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HB2629 • 2026

Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

What This Bill Does

  • Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Referred to House Committee on Taxation

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2629
By Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Brownlee Paige, Carlin, Carmichael,
Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, McDonald, Meyer, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza,
Poskin, Sawyer, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill, Weigel, Wikle, Woodard
and Xu
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AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; increasing
the amount of the standard deduction; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-
32,119 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-32,119. (a) The Kansas standard deduction of an individual,
including a husband and wife who are either both residents or who file a
joint return as if both were residents, shall be equal to the sum of the
standard deduction amount allowed pursuant to this section, and the
additional standard deduction amount allowed pursuant to this section for
each such deduction allowable to such individual or to such husband and
wife under the federal internal revenue code.
(b) For tax year 1998, and all tax years thereafter, the additional
standard deduction amount shall be as follows: Single individual and head
of household filing status, $850; and married filing status, $700.
(c) (1) For tax years 2021 through 2023, the standard deduction
amount of an individual, including husband and wife who are either both
residents or who file a joint return as if both were residents, shall be as
follows: Single individual filing status, $3,500; married filing status,
$8,000; and head of household filing status, $6,000.
(2) For tax year years 2024 , and all tax years thereafter 2025 , the
standard deduction amount of an individual, including husband and wife
who are either both residents or who file a joint return as if both were
residents, shall be as follows: Single individual filing status, $3,605;
married filing status, $8,240; and head of household filing status, $6,180.
(2) For tax year 2026, and all tax years thereafter, the standard
deduction amount of an individual, including husband and wife who are
either both residents or who file a joint return as if both were residents,
shall be as follows: Sin gle individual filing status, $3,805; married filing
status, $8,640; and head of household filing status, $6,480.
(d) For purposes of this section, the federal standard deduction
allowable to a husband and wife filing separate Kansas income tax returns
shall be determined on the basis that separate federal returns were filed,
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and the federal standard deduction of a husband and wife filing a joint
Kansas income tax return shall be determined on the basis that a joint
federal income tax return was filed.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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