SB 259 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

SB 259 requires that future personal and corporate income tax rate decreases in Kansas can only occur if actual state tax revenues exceed an inflation-adjusted baseline revenue target set for fiscal year 2024 ($10.004 billion). The bill establishes a process where, each August 15, the state budget director compares the previous year's actual tax collections to revenues adjusted for inflation; only if collections exceed this target will tax rates be reduced. Tax rate reductions must first lower the lowest income tax bracket (starting at 3.1% for 2018-2023) until it reaches 4.5%, then reduce higher brackets and surtaxes until the combined rate equals 4.5%. This bill directly affects all Kansas taxpayers who pay state income tax by tying future rate cuts to specific revenue performance.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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As Introduced As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to expand its scope from only income tax to include privilege taxes (corporate taxes), and to establish specific minimum floor rates for these new taxes. Previously, only income tax rates had a 4.5% floor; the amendment now sets a 4.5% floor for income tax, 2.82% for corporate normal tax, and 2.9% for corporate surtax. This ensures that future tax rate reductions based on revenue excesses do not lower these specific taxes below their respective thresholds.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include privilege taxes (corporate income taxes) in addition to individual income taxes, and specific minimum rate floors were added for the new tax categories.
SCOPE

The bill title and text were updated to include 'privilege taxes' alongside income tax, expanding the legislation's application to corporate taxes.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added to calculate and publish rate reductions for privilege taxes, ensuring they mirror the percentage adjustments applied to corporate income tax.

The minimum floor for income tax rate reductions was set at 4.5%, while new minimum floors of 2.82% and 2.9% were established for corporate normal tax and surtax, respectively.

TECHNICAL

The statutory citations were updated to reference the specific new sections for privilege taxes (79-1107 and 79-1108) instead of the repealed section.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Taxation
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 30, Nay 10
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
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