Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HCR5019

Introduced
1/12/26  
Passed
1/12/26  
Engrossed
1/12/26  
Passed
1/12/26  
Enrolled
1/15/26  

Caption

Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications during the 2026 session.

Impact

While HCR5019 may seem procedural in nature, it holds significance in ensuring the smooth functioning of the Kansas Legislature. The passing of this resolution is crucial as it signals the official start of the legislative session and the willingness of both houses to engage in governance. Such resolutions are routine but essential for the operation of state government, ensuring that there is a formal acknowledgment of readiness which reinforces the legislative process and supports effective communication.

Summary

HCR5019 is a House Concurrent Resolution from the 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature. The resolution serves a procedural function, informing the Governor that both chambers of the Legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate, are duly organized and ready to conduct their business for the session. This resolution establishes the readiness of the legislative body for the forthcoming communications and interactions with the Governor, highlighting the collaboration between the executive and legislative branches in the state.

Contention

There were no notable points of contention regarding HCR5019. The resolution appears to have been adopted without opposition, as it primarily serves to establish a necessary administrative framework for the state legislature to function effectively. Its adoption reflects a consensus on the importance of maintaining a structured approach to legislative duties, facilitating an organized commencement to the legislative session which will involve various discussions and decisions on pertinent issues facing the state.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SCR1601

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

KS HR6001

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

KS SR1701

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

KS HCR5002

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

KS HR6002

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

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 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 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 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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.