# Kansas HB 2396: Senate Substitute for HB 2396 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues exceeding a certain amount, providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers and modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice.

Kansas HB 2396, Senate Substitute for HB 2396 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues exceeding a certain amount, providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers and modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Taxation; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on Senate General Orders); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2396
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Senate Substitute for HB 2396 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues exceeding a certain amount, providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers and modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on Senate General Orders
- Sponsor: Committee on Taxation
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: senate committee on assessment and taxation, house committee on taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (230 yes, 12 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Taxation
- Cosponsor: Committee on Assessment and Taxation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 115 Nay: 6 | pass | 115 | 6 |   |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 115 | 6 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-10: Died on Senate General Orders (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing: Monday, March 17, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Engrossed on Friday, March 7, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-10: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Henry Helgerson (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Henry Helgerson was rejected (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-03-07: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-07: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 115, Nay 6, Absent 4 (House)
- 2025-03-06: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation (House)
- 2025-03-04: Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2025-02-27: Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Taxation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_01_0000.pdf)
- 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_2396/hb2396_03_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_00_0000.pdf)
- S Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_02_0000.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 House Committee on Taxation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_01_0000.pdf)
- [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_2396/hb2396_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_00_0000.pdf)
- [S Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2396/hb2396_02_0000.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2396-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).