Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB513

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Report Pass
3/12/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  

Caption

Directing the Kansas department for children and families to develop, procure and implement software to provide direct child care subsidy payments to child care providers.

Impact

The implementation of SB513 could significantly impact the current administration of child care subsidies in Kansas. By mandating a software solution, the bill aims to standardize processes for payments and improve accuracy and timeliness, reducing administrative burdens that child care providers often face. This shift to direct payments is anticipated to enhance financial stability for these providers, allowing them to focus more on delivering quality child care services rather than navigating complex payment systems.

Summary

SB513 directs the Kansas Department for Children and Families to develop, procure, and implement software designed to provide direct child care subsidy payments to child care providers. This initiative emphasizes streamlining the process of delivering financial support to child care providers, potentially enhancing the efficiency of subsidy administration. The legislation underscores the importance of technology in improving service delivery within the state's child welfare system, aligning both administrative operations and provider needs.

Contention

While the bill primarily seeks to improve child care subsidy administration, there may be concerns regarding the costs associated with the software development and implementation. Stakeholders might express differing opinions on the financial implications for the state budget and the potential impact on existing services during the transition to this new system. Additionally, discussions could arise about data privacy and security, given that the software will handle sensitive information related to child care providers and beneficiaries.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

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

KS SR1702

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

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 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 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 SB8

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

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.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.