Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2025

Filed/Introduced
8/8/26  
Introduced
1/16/25  

Caption

Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.

Impact

The implications of HB 2025 could be substantial for both city administrations and local landowners. Supporters of the bill may argue that it simplifies and streamlines land-use regulations, potentially reducing conflicts between municipal plans and private land developments. By removing the authority of cities to regulate areas outside their jurisdiction, it might lead to more consistent zoning practices and alleviate some regulatory burdens that cities face when contending with overlapping jurisdictions. However, this could complicate scenarios where urban sprawl or development pressures emerge in adjacent unincorporated areas, which typically rely on city planning authorities for guidance.

Summary

House Bill 2025 aims to amend existing laws related to the authority of cities in Kansas regarding their planning and zoning capabilities, specifically targeting the extraterritorial jurisdiction cities hold. The bill proposes the elimination of a city's authority to adopt planning and zoning regulations for land located outside the city's limits. This change focuses on limiting cities' influence on unincorporated areas that may fall within a three-mile radius from their borders, a significant shift in how cities interact with and regulate surrounding lands.

Contention

Critics of HB 2025 may express concerns about the implications of centralizing land-use control at the county level, potentially limiting the ability of local communities to manage growth and development according to their unique needs. The bill raises questions about who will step in to regulate land use in these areas once cities are stripped of their powers, and whether county regulations will sufficiently address local concerns. There is the potential for increased tensions between county authorities and local citizens who may feel unrepresented or uninformed about zoning changes and planning decisions that directly affect their neighborhoods. The discussions surrounding this bill highlight a broader debate on the balance between local control and regional planning.

Notable_points

Overall, House Bill 2025 encapsulates a pivotal shift in land use policy in Kansas, potentially affecting future development patterns, city planning efforts, and the quality of community engagement in land-use decisions. As the legislature evaluates this bill, stakeholder perspectives—including those from city officials, county planners, and local residents—will prove essential in determining the overall effectiveness and reception of the proposed legislative changes.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, 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 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.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, 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; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

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 SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.