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Committee previews changes to homestead refund program: social security exclusion and higher income and home-value thresholds under consideration
Summary
Senate Bill 215 would exclude Social Security payments from household income for the Homestead Property Tax Refund Act, raise the household income eligibility limit to $80,000, and increase the homestead appraised-value threshold in the bill text to $595,000 with an annual adjustment for later base years.
Senate Bill 215 would amend the Homestead Property Tax Refund Act to exclude payments under the federal Social Security Act from the definition of household income, increase the upper household income threshold for eligibility to $80,000, and raise the appraised-value threshold for homestead base-year property to $595,000 with an annual adjustment for base years after 2025.
Amelia (committee staff) introduced the proposal and asked the committee whether it wanted to work the bill immediately; she said staff were awaiting an updated Kansas adjusted gross income fiscal note to clarify the bill's fiscal effects. Eddie (committee…
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