Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB376

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Refer
3/5/26  

Caption

Changing the age for determining when a slot machine is an antique for purposes of exempting such devices from criminal gambling statutes.

Impact

Should SB376 be enacted, it will directly affect existing statutes related to gambling, specifically those that govern antique slot machines. By redefining the antiquity criterion, this bill may lead to a reevaluation of how various slot machines are classified, which could either expand or limit the number of machines that qualify for exemption from certain criminal regulations. This amendment might also affect revenue from gambling operations, especially those centered around vintage or collectible machines, potentially leading to economic implications for businesses engaged in this niche market.

Summary

SB376 proposes an amendment to the laws governing slot machines, specifically addressing the criteria for determining when a slot machine qualifies as an antique. Currently, such devices may fall under certain exemptions from criminal gambling statutes based on their age. This bill seeks to clarify and potentially alter the age threshold used to define antique slot machines, which may impact both collectors and operators of these devices throughout the state. The significance of this bill lies in its implications for the regulation of gambling, particularly in states where such activities could intersect with memorabilia or collectible markets.

Contention

There may be points of contention surrounding SB376, especially regarding the language used to define 'antique' in relation to gambling regulations. Stakeholders might include collectors, gambling regulators, and operators within the gaming industry. Supporters of the bill may argue for the preservation of vintage machines and the promotion of gambling memorabilia, while opponents might express concerns about potential loopholes that could be exploited or a removal of restrictions that protect against gambling-related issues. The discussion around the bill's implications may spark debate on the balance between celebrating antiques and maintaining responsible gambling practices.

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 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 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 SB6

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

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 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 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 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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS HB2002

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

Similar Bills

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