Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2756

Introduced
2/6/26  

Caption

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of any school property.

Impact

The enactment of HB 2756 would significantly shift state laws regarding the residency of sex offenders. Currently, regulations may vary by locality, and this bill would create a uniform standard applicable statewide. By limiting the residential proximity of certain offenders to schools, the bill aims to prevent potential risks and foster safer communities. Local governments would need to ensure compliance with these new restrictions, potentially leading to changes in their policies towards monitoring and managing offenders within their jurisdictions.

Summary

House Bill 2756 seeks to impose stricter residency restrictions on certain sex offenders by prohibiting them from residing within 1,000 feet of any school property. This measure aims to enhance the safety of children and school environments across the state. Proponents of the bill argue that establishing a buffer zone around schools will reduce the risk of offending behavior and protect children from potential harm. The bill aligns with broader efforts to mitigate threats to public safety and uphold the welfare of minors in educational settings.

Contention

Despite its intended benefits, HB 2756 faces opposition from various advocacy groups and civil rights organizations, which argue that such residency restrictions are overly broad and can lead to unintended consequences. Critics suggest that forcing offenders to relocate could push them into less safe environments or areas far from necessary support services, which could hinder their rehabilitation. Additionally, there are concerns about the effectiveness of such a measure in actually reducing crime rates, with some experts questioning whether geographical restrictions truly prevent offending behavior or simply provide a false sense of security.

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 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 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 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 SB6

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

KS SB8

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

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.

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