Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6006

Introduced
2/5/25  
Passed
2/5/25  
Enrolled
2/14/25  

Caption

Designating February 5, 2025, as Early Childhood Advocacy Day and recognizing the need to invest in the future success of Kansas by supporting the well-being and education of our youngest residents as well as the parents and adults who care for them.

Impact

The resolution advocates for increased attention and resources toward early childhood education and care, which are deemed vital for the well-being and success of Kansas children. By designating a specific day for advocacy, it seeks to galvanize support for initiatives that enhance access to high-quality childcare and educational opportunities. This focus on early development is framed as not only beneficial for the children and families of Kansas but also as an investment in the state's future economic strength, suggesting potential savings in other social programs later in life.

Summary

House Resolution 6006 aims to designate February 5, 2025, as Early Childhood Advocacy Day, emphasizing the importance of investing in early childhood services for future generations in Kansas. The resolution highlights the critical period of brain development in children from birth to age five, underscoring how investments in this timeframe can significantly influence a child’s educational and developmental trajectory. A call to action is made for recognizing the essential roles played by parents, childcare providers, and early childhood professionals in promoting healthy development.

Contention

While the resolution is primarily supportive of early childhood initiatives, there may be debates surrounding funding mechanisms and the logistics of implementing broader early childhood education policies. Concerns could arise regarding the allocation of state resources and how these initiatives will be managed across various communities. The balance between promoting early childhood investment and ensuring equitable access to these services might also become a point of discussion among lawmakers and stakeholders.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SR1702

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

KS HB2002

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

KS SR1703

Recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

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 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 SB6

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

KS SCR1602

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

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 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 SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.