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Committee approves minutes and advances SB 35 to remove state mills and provide SGF backfill
Summary
The Committee on Taxation approved meeting minutes and voted to pass Senate Bill 35 favorably; SB 35 would discontinue certain state mill levies and provide SGF transfers to backfill the Kansas Educational Building Fund and the State Institutions Building Fund.
The Committee on Taxation approved its prior meeting minutes by voice vote at the start of the session. Later in the hearing the committee considered Senate Bill 35; a reviser’s summary explained that SB 35 would discontinue the state levy of 1.5 mills that currently supports the Kansas Educational Building Fund and the State Institutions Building Fund after the 2025 tax year, and would provide State General Fund transfers to backfill those funds.
The reviser summarized the bill: it would discontinue a 1 mill levy for the Kansas Educational Building Fund and provide a $56,000,000 transfer from SGF to that fund in the first backfill year; beginning in 2027 the transfer would be indexed by a 10-year average percent change in statewide taxable valuations. The bill would also discontinue a 0.5 mill levy for state institutions and provide a $25,000,000 SGF transfer in the first backfill year with a 2 percent annual increase thereafter.
A motion to pass SB 35 favorably was made by Representative Poe Bridal and seconded by Representative Turner. The committee advanced SB 35 by voice vote; committee leadership announced, "The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. Motion carries." The hearing record does not include a roll-call tally in the transcript.
How this matters: If enacted, SB 35 would shift the revenue source for two building funds from a dedicated property-tax mill levy to annual State General Fund transfers, with initial backfill amounts specified in the bill.
