Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2605

Introduced
1/30/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/18/26  
Refer
2/19/26  

Caption

Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.

Summary

HB 2605 designates a specific segment of U.S. Highway 36 in Phillips County, from the eastern city limits of Phillipsburg to the western city limits of Phillipsburg, as the Deputy Sheriff Brandon Gaede Memorial Highway. The bill is a commemorative roadway measure honoring Brandon Gaede, a Phillips County law enforcement officer who died from injuries sustained while responding to a violent incident in June 2025. The bill directs the Kansas secretary of transportation to place appropriate memorial signs along the designated highway segment, subject to compliance with existing state signage requirements in K.S.A. 68-10,114. It does not change traffic rules, funding formulas, or highway jurisdiction; its legal effect is limited to the honorary naming and associated signage of the roadway.

Impact

HB 2605 amends state highway designation practice by adding a memorial name to a portion of U.S. Highway 36 in Phillips County and authorizing the installation of signs recognizing that designation. The measure affects the Kansas Department of Transportation and local residents and travelers on that corridor, but it does not create new regulatory obligations beyond the standard memorial-highway signage process under existing law.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been broadly and unanimously supported. It passed the House 124-0 and the Senate 39-0, indicating strong bipartisan approval and little to no opposition. The bill’s text and context reflect a respectful, ceremonial tribute to a fallen deputy sheriff and a positive sentiment centered on honoring public service and sacrifice.

Contention

There is little evident contention in the available record. Because the bill is a memorial highway designation, the main considerations are typically symbolic rather than policy-driven, and no committee transcript objections are provided. Any discussion likely centered on the appropriateness of honoring Brandon Gaede and the specific roadway segment chosen, but the unanimous votes suggest no significant disagreement among legislators.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SR1702

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

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 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 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 SR1703

Recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

KS SCR1602

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

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 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.

Similar Bills

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