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Senate committee hears proposal to require voter approval for property-tax increases above inflation
Summary
Senate Bill 280 would require voter approval for a taxing entity to increase its total property-tax levy above the annual rate of inflation (CPI-U), with certain statutory levies and new-construction growth excluded, a change supporters say would give voters local control over tax increases.
Senate Bill 280 would require, beginning Jan. 1, 2026, voter approval whenever a taxing entity seeks to increase its total amount of property tax to be levied by more than the annual rate of inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), according to a bill summary read to the Senate Tax Committee.
The bill would exclude increases attributable to new construction and would not apply to several statutorily prescribed state mill levies, the summary said: KSA 72-51-42 (20-mill statewide school levy), KSA 76-6b01 (1 mill for the Kansas Educational Building Fund) and KSA 76-6b04 (half-mill state institutions building fund levy). Committee members and witnesses spent the hearing discussing mechanics, local impacts and possible…
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