Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2579

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/13/26  

Caption

Designating a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway

Summary

HB2579 designates a specified segment of K-49 highway in Sumner County, Kansas, as the "Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway Vietnam KIA." The named portion runs from the junction with West 119th Street south to the junction with U.S. Highway 160. The bill directs the Kansas secretary of transportation to place memorial signs along the right-of-way at appropriate intervals, subject to compliance with existing statutory sign-placement requirements. The measure is a commemorative highway designation and does not create a new regulatory program, tax, fee, or enforcement mechanism. Its legal effect is limited to adding an honorary name to an existing state highway segment and requiring the installation of signage under K.S.A. 68-10,114 and related provisions. The act takes effect upon publication in the statute book.

Impact

HB2579 amends the practical naming and signage of a portion of the state highway system by creating an official memorial designation for part of K-49. It affects the Kansas Department of Transportation and local roadway mapping/signage practices, but it does not materially alter traffic laws, property rights, or funding obligations beyond the ordinary costs of installing and maintaining the memorial signs under existing law.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been broadly and unanimously supported. It passed the House 119-0 and the Senate 40-0, indicating strong bipartisan approval and little to no opposition. No committee transcript was provided, but the voting history suggests the measure was viewed as a routine honorary designation rather than a controversial policy change.

Contention

There is no recorded substantive contention in the available materials. Because the bill is a memorial highway naming measure, any discussion would likely have centered on the appropriateness of honoring Pvt. Michael E. Gerber and the location of the designated highway segment, but no objections, amendments, or divided views are reflected in the transcripts or votes provided.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 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 SB8

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

KS SB6

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

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 SCR1602

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

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

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