Legislative Report
Ron Reiling, MWACA Lobbyist/St. Louis Liaison
HB 2499 Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a vehicle in a school or construction zone or by individuals less than 18 years of age. Died in Senate
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5026- AM Radio For every Vehicle
WHEREAS, The state of Kansas recognizes the longstanding tradition and importance of AM radio in providing essential information, entertainment and emergency alerts to citizens nationwide; and WHEREAS, The federal AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, introduced as Senate Bill 1669 during the 118th Congress, underscores the significance of AM radio in ensuring that everyone has access to diverse content, including, but not limited to, news, weather, agricultural updates, emergency preparedness and the promotion of public safety; and WHEREAS, Kansas residents, especially those in rural communities where access to alternative media sources may be limited, depend on AM radio for these types of essential information. Died in Senate
Bills Approved By Governor
SB1 – Bill by Senators Masterson, Alley, Erickson, Kloos, Wilborn
Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.
HB2001 – Bill by Representative Hawkins
Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
