Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2264

Introduced
2/4/25  

Caption

Restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.

Summary

HB2264 would amend Kansas law governing local regulation of wages, compensation, and benefits on construction projects by changing the treatment of certain city ordinances and county resolutions. The bill specifically revises K.S.A. 12-16,132 and 19-26,114, which currently declare void any local government action that conflicts with K.S.A. 12-16,130 or 12-16,131. By repealing those sections, the bill appears intended to remove the existing statutory prohibition on local ordinances or resolutions that address construction-project wage and benefit standards. In practical terms, the bill would shift authority back toward cities and counties, allowing local governments more room to regulate compensation-related terms for construction work within their jurisdictions, subject to any remaining state law limits. The measure is framed as restoring local control rather than creating a new statewide wage standard, and it would affect municipal and county governments, contractors, construction employers, and workers on public or locally regulated construction projects.

Impact

The bill would repeal two statutes that currently preempt local ordinances and resolutions conflicting with state law on construction-project wages, compensation, and benefits. This would alter the state-local balance of power by removing explicit statutory language that voids conflicting city and county measures, potentially enabling local governments to adopt their own wage and benefit requirements for construction projects. The affected parties would include municipalities, counties, public works contractors, construction firms, labor organizations, and workers subject to local project labor or compensation rules.

Sentiment

The available materials suggest generally favorable or supportive framing for the bill, as reflected in the caption and title emphasizing the restoration of local government control. However, there are no committee transcripts or recorded votes provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate, amendments, or partisan division. Based on the text alone, the bill appears to be presented as a local-control measure rather than a controversial substantive wage mandate.

Contention

The main point of contention is likely to be whether local governments should have authority to set wage, compensation, and benefit requirements for construction projects, or whether such matters should remain governed by uniform state-level rules. Supporters would likely favor local flexibility and home-rule authority, while opponents may argue that allowing local standards creates a patchwork of requirements for contractors and could increase costs or administrative burden. Because no discussion transcripts or votes are included, specific legislators or stakeholder groups cannot be identified from the provided record.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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 SB3

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

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 SB6

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

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.