Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee hears support for amendment to cap assessed-value increases at 3%

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Supporters including senators, city and county officials, and agricultural dealers urged the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee to advance SCR 16-16, a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit annual increases in final taxable assessed value to 3%, roll values back to 2022 for tax year 2027, and be placed before voters in a special election on Aug. 4, 2026.

At a hearing of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee, conferees and lawmakers voiced support for Senate Concurrent Resolution 16-16, a proposed amendment to Article 11, Section 1 of the Kansas Constitution that would cap annual increases in the final taxable assessed value of most real property and certain mobile homes at 3% (or a lesser percentage set by law) and take effect for assessments on and after Jan. 1, 2027.

Amelia Kovar Donahue, assistant reviser with the Office of Reviser of Statutes, described the amendment’s mechanics: the cap would not apply to new construction or improvements, classification changes, exempt-to-taxed conversions, first listings, escaped or omitted property, corrected errors, or specified legal-description changes. The amendment would also roll back the comparison baseline: for 2027 the final taxable assessed value would be compared to tax year 2022, except where one of the stated exceptions applies, and would be submitted to…

Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee hears support for amendment to cap assessed-value increases at 3%

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