Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2188

Introduced
1/31/25  

Caption

Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.

Impact

If enacted, this bill would significantly affect the deployment protocols of the Kansas National Guard, effectively limiting the state's ability to participate in combat operations without clear congressional authorization. The bill underscores a belief in states' rights and the constitutional framework intended by the Founding Fathers, emphasizing the separation of powers between state and federal authorities regarding military engagements. This could lead to a reevaluation of how states engage with federal military initiatives.

Summary

House Bill 2188, known as the Defend the Guard Act, is focused on regulating the conditions under which the Kansas National Guard can be deployed into active duty combat. The bill establishes that the National Guard, or any member thereof, shall not be released from the state for such duties unless there is an official declaration of war by the United States Congress, or if Congress takes specific action to call upon the National Guard for certain purposes such as executing laws or suppressing insurrection. This aims to adhere to the constitutional interpretations set forth by the U.S. Constitution regarding war powers.

Contention

There are notable points of contention surrounding HB2188, particularly regarding the balance of power between state and federal authorities. Proponents argue that it protects the rights of states by ensuring that the National Guard cannot be deployed into combat without legislative oversight. Critics, however, might contend that such restrictions could hinder timely military responses in emergencies or conflicts where the National Guard could play a critical role. The discussion could evoke questions about the practicality of engagement in modern warfare and the speed at which decisions must often be made.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

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

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 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 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 SCR1602

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

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.