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type: "Bill"
title: "During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties."
description: "During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2481"
citation: "Kansas HB 2481 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SB 393", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Reavis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a631773-1d8a-4e80-9fef-1c07bfdf46f6"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2481/"
source_hash: "4bfb8f2752207c621a41d1420277211ab3bca0aeed5391e1a04b0d536acce94e"
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 2481 (2025-2026) — During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties.
## 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_2481/hb2481_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2481/hb2481_01_0000.pdf)
3. **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_2481/hb2481_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2481/hb2481_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2481/hb2481_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Allen Reavis — primary (person)
## 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
- **2026-03-26** Reengrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 86, Nay 39
- **2026-03-25** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 23, Nay 17
- **2026-03-25** 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 33, Nay 7 `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`
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed on Thursday, February 19, 2026
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 110, Nay 14, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Rui Xu was adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Rui Xu
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a631773-1d8a-4e80-9fef-1c07bfdf46f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).