Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2693

Introduced
2/4/26  

Caption

Prohibiting certain applications of swine waste, establishing setback rules and requiring applicators to prevent nuisance conditions.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2693 would affect existing statutes regarding agricultural waste management. The new regulations would impose stringent rules on how and where swine waste can be applied, ensuring that applicators put measures in place to prevent nuisance conditions. This could result in more defined operational boundaries for swine farms, potentially leading to reduced incidents of odor, groundwater contamination, and other issues related to waste management in agricultural settings. Consequently, this bill may have implications for agricultural practices and operational logistics within the state.

Summary

House Bill 2693 aims to establish regulations regarding the application of swine waste. The legislation seeks to prohibit certain applications that would pose a risk to environmental health and public safety. By establishing specific setback rules, the bill intends to ensure that swine waste is applied in a manner that minimizes negative impacts on neighboring properties and environments. The proposed regulations are part of a broader effort to enhance the management of agricultural waste and safeguard the wellbeing of communities located near swine operations.

Contention

Discussion around HB 2693 has highlighted the tension between agricultural interests and environmental protection advocates. Supporters of the bill argue that the legislation is necessary to address long-standing issues associated with swine waste application, particularly in areas where farms are in close proximity to residential communities. Critics, however, might express concerns about the potential burdens these regulations could impose on farmers, arguing that they may restrict agricultural operations. The debate centers on finding a balance between protecting public health and preserving the agricultural economy.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB4

Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

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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