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HB2631 • 2026

Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

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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 extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

What This Bill Does

  • Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

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 extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2631
By Representatives Osman, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Brownlee Paige, Carlin,
Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Haskins, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza,
Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Woodard and Xu
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AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing
the extent of exemption from the statewide school levy for residential
property; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-201x is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-201x. For taxable year 2024 2027 , and all taxable years
thereafter, the following described property, to the extent herein specified,
shall be and is hereby exempt from the property tax levied pursuant to the
provisions of K.S.A. 72-5142, and amendments thereto: Property used for
residential purposes to the extent of $75,000 $125,000 of its appraised
valuation.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-201x is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
January 1, 2027, and its publication in the statute book.
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