HB 2231 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers and increasing the personal exemption for certain disabled veterans for purposes of income tax, modifying the definition of household income related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor, providing for the apportionment pursuant to the three-factor test of a manufacturer who sells alcoholic liquor, requiring the use of single sales factor pursuant to the multistate tax compact, establishing deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor, providing for the decrease in corporate income tax rates, determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state, excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

HB 2231 increases tax relief for specific Kansas taxpayers and modifies business tax rules. It adds a $2,320 personal exemption for heads of household filers (affecting individual taxpayers filing as head of household) and maintains a $2,250 exemption for disabled veterans certified at 100% disability by the VA. The bill also updates the definition of household income for property tax homestead refunds and changes how businesses calculate Kansas tax on out-of-state sales, requiring single sales factor apportionment for most businesses and receipts factor for financial institutions. These changes apply to tax years 2024 and later.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Apr 11, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Amended by House Committee on Taxation As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended by the Senate Committee to expand its scope from solely income tax exemptions to also include homestead property tax refund claims. This change adds new eligibility criteria and financial thresholds for seniors and disabled veterans seeking property tax refunds, while updating the personal exemption amounts for certain disabled veterans.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include amendments to K.S.A. 79-4508a regarding homestead property tax refunds, in addition to the existing income tax provisions.
SCOPE

Added provisions for homestead property tax refund claims, creating a new section (Sec. 2) that was not present in the House version.

Removed the repeal of K.S.A. 79-4508a that was present in the House version, allowing the property tax refund section to remain active.

ELIGIBILITY

Increased the household income threshold for property tax refund eligibility from $50,000 to $80,000 for tax year 2025 and future years.

Raised the appraised value threshold for homestead property tax refund eligibility from $350,000 to $450,000 for base year 2024 and future years.

Updated the personal exemption amount for 100% disabled veterans from $2,250 to $2,320 for tax year 2025 and future years.

DEFINITION

Added a mechanism to automatically increase income and property value thresholds annually based on cost-of-living adjustments and residential valuation changes.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
16
Committee
8
Apr 11, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 118, Nay 4, Absent 3
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner and Rep. Tom Sawyer
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 117, Nay 0, Absent 8
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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