# Kansas SB 35: Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund. Kansas SB 35, Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Assessment and Taxation; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB35-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 35 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on taxation, senate committee on assessment and taxation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (566 yes, 74 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas homeowners pay less state property tax: benefit, low. The law ends two Kansas state property taxes after 2025: 1 mill for educational buildings and 0.5 mill for institutional buildings. Both still apply in 2025 to taxable tangible property. Beginning in 2026, owners save $1.50 each year for every $1,000 of taxable assessed value. These savings use ass… - State funding supports Kansas institutional buildings: benefit, low. Kansas transfers $25 million from its general fund to the state institutions building fund on July 1, 2026. The transfer can occur later when money is available. The fund supports building projects at state institutions, including mental health, disability, juvenile justice, and veterans facilities… - State funding supports Kansas college buildings: benefit, low. Kansas transfers $56 million from its general fund to the Kansas educational building fund on July 1, 2026. The transfer can occur later when money is available. This money supports building projects at state institutions under the Kansas Board of Regents. Each July 1 starting in 2027, transfers in… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Assessment and Taxation ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 109 Nay: 9 | pass | 109 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 96 Nay: 26 | pass | 96 | 26 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 96 | 26 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 109 | 9 | | | 2025-01-29 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 2 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 96, Nay 26, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner and Rep. Tom Sawyer appointed as conferees (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Adam Smith (House) - 2025-03-20: Rep. Samantha Poetter Parshall raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane. (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Adam Smith was adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 109, Nay 9, Absent 7 (House) - 2025-03-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation (House) - 2025-02-27: Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-01-30: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-01-30: Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House) - 2025-01-29: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brad Starnes (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brad Starnes was adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Caryn Tyson (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Caryn Tyson was adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Hearing: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_enrolled.pdf) - {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_03_0000.pdf) - {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_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 Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_enrolled.pdf) - [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_03_0000.pdf) - [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_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) - [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-SB35-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).