Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2080

Introduced
1/23/25  

Caption

Restricting residential homestead property taxes to not more than the established base year for those individual 65 years of age and older.

Summary

HB 2080 would create a property tax limitation for certain Kansas homeowners age 65 and older. For a qualifying homestead that is owned and actually occupied as a primary residence, the bill caps the property or ad valorem taxes at the “base year amount,” meaning the amount levied in the year the owner turns 65, or 2025 for people who already turned 65 before 2026. If taxes in that base year are lower than the calculated base year amount, the lower amount becomes the cap for future years. The cap would also apply to a surviving spouse, and the owner must apply to the county treasurer by April 1 for the calendar year.

Impact

The bill would add a new homestead property tax freeze for eligible senior homeowners, affecting the calculation and collection of property taxes on qualifying residences beginning with taxable years after December 31, 2025. It would require the Division of Property Valuation to provide application forms and instructions, and it assigns county clerks and county treasurers administrative duties for assisting applicants, receiving applications, and approving or denying claims. The measure would also direct that tax revenues collected under the section be distributed among taxing subdivisions according to their existing levy proportions, limiting the growth of local property tax bills for covered homeowners while preserving the distribution framework for local governments.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and available context, the measure appears to have been introduced as a targeted tax relief proposal for older Kansans, with no recorded committee debate or vote history provided. The caption and structure suggest a generally supportive policy goal of protecting senior homeowners from rising property taxes. Because no transcripts or votes are available, there is no documented opposition or formal legislative sentiment in the provided materials.

Contention

The main policy tension is between providing property tax relief to homeowners age 65 and older and the potential effect on local government revenue growth. Supporters would likely emphasize affordability and stability for seniors on fixed incomes, while critics could focus on the fiscal impact on counties, school districts, and other taxing subdivisions that rely on property tax collections. Another possible point of contention is the administrative burden on county offices and the need to define and verify eligibility, including the treatment of surviving spouses and the one-time base year calculation for those who already turned 65 before 2026.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

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 SB6

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

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

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