Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6017

Introduced
3/24/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  

Caption

Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska concerning sports wagering.

Summary

House Resolution 6017 approves an amendment to the gaming compact between the State of Kansas and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. The resolution specifically concerns sports wagering, indicating that the compact amendment updates the terms under which tribal gaming activity may include or regulate sports betting. The measure is a legislative approval of an executive-negotiated compact amendment submitted by the Governor to the Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations. Because the resolution simply approves the compact amendment, it does not itself create a new standalone regulatory scheme in state law. Instead, it gives effect to the amended tribal-state agreement and may alter how sports wagering is authorized, administered, or shared between the state and the tribe under the compact framework. The practical impact is on the legal relationship governing tribal gaming operations in Kansas, particularly for the Sac and Fox Nation.

Impact

HR6017 affects Kansas law by approving an amendment to an existing tribal gaming compact, which is the mechanism used to authorize and regulate certain gaming activities on tribal lands. The resolution does not amend general state statutes directly, but it gives state approval to a compact change concerning sports wagering, thereby influencing the scope of lawful gaming operations, regulatory terms, and any related revenue or oversight provisions applicable to the Sac and Fox Nation under Kansas-tribal gaming law.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have broad support in the House, passing final action by a vote of 107-16. That margin suggests generally favorable sentiment toward the compact amendment and toward expanding or clarifying sports wagering arrangements with the tribe. No committee transcript was provided, so there is no recorded debate to indicate detailed concerns or endorsements beyond the vote outcome.

Contention

The main point of contention is likely the sports wagering component of the compact amendment, since gaming and gambling measures often raise concerns about regulation, revenue sharing, and the social effects of expanded wagering. The 16 opposing votes indicate some level of disagreement, though the available record does not identify specific arguments or members. Any opposition would most likely center on the policy of sports betting itself or on the terms of state-tribal gaming agreements.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

Similar Bills

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