Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 197: House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.

Passed both chambers Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Conference

Plain-language summary

SB 197 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Setting visitor origin requirements for STAR bond projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act. Primary sponsor: Committee on Commerce. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Conference.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Commerce. 1 co-sponsor.