Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6004

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Engrossed
1/24/25  
Enrolled
1/28/25  

Caption

Providing the permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 biennium.

Impact

The passage of HR6004 will have significant implications for how state laws are proposed, debated, and enacted. By codifying the rules governing legislative conduct, the bill sets a clear procedure for addressing various legislative matters, which could contribute to more streamlined discussions. This is particularly important in managing the business of the House efficiently, especially given the breadth of issues that may need to be addressed over the coming biennium.

Summary

HR6004, which is centered on providing the permanent rules for the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 biennium, aims to clarify and standardize legislative procedures. The bill outlines specific rules governing the introduction of bills, voting procedures, and the overall arrangement of legislative activities. This comprehensive framework is intended to enhance efficiency and transparency in the legislative process.

Contention

While the bill is generally viewed as a method to improve legislative operations, there are points of contention surrounding certain procedural specifics. Critics argue that some aspects may limit debate or the introduction of amendments, potentially stifling important discussions that need to occur in the legislative body. The balance between maintaining order in the House and allowing for comprehensive debate on significant issues is expected to be a focal point of the discussion as the bill moves through the legislative process.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HR6001

Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for 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 HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of 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 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 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 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 SCR1601

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

KS SB6

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

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.