Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SR1703

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

Caption

Providing temporary rules for the Senate until permanent rules are adopted.

Impact

The resolution primarily impacts the administrative and organizational aspects of the Senate, specifically focusing on the structure of committees and their responsibilities. By defining the roles and appointments of key positions within committees, SR1703 ensures that legislative work can proceed without disruption due to procedural uncertainties as new rules are developed. This stability is crucial for maintaining the workflow and addressing legislative priorities effectively in the upcoming sessions.

Summary

Senate Resolution No. 1703 (SR1703) addresses the need for temporary rules governing the Kansas Senate until permanent rules are established. The resolution stipulates that the existing rules of the Senate, applicable for the 2021-2024 period and still in effect at the adjournment of the 2024 regular session, will serve as the temporary framework for the Senate's procedures in the 2025 session. This approach aims to ensure continuity and stability in legislative operations during the transitional period until more permanent regulations can be put in place.

Contention

While SR1703 may appear to be a procedural resolution, its passage is significant. It highlights the need for clarity and organization within legislative bodies, especially in times when new or modified rules are being adopted. However, there may be disagreements on the content of the new rules themselves or the processes used for their establishment. Ensuring broad support for both the temporary and permanent rules will be essential to avoid contention among Senate members.

Additional_points

The resolution also amends Rule 7 regarding standing committees, which outlines the composition and appointment processes, enhancing transparency and ensuring proper representation across party lines. The emphasis on proportional representation reflects the Senate's commitment to fair governance and addressing diverse perspectives in legislative matters. The anticipated adoption of SR1703 thus establishes a framework for effective governance while working towards more comprehensive legislative reforms.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SR1701

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

KS HB2002

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

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 HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

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 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 SB6

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

KS HR6001

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

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