All Roll Calls
Yes: 630 • No: 18
KansasHB 22752025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Finney, Pawnee, Seward and Jackson counties, providing that countywide retailers' sales tax apportionment based on tangible property tax levies remain unchanged until December 31, 2026, and excluding exempt sales of certain custom meat processing services from sales tax exemption certificate requirements.
Sponsored By: Committee on Taxation
Signed by Governor
senate committee on assessment and taxationhouse committee on taxation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Less paperwork for custom meat processing
Beginning July 1, 2024, buyers claiming the existing custom meat processing sales tax exemption need no exemption certificate or form. Sellers do not have to receive or keep one. Sellers who believe the service qualifies in their ordinary business dealings need not collect or remit tax or prove the exemption. Buyers still owe the tax if they claim the exemption improperly.
Finney gains more sales tax authority
Finney County can ask voters to approve a sales tax for building or remodeling county facilities. These include a courthouse, jail, law enforcement center, or county administrative facility. The facility tax ends when collections cover all financing costs, as determined by the Kansas Secretary of Revenue. Finney can also set a 1.5% rate under its general countywide sales tax authority, with facility-tax authority up to 0.3 percentage points above the otherwise allowed rate. These are tax options, not automatic increases; shoppers pay the taxes only when the county imposes them.
Three counties gain sales tax options
Pawnee County can add up to 1 percentage point above its otherwise allowed rate for health care and public safety. Seward County can add 0.5 percentage points for roads and bridges. Jackson County can add 0.25 percentage points for its hospital and Banner Creek Reservoir purposes. The law authorizes these rates but does not automatically impose them. Shoppers pay more on taxable purchases only where a county imposes the tax.
Local sales tax shares temporarily frozen
From July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, the law freezes how half of countywide sales tax revenue is divided. This half is shared among counties and cities based on their shares of total tangible property tax levies. The freeze preserves those revenue shares rather than allowing adjustments during that period. It does not directly change household tax rates or benefit eligibility.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Taxation
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 118 Nay: 4
Yes: 118 • No: 4
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 117 Nay: 5
Yes: 117 • No: 5
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/11/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/11/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 117 • No: 5
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2025
Final Action - Passed
Yes: 118 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
4/24/2025HouseConference committee report now available
4/11/2025SenateMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
4/11/2025SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
4/11/2025SenateMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
4/11/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3
4/11/2025HouseEngrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025
4/11/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
4/11/2025HouseLaw effective May 8, 2025
4/11/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner and Rep. Tom Sawyer
3/20/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
3/20/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/19/2025SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/19/2025SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
3/13/2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S
3/4/2025SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
2/26/2025SenateReceived and Introduced
2/25/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 4, Absent 3
2/20/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/19/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation
2/18/2025HouseHearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S
2/13/2025HouseIntroduced
2/5/2025HouseReferred to House Committee on Taxation
2/5/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
As Introduced
Enrolled
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