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Volume 45 - Issue 12 - March 19, 2026

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced March 9 – March 13 during the 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/.

House Bills

HB 2794, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2795, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2796, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for charitable organizations and requiring a fee for registration of the exemption certificate; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and 79-3651 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2797, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales tax; providing for the rounding of final transaction amount if payment is made with cash, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2798, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; establishing research universities; granting such universities authority to conduct transactions involving real property, buildings, infrastructure, easements and the procurement of goods and services; exempting such universities from statutes governing such transactions; amending K.S.A. 74-3254, 74-3264, 75-1251, 75-2131, 75-3043a, 75-3729, 75-3731a, 75-3743, 75-3744, 75-3763, 75-3765, 75-3768, 75-3773, 75-37,115, 75-5274, 75-5802, 75-6607, 76-769 and 76-790 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 76-756, 76-7,126 and 76-7,152 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

House Resolutions

HR 6034, A RESOLUTION commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson, by Representatives Schreiber, Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barrett, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Boatman, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Brunk, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Caiharr, Carlin, Carmichael, Carpenter, Carpenter, Carr, Chauncey, Sawyer Clayton, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helwig, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Martinez, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, Minnix, Moser, Mosley, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Brownlee Paige, Pickert, Pishny, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Ruiz, Ruiz, Sanders, Sappington, Sawyer, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Simmons, Smith, Smith, Steele, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Vaughn, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Wikle, Wilborn, Willcott, Williams, Williams, Wilson, Winn, Wolf, Woodard and Xu.

HR 6035, A RESOLUTION commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve, by Representative James.

HR 6036, A RESOLUTION congratulating Stryten Energy on the 50th anniversary of its battery manufacturing facility in Salina, by Representative Howe.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5035, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; providing an exemption from school district property tax levies for certain residential property, by Committee on Taxation.

Senate Bills

SB 529, AN ACT concerning education; requiring the state department of education to prepare and publish a Kansas building report card for virtual schools separately from any such report card prepared and published for a traditional school operated by the school district; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 530, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; clarifying definitions of individuals who are subject to a state and national criminal history record check and which agency receives the results of such record check; authorizing the department for aging and disability services to conduct criminal history record checks on certain individuals; amending K.S.A. 40-4902, 58-4102 and 75-7b17 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-1719, 12-1679, 17-2234, 22-4714, 65-2802, 65-28,129, 74-50,182, 74-5602, 74-9802 and 75-53,105 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 531, AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 532, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 533, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to eligibility for the office of county commissioner; limiting the restrictions on who is eligible for such office to only individuals holding elected office in the same county; amending K.S.A. 19-205 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 534, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to excise taxes; imposing a nameplate capacity tax and a production tax upon certain wind farms and solar facilities; crediting the nameplate capacity tax and production tax revenue to the property tax relief fund; relating to property tax; creating the property tax relief fund; transferring moneys from the property tax relief fund to the state school district finance fund; decreasing the statewide property tax levy for schools; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 535, AN ACT concerning the state fire marshal; relating to certain rules and regulations governing the possession, transportation and use of explosive materials; exempting correctional authorities and certain business entities from such rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 31-136 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1729, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the 2026 Kansas Principals of the Year and the Kansas Superintendent of the Year for their exemplary leadership and steadfast dedication to the students, families and communities of Kansas, by Senators Argabright, Clifford, Fagg, Peck, Rose, Ryckman and Thomas.

SR 1730, A RESOLUTION celebrating the YMCA’s 175th Anniversary and recognizing the YMCA’s role in responding to community needs, connecting people, fostering support, building relationships and creating a sense of belonging, by Senator Hill.

SR 1731, A RESOLUTION recommending Barry Ward as the 2026 Kansas State Balladeer, by Senator Ryckman.

SR 1732, A RESOLUTION commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve, by Senators Masterson, Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Hill, Klemp, Kloos, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson, Warren, Rose and Ryckman.

SR 1733, A RESOLUTION recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service, by Senators Faust Goudeau and Haley.

SR 1734, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Kansas Health Science University Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine for its inaugural commencement, by Senator Miller.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1625, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; providing an exemption from school district property tax levies for certain residential property, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

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