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The Lure Film Bill
Kansas offers tax breaks to lure film productions
Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.
Bad for everyday people ·
The bill would give movie makers a tax credit and sales tax break if they film in Kansas, cutting the money the state collects.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
If the bill passes, Kansas will give away tax money to film crews, so the state gets less cash for services. The crews get cheaper costs and may hire locals, but most of the gain goes to the production companies.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Provides a tax credit for film, video, and digital media production in Kansas.
- Gives a sales tax exemption for qualifying productions.
- Creates a program run by the secretary of commerce to manage the incentives.
- Requires the secretary to issue reports to the legislature.
How they voted
The actual floor vote, and who broke from their own party.
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- Virgil Peck (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Richard Billinger (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Caryn Tyson (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Renee Erickson (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Mike Thompson (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Kenny Titus (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
- Douglas Shane (R): voted against it, crossing most Republicans
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