Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2038: Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 2038 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program. Primary sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.