Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2641

Introduced
2/3/26  

Caption

Enacting the Kansas property rights protection act to require just compensation be provided to landowners for governmental actions that impose burdens upon or diminish the value of private property.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2641 would alter state laws relating to property rights significantly. It would require that before any government action that can be deemed harmful to the value of private property occurs, the government must evaluate and provide compensation to affected landowners. This act would serve as a safeguard for private property holders, ensuring that they are not unfairly disadvantaged by policy changes or development projects initiated by the state or local governments.

Summary

House Bill 2641, known as the Kansas Property Rights Protection Act, is designed to ensure that landowners receive just compensation when government actions diminish the value of their private property. The bill aims to reinforce the principle that individuals should not suffer a reduction in their property’s value without appropriate compensation from the state. This legislative effort is a reflection of a growing concern about governmental overreach and the need to protect individual property rights in the face of regulatory measures.

Contention

The bill is expected to be a point of contention among various stakeholders. Proponents of HB 2641 advocate that it is a necessary legal framework to protect citizens from possible exploitation by government entities. However, critics argue that it may overly burden state and local government projects and initiatives by complicating the process of land use and development. There are concerns that such a law might result in excessive claims for compensation, hindering community projects or infrastructural developments that require land utilization.

Notable_points

Discussions surrounding HB 2641 may highlight philosophical debates on the balance between individual rights and governmental authority. As property rights laws evolve, stakeholders will likely scrutinize this bill to understand its implications on urban planning, environmental regulations, and state fiscal responsibilities. This bill also underscores an ongoing national conversation about property rights in the context of government intervention, making it a significant legislative piece.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

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 HB2002

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

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 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 SB6

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

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS SB8

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

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