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City staff: Kansas legislature adjourned; veto session set for April 10 with local bills to watch
Summary
Marley, a city staff member, told the council the Kansas Legislature adjourned and will return April 10 for veto session. She summarized several conference committee actions and bills affecting Wichita, including $3 million for the Sunflower Summer program, discussions about affordable housing tax credits, and bills on scrap metal and auto theft.
A city staff member identified as Marley gave the council a state-legislative update, saying the Kansas Legislature adjourned just before midnight and will return April 10 for a veto session to consider conference committee reports and possible veto overrides.
Marley said the budget bill passed and "does include $3,000,000 for the Sunflower Summer program, bringing the total of the program to $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2026." She added that the conference committee report includes a proviso to expand STARBond projects to include malls; that report now goes to the governor, who may line-item veto portions of the budget.
She reviewed other items she had been following: the Astra Fund conference committee report had not been run; a constitutional amendment to enact a 4% cap on residential property failed in the House on a 37‑88 vote; a Bankers Association local fund deposit bill was headed to the governor; and a Sedgwick County bill involving mill-levy and sales-tax formula changes remained in conference committee and could be taken up in veto session.
Marley also summarized public-safety and other bills: a scrap‑metal bill and an auto‑theft bill were inserted into conference committee reports and are expected to be run during veto session; negotiations were continuing over affordable housing tax credits; the historic tax credit passed and moves to the governor; and a fireworks sales bill that would add a firefighter memorial for Wichita had been agreed to in conference and was headed to the governor. She said local contingency fee contracts had passed and were headed to the governor and that a film tax credit was either headed to veto session or would be considered in a later session.
Marley told the council her office continues to monitor these items and will report back as veto-session actions develop. The council thanked her for the update and noted the legislature will return on April 10.
