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SB 35

AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to property tax revenues of taxing jurisdictions; authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues above a certain amount; establishing the acknowledging stewardship of tax revenue and appropriations (ASTRA) fund and authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to qualifying cities and counties; requiring reporting by the state treasurer of the cities and counties that receive transfers; providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers; establishing the protest petition notification costs fund; eliminating the revenue neutral rate requirements by taxing subdivisions and the taxpayer notification costs fund; authorizing the continuation of the 20- mill statewide property tax levy for schools; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5137, 72-5142, 79-1801 and 79-2929 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-2988 and 79-2989.

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House - Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; - 03/20/2025

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (109):

Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Carr, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Droge, Esau, Essex, Estes, Featherston, Francis, Goddard, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Martinez, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Mosley, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Penn, Pickert, Pishny, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Roeser, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Simmons, A. Smith, C. Smith, Steele, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Vaughn, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Wikle, Wilborn, Willcott, K. Williams, L. Williams, Wolf, Woodard, Xu,

Nay - (9):

Barrett, Barth, Brownlee Paige, Fairchild, Gardner, Goetz, Ousley, Rhiley, Winn,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (7):

Blex, Ellis, Haskins, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Roth, L. Ruiz,

Not Voting - (0):