Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HCR5002

Introduced
1/13/25  
Passed
1/13/25  
Engrossed
1/14/25  
Passed
1/14/25  
Enrolled
1/22/25  

Caption

Providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing messages from the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Adjutant General.

Summary

House Concurrent Resolution 5002 is a procedural resolution that schedules joint sessions of the Kansas House and Senate on January 15, 2025, for formal messages from the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, and the Adjutant General. It also directs the appointment of small House and Senate committees to escort or “wait upon” the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Supreme Court justices, the Adjutant General, and members of the Military Advisory Board, which is a customary ceremonial function in the opening of a legislative session. The resolution does not create, amend, or repeal any substantive law. Its effect is limited to organizing legislative proceedings and establishing the time, place, and protocol for receiving official communications from the executive, judicial, and military leadership of the state. Because it is a concurrent resolution, it governs internal legislative operations rather than the rights or obligations of the public.

Impact

HCR5002 has no direct impact on Kansas statutes, regulations, or private parties. It is an internal legislative scheduling measure that authorizes joint sessions and ceremonial committees for official addresses, so its legal effect is confined to the operation of the House and Senate. The resolution primarily affects legislative administration, chamber procedure, and the formal relationship between the legislature and other branches of state government.

Sentiment

The available record suggests the resolution was routine and noncontroversial. There are no committee transcripts, recorded objections, or vote details indicating debate, opposition, or division. Measures of this kind are typically adopted as part of standard legislative organization, and the text reflects a formal, ceremonial purpose rather than a policy dispute.

Contention

No notable points of contention are evident in the bill text or the available legislative history. The resolution simply sets joint-session dates and appoints escort committees, and there is no indication of disagreement over the Governor’s message, the Chief Justice’s address, or the Adjutant General’s presentation. Any potential interest would be procedural rather than substantive, with the only affected parties being the House, Senate, and the officials invited to address them.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HR6002

Providing for assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS HR6001

Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS SCR1601

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

KS SR1701

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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 HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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 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 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.

Similar Bills

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