Kansas lawmakers to introduce bill during special session to finance Chiefs move across state line [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Will the Kansas City Chiefs move to Kansas? That is the question fans have asked since a Jackson County, Missouri, stadium sales tax vote failed to pass in April.

Five weeks ago, a sports architect released renderings to Kansas lawmakers of what a football stadium for the Chiefs would look like at the Legends. A group used those renderings to bolster an online effort aiming to gain signatures for the team to cross state lines.

And those efforts appear to be ramping up.

Kansas Rep. Sean Tarwater confirmed to KCTV5 that lawmakers had a bill in hand to bring to the special session called by Gov. Laura Kelly on June 18. The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate sent a joint letter to Chiefs owner Clark Hunt informing him of the drafted bill.

“The Chiefs will also weigh in saying they are in support, and they have spoken with us,” Tarwater …