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Minutes for HB2346 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program to be administered by the secretary of commerce to provide grants to assist communities in developing and continuing sporting events and creating the Kansas sports tourism committee to review and determine grant awards.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 11, 2025
The Chair opened the hearing on HB2346.
Chair Tarwater asked Charles Reimer, Revisor, to give a description of the bill and stood for questions.(Attachment 1)
The following persons testified and stood for questions:
Beth Ansel, Visit Shawnee (Attachment 2)
Warren R. Wilkinson, Visit Overland Park (Attachment 3)(Attachment 4)
Jeremy McDowell, Top Gun Events (Attachment 5)
Katrina Magaro, Triple Crown Sports (Attachment 6)
Alan Carr, Travel Industry Association(Attachment 7)
Written Only testimony submitted by:
Alan Carr, VisitKCK(Attachment 8)
Amanda Shank, Unrivaled Sports(Attachment 9)
Chase Hodges, UTR Sports(Attachment 10)
Fred L. Merrill, Jr., Merrill Companies(Attachment 11)
Mike & Ashley Wolf, Elite Tennis(Attachment 12)
Mike Hill, GH Group Housing(Attachment 13)
Terri Thompson, MAP(Attachment 14)
John David, Sports ETA(Attachment 15)
Jeff Wallace, Top Gun Events(Attachment 16)
Kelly Peetoom, Olatha Convention & Visitor(Attachment 17)
Erika Devore, KRPA(Attachment 18)
The Chair closed the hearing on HB2346.
Chair Tarwater adjourned the briefing at 3:00 P M.
