---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance."
description: "Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Kansas SB 7 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f0bb323-9cbd-4820-897b-d1572c6bf612"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB7/"
source_hash: "a246bb3d7fd1ee44827632446bcfb046758f811ac36749ed42a92bb64217b084"
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 7 (2025-2026) — Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance.

## 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_7/sb7_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_7/sb7_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-14** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-07** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 5, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to House Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f0bb323-9cbd-4820-897b-d1572c6bf612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).