---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property."
description: "Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Kansas SB 117 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bdbc230-7480-4a1c-bf63-173eda39aa4d"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB117/"
source_hash: "03c9edcd48c533fec5fea5abd1f485aca5b032fdc22825ed65f5439af14eb4b0"
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 117 (2025-2026) — Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.

## 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_117/sb117_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_117/sb117_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 111, Nay 7, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to House Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bdbc230-7480-4a1c-bf63-173eda39aa4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).