Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB299

Introduced
3/7/23  
Refer
3/8/23  

Caption

Providing a Kansas exemption for state income tax purposes for an unborn child with a detectable heartbeat.

Impact

If enacted, SB299 would specifically expand the existing tax exemption structure established for Kansas residents by allowing new exemptions based on pregnancy status. Currently, individuals can receive exemptions for federal tax purposes, but this bill seeks to add a state-level incentive for those with unborn children, which could have a significant impact on family finances. The introduction of exemptions for unborn children could lead to lower tax burdens for expectant parents, potentially encouraging family growth and planning.

Summary

Senate Bill 299 (SB299) aims to amend Kansas income tax laws by providing additional tax exemptions for individuals who are pregnant with unborn children that have a detectable heartbeat. This bill introduces a new provision that allows an additional exemption of $2,250 for each unborn child who meets the specified criteria. The measure is designed to align with the legislative intent to provide support and recognition to unborn lives, which advocates argue reflects a necessary acknowledgment of fetal development at this stage.

Contention

Notably, discussions surrounding SB299 have been contentious, as they touch on sensitive issues regarding reproductive rights and the definition of personhood. Proponents assert that providing tax relief for unborn children with detectable heartbeats aligns with moral and ethical values that prioritize life. However, opponents of the bill raise concerns that such legislation may infringe upon reproductive rights by conflating fiscal policy with personal medical choices. This debate reflects broader societal tensions regarding the status of unborn children and the implications of such recognitions in state legislation.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2062

Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations.

KS HB2231

Providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers and increasing the personal exemption for certain disabled veterans for purposes of income tax, modifying the definition of household income related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor, providing for the apportionment pursuant to the three-factor test of a manufacturer who sells alcoholic liquor, requiring the use of single sales factor pursuant to the multistate tax compact, establishing deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor, providing for the decrease in corporate income tax rates, determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state, excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

KS SB1

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, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2572

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made to establish and maintain Kansas war memorials and providing a property tax exemption for property with Kansas war memorials.

KS HB1740

In abortion, further providing for legislative intent, providing for fetal heartbeat examination and further providing for medical consultation and judgment and for abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age; and making an editorial change.

KS HB175

Heartbeat Protection Act of 2023 This bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion (1) without determining whether the unborn child has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a unborn child has a detectable heartbeat. A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The bill provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. It also provides exceptions for certain pregnancies that are the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements. A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.

KS HB0126

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; providing legislative findings; specifying requirements associated with the termination of pregnancies; prohibiting procedures that terminate the life of a child with a detectable heartbeat; specifying exceptions to the prohibition; specifying penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

KS HB2126

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.

KS HB2629

Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

KS HB4101

To amend the state tax code to provide an exemption from state income tax for families with four or more children

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.