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SB217 • 2026

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

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

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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 for residential property from the statewide school levy.

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Senate

    Died in Committee

  2. 2025-02-06 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation

  3. 2025-02-05 Senate

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
SENATE BILL No. 217
By Senators Corson, Pettey and Sykes
2-5
AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing
the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide
school levy; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-201x is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-201x. For taxable year 2024 2025 , 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 K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-201x is hereby repealed.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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