Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SCR1626

Introduced
4/10/26  
Passed
4/10/26  
Engrossed
4/10/26  
Passed
4/10/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  

Caption

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2026 regular session of the Legislature.

Summary

SCR 1626 is a procedural concurrent resolution that sets the adjournment sine die date for the 2026 regular session of the Kansas Legislature. It directs the Senate and House to adjourn at the close of business on April 10, 2026, thereby establishing the end date for the session. The resolution also creates a narrow exception for legislators attending an April 2026 meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations and the Education Funding Task Force. Those members would continue to receive compensation, travel expenses, and subsistence allowances as otherwise provided by law, despite a limitation contained in section 26 of 2026 House Bill No. 2513.

Impact

The measure does not change substantive policy law, but it does affect legislative operations and compensation rules tied to interim committee participation. By setting the sine die adjournment date, it determines when the 2026 regular session ends and when the Legislature’s regular-session authority concludes. Its second provision overrides, for this limited purpose, a restriction in 2026 HB 2513 so that eligible members attending the specified April 2026 committee and task force meeting may still be paid and reimbursed under existing law.

Sentiment

Because the resolution is administrative and routine, the overall sentiment appears neutral to supportive. No committee debate or recorded votes were provided, and the text suggests the measure is intended to manage the legislative calendar and preserve compensation for a specific work-related meeting rather than advance a controversial policy change.

Contention

The only notable point of contention is the compensation exception tied to section 26 of 2026 HB 2513. That carve-out could matter to members concerned about legislative pay, travel reimbursement, or whether the April 2026 meetings should be treated differently from other post-session activities. Otherwise, the resolution is largely procedural and unlikely to have generated significant policy disagreement.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of 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 HR6002

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

KS HR6001

Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS SCR1601

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

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.

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 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 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.

Similar Bills

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