Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2783

Introduced
2/17/26  

Caption

Increasing the tax on electronic cigarettes and crediting the revenue to the children's initiative fund.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2783 would have significant implications for state laws concerning tobacco and electronic cigarette regulation. The increased tax is expected to raise the retail prices of e-cigarettes, potentially reducing their affordability and accessibility among younger populations. Additionally, the bill underscores a growing trend among states to impose higher taxes on tobacco-related products as a public health strategy aimed at reducing smoking rates and associated health complications.

Summary

House Bill 2783 aims to increase the tax on electronic cigarettes and allocate the additional revenue generated towards the children's initiative fund. The bill is part of a broader effort to address public health concerns related to the use of vaping products among youth and to fund initiatives that support children's health and wellbeing. The increase in taxation on e-cigarettes is positioned as a deterrent to usage, particularly among minors, while simultaneously directing financial resources to support programs benefiting children.

Contention

Debate surrounding HB 2783 is expected, particularly concerning the balance between generating state revenue through taxation and the potential economic impact on local businesses that sell e-cigarettes. Some stakeholders may argue that increased taxes could hurt small businesses, while advocates for public health initiatives will likely argue that the benefits of discouraging e-cigarette use among children far outweigh the economic concerns. Thus, the bill raises questions about the role of taxation in public health policy and the measures that should be prioritized to protect vulnerable populations.

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 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 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 SB8

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

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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

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RI H7592

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NJ A1748

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