Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2455

Introduced
1/15/26  

Caption

Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028 and 2029 for various state agencies.

Impact

The bill emphasizes increased funding for public safety initiatives, with specific appropriations allocated to the state fire marshal and the Kansas Highway Patrol. For instance, the Kansas Highway Patrol is set to receive an increase in its operational fund for improving public safety responses. Furthermore, the bill designates resources aimed at mental health initiatives, reflecting a growing recognition of the importance of mental health support systems. The inclusion of such allocations signifies the state's commitment to improving public welfare through enhanced funding strategies.

Summary

House Bill 2455 is a comprehensive appropriations bill that outlines the financial allocations and provisions for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The bill aims to authorize various funding mechanisms and establish limitations and restrictions associated with state agencies’ expenditures. Specifically, it makes appropriations for numerous state activities, including capital improvement projects and operational funding across various departments such as the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Fire Marshal’s office. The bill also includes provisions for transfers between different funds to ensure the effective management of state resources.

Contention

Notable points of contention regarding HB 2455 include concerns about the balance of appropriations and the effectiveness of funding strategies. Critics may argue that certain sectors, particularly mental health and public safety, require even greater allocations than those proposed, emphasizing the need for robust support to tackle issues such as community safety and wellness. Additionally, the allocation of resources could raise questions regarding transparency and accountability in spending, with advocates calling for better oversight mechanisms to ensure funds are utilized effectively and equitably across all affected areas.

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 SB8

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

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2002

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

KS HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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.