4a81efa80f96c9000554a7453c4f6751cd0795a08f05e35b41286cb810"
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 2416 (2025-2026) — Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories.

## 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/hb2416_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2416/hb2416_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2416/hb2416_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2416/hb2416_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2416/hb2416_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Leo Delperdang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-24** Reengrossed on Monday, March 23, 2026
- **2026-03-23** Concurred with amendments; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Elaine Bowers was adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Elaine Bowers
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Engrossed on Monday, February 16, 2026
- **2026-02-17** Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 0, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-02-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to House Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled for Introduction on Monday, December 22, 2025 `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5076a4a6-9ffb-4262-b6cd-d4e8f21e3fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).