Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HCR5012

Introduced
3/5/25  

Caption

Urging Attorney General Kobach to protect Kansas federal employees by ensuring the legal integrity of governmental operations.

Impact

By adopting this resolution, the Kansas legislature aims to reaffirm its support for federal employees who may feel threatened by recent job cuts attributed to federal administration decisions. The resolution is positioned as a protective measure reflecting the state's commitment to maintaining the integrity and operational capacity of its federal workforce. The call to the Attorney General underscores the expectation that state-level legal protections should extend to federal employees, ensuring their rights and employment stability.

Summary

House Concurrent Resolution 5012 urges Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to take action in protecting federal employees residing in Kansas along with their families. The resolution highlights the significant number of federal employees in the state, particularly those who work for agencies like Veterans Affairs and the Army. It emphasizes the crucial role these employees play in supporting local initiatives that contribute to state and national objectives, especially in areas such as education, healthcare, and transportation.

Contention

The resolution was proposed in the context of discussions around the implications of policy changes enforced by the federal administration, which have led to widespread concern regarding job security among federal employees. While the bill appeals to a sense of solidarity and protection for those working in federal capacities, it implicitly raises potential challenges regarding the balance of state and federal legal jurisdictions. Some may argue about how far the Attorney General's involvement should extend in protecting federal employees from federal policy involvements that have been contentious in nature.

Companion Bills

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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 HB2002

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

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 SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

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 SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

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 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 SB6

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

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.

Similar Bills

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