Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6003

Introduced
1/13/25  
Passed
1/13/25  
Enrolled
1/17/25  

Caption

Providing temporary rules for the House of Representatives until permanent rules are adopted.

Impact

The adoption of HR6003 is significant as it establishes a governance structure that allows the legislature to function effectively during the early part of the 2025 session while permanent rules are being formulated and agreed upon. This temporary measure ensures that there are no gaps in operational guidelines which could hinder legislative activities. The certainty provided by these rules is seen as vital for maintaining orderly deliberations and voting within the House.

Summary

House Resolution No. 6003 provides a framework of temporary rules for the House of Representatives of Kansas for the 2025 Legislative session, maintaining continuity in governance until permanent rules are adopted. This measure was introduced to ensure that the legislative process can continue without interruption following the conclusion of the 2024 regular session. The temporary rules will essentially mirror those that were in place during the 2023-2024 biennium, allowing for a seamless transition into the next session.

Contention

No major points of contention were noted in the discussions surrounding HR6003, as the resolution primarily deals with internal procedural matters. Since it is a measure designed to facilitate legislative operations rather than address controversial policy issues, the focus has remained on its functionality within the House. However, as with any legislative changes, there may be varying opinions on specific rules adopted in the future, particularly once permanent rules are proposed and debated.

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 HCR5002

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

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 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 SR1701

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

KS SB6

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

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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