# Kansas HB 2440: Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.

Kansas HB 2440, Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Taxation; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2440
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Taxation
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on assessment and taxation, house committee on taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (318 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Less tax paperwork for oil lease owners: benefit, low. Owners of Kansas oil leases already exempt from property tax under K.S.A. 79-201t no longer need an exemption request. These leases are excluded from the filing and review process under K.S.A. 79-213. The law does not change the tax exemption or its eligibility rules.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Taxation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 119 Nay: 0 | pass | 119 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 119 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 6 (House)
- 2026-02-12: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2026-02-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation (House)
- 2026-01-27: Hearing: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced (House)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2440/hb2440_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2440/hb2440_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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2440/hb2440_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2440/hb2440_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2440-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).