# Kansas HB 2275: 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. Kansas HB 2275, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Taxation; status signed, last action 2025-04-24 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2275-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2275 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-04-24, Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Taxation - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on assessment and taxation, house committee on taxation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (630 yes, 18 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Less paperwork for custom meat processing: benefit, low. 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… - Finney gains more sales tax authority: cost, low. 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 R… - Three counties gain sales tax options: cost, low. 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 authorize… - Local sales tax shares temporarily frozen: mixed, low. 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 du… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Taxation ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 4 | pass | 118 | 4 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 117 Nay: 5 | pass | 117 | 5 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 117 | 5 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 118 | 4 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-04-24: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-11: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (House) - 2025-04-11: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-04-11: Engrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-11: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-11: Law effective May 8, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner and Rep. Tom Sawyer (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 4, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-02-05: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2275/hb2275_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2275-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).