SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
6017
As Recommended by Joint Committee on State-
Tribal Relations
Brief*
HR 6017 would approve an amendment to the gaming
compact between the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska and the State of Kansas. [Note: The
proposed amendments would create and amend provisions
concerning sports wagering operations on the Nation’s
reservation lands.]
Background
The resolution was introduced by the Joint Committee
on State-Tribal Relations.
[Note: Similar provisions are contained in SR 1716.]
Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
In the hearing on the resolution, testimony was provided
by representatives of the Office of the Governor and the Sac
and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. The
conferees provided information about the negotiations and
proposed amendments to the gaming compact between the
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and
the State of Kansas and the impact of recent legislation.
[Note: Recent legislation enacted concerning gaming includes
2023 Senate Sub. for HB 2058 (amending law concerning
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ compact negotiations), and 2022 House Sub. for Sub. for SB
84 (regulating sports wagering operations within Kansas).]
House Action
On March 26, 2025, the House adopted the resolution
on a roll-call vote.
Gaming; sports wagering; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska;
Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations; Governor
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