# Kansas SB 7: Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance. Kansas SB 7, Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics; status signed, last action 2025-03-21 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB7-2025-2026 - 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 7 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Increasing the statutory limits on bonds issued by a township based on township population and purpose of the bond issuance. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on local government, senate committee on local government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (310 yes, 10 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Kansas township building bonds need voter approval: mixed, low. Kansas township boards can issue general obligation bonds to rebuild, repair, or equip township buildings, but voters must approve them. Bond limits depend on population and the township's assessed tangible property value. The cap is 1% for populations of 5,000 or fewer; 5% for 5,001–10,000; and 10… - Kansas townships get higher fire bond limits: mixed, low. Kansas townships can have fire improvement bonds outstanding up to 5% of assessed tangible property value, up from 0.5%. The repayment period increases from 15 to 20 years, with bonds maturing in roughly equal annual amounts. These bonds place a lien on all taxable township property, and township g… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 116 Nay: 5 | pass | 116 | 5 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 116 | 5 | | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 0 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 14, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-07: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-07: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 5, Absent 4 (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2025-03-03: Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N (House) - 2025-02-13: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-13: Referred to House Committee on Local Government (House) - 2025-02-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_7/sb7_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_7/sb7_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_7/sb7_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_7/sb7_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [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-SB7-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).