Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2120

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Engrossed
2/14/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Enrolled
3/27/25  

Caption

Authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey certain real property in Riley county, Kansas, and Douglas county, Nebraska, on behalf of Kansas state university and Kansas state university veterinary medical center.

Summary

HB2120 authorizes the Kansas Board of Regents to sell and convey specified state-owned real property on behalf of Kansas State University and Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Center. One parcel is in Omaha, Nebraska, associated with the veterinary medical center; the other is the “Unger complex” in Manhattan, Kansas, associated with Kansas State University. The bill identifies the parcels by legal description and requires that any conveyance be executed by the board’s chairperson and executive officer. The bill directs that proceeds from the Omaha sale be deposited into the restricted fees fund of the Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Center, and proceeds from the Manhattan sale be deposited into the restricted fees fund of Kansas State University. It also requires attorney general review and approval of the deeds and conveyances, and allows the board to use a corrected legal description if needed, subject to that approval. The bill further exempts these conveyances from K.S.A. 75-6609, which otherwise governs certain state real property transactions.

Impact

HB2120 changes state law by granting a specific, one-time authorization for the Board of Regents to dispose of two identified real estate holdings and by specifying where the sale proceeds must be credited within university restricted fees funds. It affects Kansas State University and its veterinary medical center, and it removes these transactions from the general statutory process in K.S.A. 75-6609 while preserving attorney general oversight of the deeds and legal descriptions.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been broadly supported and noncontroversial. It passed the House 118-0, the Senate 40-0, and the House again concurred with Senate amendments 121-0, indicating unanimous or near-unanimous agreement across both chambers. The absence of committee transcript discussion also suggests the measure was treated as a routine property disposition bill rather than a contested policy proposal.

Contention

There is little evidence of substantive contention in the available record. The only notable issues are procedural and technical: ensuring the legal descriptions are accurate, obtaining attorney general approval, and confirming the proper handling of sale proceeds. The bill also specifically exempts the conveyances from K.S.A. 75-6609, but no opposition is reflected in the votes or available discussion.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 SCR1602

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

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

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 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 SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

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 SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.