Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes building an additional casino and expands gaming and racing rules.

Highlights:

• Requires any prospective gaming facility development in the southeast gaming zone to include $50 million in infrastructure investments (Sec. 11).

• Requires the prospective gaming facility manager in the southeast gaming zone to pay the state treasurer a $5.5 million privilege fee (Sec. 11).

• Prohibits the state from operating electronic gaming machines at all “pari-mutuel licensee locations” until July 1, 2032 (Sec. 11).

• Requires the Kansas lottery commission to negotiate an addendum to existing lottery gaming facility management contracts that prohibit the state from operating electronic gaming machines at pari-mutuel licensee locations until after July 1, 2032 (Sec. 29).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns inside state capitol and school buildings, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Authorizes an individual with a concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun inside the state capitol (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the board of education of a school district, the governing body of a community college, technical college, and state educational institution to allow an employee with a concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun in any school building (Sec. 5). 

• Authorizes an individual to carry a concealed handgun in a state or municipal building if the individual has a concealed handgun license and has the ability to enter through a restricted access entrance of the state or municipal building (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits an individual from carrying a concealed handgun in a state or municipal building if “adequate security measures” are taken (Sec. 1).

• Defines “adequate security measures” as the use of electronic equipment and personnel at public entrances of a building to detect and restrict the carrying of any weapons into the state or municipal building (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the governing body of a state or municipal-owned medical care facility, an adult care home, and a higher education institution to exempt itself from the provisions of this bill for a period of 4 years (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill do not apply to a building located on the grounds of the Kansas State School for the Deaf or the Kansas State School for the Blind (Sec. 1).

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