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County staff briefs commissioners on 2025 Kansas legislative session outcomes and remaining priorities
Summary
Sedgwick County staff provided an update on the 2025 Kansas legislative session, citing passage of several bills of interest (including the county’s election bill) and noting several priority items that remain unresolved and may be revisited next year or during veto session.
Tonya Cole, assistant county manager, briefed the Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners on the status of bills from the 2025 Kansas legislative session and the possibility of further action during the brief veto session in April.
Cole reported passage of House Bill 2022, an election bill that moves some election timing to the first Tuesday in March for certain elections, and Senate Bill 35, which included a 1.5-mill state reduction affecting property tax calculations. She noted Senate Bill 4 (requiring advance ballots to be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day) passed through a veto override. Cole also said House Bill 2365 (South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital) passed and that House Bill 2152 (the bankers bill) had favorable language for local governments.
Cole said other priority items — including the county’s sales tax proposal (House Bill 2377/CCR 2275), the cremains bill (House Bill 2331) and a treasurer-related bill (Senate Bill 119) — are unlikely to pass this year but remain prospects for next session or further work during veto session. Commissioners discussed the overall pace of the session and strategies for advocacy in interim months; Commissioner Howell encouraged continued off-session engagement with legislators to advance county priorities.
No formal county policy changes were taken at the meeting; the briefing was informational.
