SB 117 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.

SB 117 expands the existing property tax exemption for Strother Field Airport property in Kansas. It exempts all airport property owned prior to 1992 - including land used for aviation operations, commerce, or revenue generation - as depicted on the federally approved airport layout plan. This change ensures the Strother Field Airport Commission remains tax-exempt on all such property for current and future years. The bill also cancels unpaid property taxes for pre-1992 years but does not require refunds for amounts already paid.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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As Introduced Enrolled · 1 edit · Apr 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to the official enrolled version, adding standard certification language and signatures required for a law to take effect. The substantive policy content regarding the property tax exemption for the Strother field airport remains identical to the original draft.
TECHNICAL

Added formal certification language and signature lines for the Senate President, Secretary of the Senate, House Speaker, Chief Clerk, and Governor, which are required for a bill to become an official enrolled act.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 111, Nay 7, 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
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Taxation
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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