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Committee reviews SB 402 on homestead refunds and Safe Senior changes; asks for updated fiscal analysis
Summary
Senate Bill 402 would align household-income definitions (Kansas adjusted gross income) across certain homestead programs, create a single claim form, add an eligibility exception for those forced to live away for health reasons, set a $25,380 Safe Senior income threshold, and preserve eligibility if appraised valuation later exceeds $350,000; the committee adopted a date-certain amendment and requested updated fiscal figures and permutations for Social Security treatment.
The Senate Tax Committee took up Senate Bill 402, which would change how two homestead-related property-tax relief programs define household income, simplify filing and create an eligibility exception for claimants required to live away from their homestead because of health or hardship.
Amelia summarized the principal elements of SB 402: it would define household income for the original homestead refund as total Kansas adjusted gross income (bringing it into consistency with the property-tax freeze definition), provide an exception for claimants required to live away from their homestead for health or hardship, unify the claim form for the original homestead claim and the property-tax-freeze (Safe Senior/SVR) claim, and establish that a claimant shall not lose the original homestead…
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