HB 2318 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Providing that future income and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding tax receipt revenues.

HB 2318 ties future Kansas income and privilege tax rate cuts to specific revenue targets. It requires that actual tax collections from the previous fiscal year exceed an inflation-adjusted base year revenue amount (set at $10.0 billion for 2024) AND that the budget stabilization fund holds at least 20% of the prior year's tax revenue. If both conditions are met, tax rates must be reduced proportionally across income brackets, with a floor of 4.5% for the lowest income tax rate. This directly affects all Kansas individual and business taxpayers by linking tax rate changes to state revenue performance rather than automatic reductions. The bill modifies tax calculation rules to enforce these rate limits and ensure reductions occur only when revenue targets are surpassed.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Amended by House Committee on Taxation {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add stricter conditions for tax rate reductions. Previously, tax cuts were triggered solely by revenue exceeding inflation-adjusted estimates. Now, reductions will only occur if revenue exceeds estimates AND the state's budget stabilization fund holds at least 20% of prior year's tax receipts. Additionally, the maximum tax rate floor was lowered from 4.5% to 4% to allow for deeper potential cuts.
Scope change
The bill now applies only when two specific conditions are met simultaneously: exceeding revenue estimates and maintaining a minimum balance in the budget stabilization fund.
ELIGIBILITY

Added a new requirement that tax rate reductions are contingent on the budget stabilization fund holding at least 20% of the prior fiscal year's tax receipt revenues.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the minimum income tax rate floor from 4.5% to 4%, allowing for deeper tax rate reductions if revenue targets are met.

DEFINITION

Clarified that 'Adjusted general revenue fund collections' specifically refers to revenues from the income tax act and privilege taxes on financial institutions.

Updated the 'Base year revenues' definition to explicitly break down the $10 billion total into specific income tax and privilege tax amounts.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 84, Nay 34, Absent 7
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Shannon Francis was adopted
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Shannon Francis
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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