Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB274

Introduced
2/18/25  

Caption

Requiring the state corporation commission to engage a consulting firm to conduct a technical and legal feasibility study on new nuclear energy generation.

Impact

The bill allocates $375,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund the feasibility study. It aims to assess a range of factors associated with nuclear energy generation, including its advantages and disadvantages in both economic and environmental terms. Moreover, the study will encompass evaluations of site design characteristics, the potential for worker engagement in local job creation, and the overall socio-economic impacts. These insights are expected to significantly influence future discussions and policies surrounding energy production in Kansas.

Summary

Senate Bill 274 requires the state corporation commission of Kansas to engage a consulting firm to conduct a technical and legal feasibility study on new nuclear energy generation. The purpose of this study is to provide critical insights and data that may inform future legislative and regulatory efforts in crafting a comprehensive nuclear energy policy. The bill emphasizes a structured approach by mandating that the selected consulting firm has substantial experience in the nuclear industry, ensuring high-quality analysis and recommendations are made regarding nuclear energy capabilities and implications in the state.

Contention

While proponents of the bill argue that nuclear energy can play a crucial role in transitioning to cleaner energy sources and enhancing energy security, concerns may arise from environmental groups and certain community stakeholders regarding the safety and ecological implications of expanding nuclear energy production. Additionally, there may be debates about the appropriate usage of state funds for this feasibility study versus investing in alternative renewable energy initiatives. The outcomes of the feasibility study will likely serve as a foundation for further discussions on nuclear energy policy in Kansas, potentially impacting the state's long-term energy strategy.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB8

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

KS SB4

Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

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 SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

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 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 SB6

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

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 SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.