Updates
Hearing dates, and where things stand. Newest first.
- January 2027
The 2027 session begins
We'll post hearing dates here as soon as they're set. Get updates by email.
- July 1, 2026
Veterans' sales tax break starts
Veterans whose service-connected disability is permanent and rated 100%, or who are rated totally disabled or unable to work, can apply for a card that takes sales tax, state and local, off up to $24,000 a year in eligible purchases. Cars, alcohol and tobacco don't count. Apply with the Kansas Department of Revenue.
- April 10, 2026
Property tax relief runs out of time
The session ended without a final deal, so the bill the House passed did not become law.
- March 2026
The House votes 124 to 0
The House passed House Substitute for SB 434, a state income tax credit worth half of these veterans' property taxes. It also would have ended the new sales tax break.
- 2025
The veterans' refund changes how it counts income
HB 2231 switched the refund that pays back tax increases (K-40SVR) to Kansas adjusted gross income, starting with tax year 2025. Kansas stopped taxing Social Security in 2024, so it isn't counted. The income and home-value limits didn't change. Kansas Department of Revenue notice
- February 5, 2025
House hearing on HB 2005
Disabled veterans testified in person and in writing for a property tax credit.
- June 2024
Special session: tax relief, but no veterans' credit
After the veto, lawmakers returned and passed SB 1, a different tax package the governor signed on June 20. It ended Kansas income tax on Social Security but left out the veterans' property tax credit. SB 2, which would have brought the credit back, was introduced but didn't advance.
- May 16, 2024
A 75% credit passes, then is vetoed
Lawmakers passed HB 2096, a larger tax bill that included a refundable state credit for 75% of these veterans' property taxes. It also would have raised the income and home-value limits on the refund that pays back tax increases, and left Social Security out of that refund's income count. Governor Kelly vetoed the whole bill over the tax package as a whole, so the credit died with it. Read the bill and veto message.
- January 2024
Senate hearings on HB 2036
We testified for a property tax exemption for disabled veterans.
- January 2023
House hearing on HB 2036
We testified for a property tax exemption based on disability rating.
- February 2022
Our first testimony
We testified for HB 2440, a property tax exemption for retired and disabled veterans.
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