The Kansas House has approved a bill that would create a prayer room at the Statehouse.
The bill creates the Capitol Prayer and Meditation Room. Six other states, including Florida and Arizona, and the U.S. Congress have set aside capitol space for prayer. The bill does not list a location within the Statehouse for the prayer room.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the measure was approved in the House on Wednesday and now moves to the Senate.
House majority leader Rep. Arlen Siegfreid of Olathe proposed the bill, which had originally been named the All Faiths Chapel.
According to the bill, the prayer room would be built using private donated funds. All donors’ names will be kept confidential. Religious books could be allowed in the room.