Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SR1735

Introduced
3/18/26  
Passed
3/18/26  
Enrolled
3/20/26  

Caption

Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre.

Summary

Senate Resolution 1735 is a ceremonial resolution recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Historic Jayhawk Theatre in Topeka, Kansas. The resolution recounts the theater’s opening in 1926, its decades of service as a venue for performances, films, community events, and arts programming, and its status as a historic landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated in 1993 as the official State Theater of Kansas. The resolution also highlights the Jayhawk Theatre’s role in historic preservation, downtown revitalization, tourism, and economic development, emphasizing the collaborative efforts of community partners, preservation advocates, and local supporters to restore and preserve the building for future generations. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to send an enrolled copy to the Historic Jayhawk Theatre and Senator Dietrich.

Impact

SR1735 does not amend state law or create regulatory requirements; it is a nonbinding Senate resolution with commemorative effect only. Its practical impact is to formally honor the Jayhawk Theatre and reinforce the state’s recognition of the theater as a cultural and historic asset, while supporting broader preservation and revitalization efforts in Topeka and Kansas.

Sentiment

The sentiment around the resolution is strongly positive and celebratory. The bill is framed as a tribute to a beloved historic institution and to the people who have preserved it, and there is no evidence of opposition or controversy in the available record. The sponsorship by multiple senators and the absence of recorded committee debate or votes suggesting division indicate broad, likely unanimous support.

Contention

There are no notable points of contention in the available materials. Because the resolution is commemorative rather than substantive, it does not appear to raise policy disputes, fiscal concerns, or legal objections. The only substantive theme is support for historic preservation and the continued restoration of the theater, which is presented as a shared civic goal rather than a contested issue.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SR1703

Recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

KS SR1702

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

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 SB8

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

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS SB6

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

KS SCR1601

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

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 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 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.

Similar Bills

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