Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2129

Introduced
1/28/25  

Caption

Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.

Impact

The implementation of HB2129 is expected to impact the retirement plans for future teachers employed after a certain date, as they will be required to participate under the provisions of the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009. The Bill stipulates that beginning January 1, 2026, all active and inactive teacher members enrolled in the KPERS 3 plan will automatically have their memberships transferred to the KPERS 2 plan. Such a change aims to simplify the overall retirement framework and provide more consistent benefits as outlined in the 2009 system.

Summary

House Bill 2129 aims to amend the Kansas public employees retirement system by redefining the status of teachers within its framework. Specifically, the Bill revolves around transferring teachers from the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015 (KPERS 3) to the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009 (KPERS 2). This change is initiated in the context of ongoing legislative scrutiny of the public employees retirement system and aims to ensure that the retirement benefits for teachers are consistent and securely administered.

Contention

Key points of contention surrounding HB2129 may arise from concerns about the adequacy of the benefits under the KPERS 2 plan compared to those offered in the KPERS 3 plan. Critics might argue that transferring existing members against their will could diminish their retirement security. Proponents argue, however, that this transition should provide a consolidated approach to managing retirement benefits and ensure sustainability of the state’s retirement obligations to teachers.

Overall_context

The legislative discussions leading to the introduction of HB2129 are informed by previous audits and evaluations of the KPERS system. By streamlining the membership to a single retirement system for teachers, lawmakers hope to address ongoing issues related to funding, member benefits, and administrative complexities associated with multiple plans. This move could ultimately affect recruitment and retention of teachers in Kansas, as prospective educators consider the reliability and security of their retirement benefits.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales 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 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 HB2002

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

KS SB6

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

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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