Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HR6020

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

Caption

Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2026 session of the Legislature.

Impact

The passage of HR6020 is crucial for ensuring that the House operates smoothly and effectively throughout the 2026 session. By formally organizing the leadership, the resolution aids in delineating responsibilities among members and promotes an efficient legislative process. Each appointed officer will fulfill specific duties that are significant for coordinating debates, scheduling legislative sessions, and managing committee assignments, which are essential for the functioning of legislative activities.

Summary

House Resolution No. 6020 is a procedural resolution providing for the organization of the House of Representatives in the State of Kansas for the upcoming 2026 session. The resolution details the leadership structure by naming specific officers who will assume key roles during the session, including positions like speaker, majority leader, and minority leader. This bill signifies the readiness of the House to begin its legislative work in the subsequent session, establishing the necessary hierarchy and organizational framework.

Contention

While HR6020 is primarily an organizational bill and typically encounters minimal opposition, it is important to note the procedural nature of such resolutions can sometimes spark discussions about the selection of leadership. Any contention surrounding HR6020 may largely revolve around disagreements on the appointed officers’ qualifications or political affiliations, which may reflect broader ideological divides within the House. However, these disagreements generally do not escalate into major conflicts due to the established norms surrounding organizational resolutions.

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 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 SCR1601

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

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 SB6

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

Similar Bills

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