Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2609

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Engrossed
2/25/26  

Caption

Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2609 is expected to have a significant impact on state laws concerning how adults can access assistance in decision-making without forfeiting their rights to make choices. The bill targets the intersection of legal autonomy and necessary support, aiming to expand options for individuals with disabilities or other conditions that might hinder their ability to make decisions independently. By formalizing these agreements, the bill could positively influence the way decision-making is approached within families and support networks, fostering more inclusive environments for people with decision-making challenges.

Summary

House Bill 2609, known as the Supported Decision-Making Agreements Act, aims to create a statutory framework that allows adults to receive assistance from one or more other adults in making decisions. The bill emphasizes the importance of supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship, promoting autonomy and self-determination for individuals who may require help in their daily decision-making processes. This legislative change will provide clear guidelines for forming these agreements, detailing the responsibilities of both the adult receiving assistance and the supporters involved.

Contention

However, there may be points of contention surrounding the implementation and practical applications of the bill. Critics could argue that while the concept of supported decision-making is beneficial, the lack of robust safeguards might pose risks for vulnerable individuals. Concerns may arise regarding the clarity of roles and responsibilities between supporters and the adults receiving assistance, as well as potential exploitation or misunderstanding of the supported decision-making framework. Such criticism could prompt debates on the adequacy of protections embedded within the bill to ensure that individuals maintain control over their decisions while receiving the necessary assistance.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

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

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 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 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 SB8

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

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 SB6

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

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 SCR1601

Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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