Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB378

Introduced
1/26/26  

Caption

Providing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles.

Impact

The implementation of SB378 is expected to have a notable fiscal impact on state revenues, as it establishes a vehicle registration property tax credit fund to manage these credits. The fund will be administered by the secretary of revenue and is designed to cover the costs associated with the credit provided to vehicle owners. Local county treasurers are responsible for notifying the state about the financial implications of these credits on a monthly basis, further entrenching this credit within the budgeting mechanisms of state revenue management.

Summary

Senate Bill No. 378 pertains to property taxation in Kansas, specifically introducing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit. This credit amounts to $250 and applies to eligible vehicles at the time of registration, registration renewal, or payment of personal property taxes throughout the fiscal year 2027, which spans from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. The goal of the bill is to provide financial relief to vehicle owners by reducing their tax liabilities on registered vehicles, thereby impacting the overall tax burden for individuals during this period.

Contention

Potential points of contention surrounding SB378 may arise from debates on the effects of such tax credits on local government funding and services. Critics could argue that while the credit provides immediate relief to vehicle owners, it may simultaneously lead to reduced tax revenues that local governments rely on to fund essential services. On the other hand, proponents of the bill may insist that the credit stimulates economic activity by freeing up individual financial resources, thus benefiting the economy in the long run. The balance of short-term relief versus long-term fiscal responsibility may dominate conversations related to the bill.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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.

KS HB2002

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

KS SB8

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

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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.