Kansas Budget & Taxes Bills

Enacting the every mom matters act to require the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption.

Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund.

Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.

Providing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles.

Providing for a decreased gallonage tax on beer and cereal malt beverages that are produced and packaged within the United States.

Enacting the Kansas rural business growth program act, providing a premium tax credit to incentivize capital investment in rural areas and establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of incentivizing such investment.

Prohibiting large facilities receiving certain tariffs or failing to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates.

Creating the Kansas public employees retirement system cost-of-living adjustment commission, prescribing powers and duties of the commission and establishing procedures of the legislature relating to the annual cost-of-living adjustment rate recommended by the commission.

Making and concerning appropriations for the state board of regents for the Kansas blueprint for literacy, expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting.

House Substitute for SB 404 by Committee on Transportation - Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of the county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.

Exempting certain property used for thrift store purposes by a church or religious organization from property tax.

Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.

Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Requiring judicial foreclosure tax sales by public auction to be conducted in person at a physical location in the county.

Authorizing the imposition of a privilege tax by a municipality for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages, food and food ingredients and tobacco within a community improvement district.

Repealing the prohibition on municipal establishment of guaranteed income programs.

Requiring all legislators and the spouses of legislators who are in leadership positions to disclose the amount of any salary they receive paid by public funds, providing that such information be published on the legislative website and requiring such information be provided in statements of substantial interest.

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

House Substitute for SB 434 by Committee on Taxation - Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals and discontinuing the sales tax exemption for purchases made by certain qualifying military veterans.