Kansas State Legislature

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125 Representatives
  • 85 Republicans
  • 39 Democrats
40 Senators
  • 29 Republicans
  • 11 Democrats

Bills

Recently Introduced

SR 1758

Congratulating the Hutchinson women's basketball team for an outstanding season and winning the NJCAA Divison 1 Women's Basketball Championship.

SR 1759

Congratulating the Barton men's basketball team for an outstanding season and winning the NJCAA Division 1 championship.

SR 1756

Commemorating 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

SR 1757

Congratulating KC Clowers on her retirement.

  • Introduced Apr 29 2024
  • Enrolled on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Apr 30 2024
  • Sponsored by Elaine Bowers
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Recently Passed

HB 2551

Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies; constituting the omnibus reconciliation spending limit bill for the 2024 regular session; payment of certain claims against the state.

  • Introduced Jan 18 2024
  • No motion to reconsider line item vetoes; Vetoes sustained Apr 30 2024
  • Sponsored by Joint Committee On Special Claims Against The State

SB 37

House Substitute for SB 37 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on July 1, 2024, and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund and providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund.

  • Introduced Jan 17 2023
  • No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained Apr 30 2024
  • Sponsored by Committee On Financial Institutions And Pensions, Committee On Federal And State Affairs

SB 27

Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.

  • Introduced Jan 11 2023
  • Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 9, 2024 Apr 30 2024
  • Sponsored by Committee On Financial Institutions And Insurance

HB 2096

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, increasing the tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing a property tax rebate for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

  • Introduced Jan 19 2023
  • No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained Apr 30 2024
  • Sponsored by Committee On Insurance
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Available Sessions

Session Bill Count
2023-2024 Regular Session 1559
2021 Special Session 7
2021-2022 Regular Session 1457
2020 Special Session 37
2019-2020 Regular Session 1398
2017-2018 Regular Session 1464

Sources

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