Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SCR1601

Introduced
1/13/25  
Passed
1/13/25  
Engrossed
1/13/25  
Passed
1/13/25  
Enrolled
1/15/25  

Caption

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

Impact

The passage of SCR1601 reinforces the procedural norms within the Kansas legislative framework. By formally notifying the Governor of the legislature's readiness, it sets the stage for legislative business and communications to commence. This resolution reflects the standard practices that govern interactions between the legislative and executive branches of state government, thus ensuring that the governmental processes are in alignment and functioning smoothly.

Summary

SCR1601 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution from the State of Kansas that addresses the organizational status of the two houses of the legislature. The resolution is primarily focused on informing the Governor that both the Senate and the House of Representatives are duly organized and ready to receive any communications that the Governor may wish to present. This formal notification serves to establish the readiness of the legislature for its upcoming session and indicates that the legislative body is prepared for engagement with the executive branch.

Contention

While the resolution itself is straightforward and primarily procedural, its significance lies in the context of the legislative agenda. The adoption of SCR1601 signifies not just readiness for communication but also sets a tone for collaboration or contention in the legislative activities to follow. While not contentious in itself, the resolution represents the initial step in legislative operations and the subsequent dynamics that may arise during the session.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SCR1601

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

KS HR6001

Providing for the organization of 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 HR6002

Providing for assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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 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 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 HB2002

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

Similar Bills

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