Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2220

Introduced
2/3/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  

Caption

Permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without an engineering and traffic investigation.

Impact

The enactment of HB2220 is expected to have substantial implications for local governments, allowing them more flexibility and authority in setting speed limits that reflect their community's specific needs. Previous regulations mandated a more bureaucratic process, often discouraging local governments from adjusting speed limits to improve resident safety. With the new framework, communities could implement speed reductions more swiftly, reflecting an understanding of local conditions without extensive procedural delays.

Summary

House Bill 2220 is a proposed legislation aimed at modifying local traffic regulations regarding speed limits in residential districts. The bill grants local authorities the power to reduce the maximum speed limit to 25 miles per hour without the requirement of conducting an engineering and traffic investigation, which simplifies and expedites the process for communities looking to enhance safety in residential areas. This legislative change is positioned to respond directly to concerns around pedestrian safety, particularly in neighborhoods with high foot traffic, such as school zones.

Contention

Notably, the bill elicits a range of opinions among legislators and stakeholders. Proponents argue that empowering local authorities not only promotes public safety but also fosters a sense of community autonomy, allowing for targeted measures to address specific issues like speeding in neighborhood streets. Conversely, opponents may express concerns about the potential for inconsistent speed regulations across jurisdictions, which could confuse drivers and lead to enforcement challenges. The effectiveness of the bill in achieving its safety objectives while navigating local versus state regulatory dynamics remains a focal point of discussion among legislators.

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 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 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 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 SB6

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

KS SB8

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

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 SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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