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Legislative briefing: SB 33 removed new sales-tax formula; property-tax changes sent to governor raise budget-timing questions

Wichita City Council · April 17, 2026
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Summary

A legislative update from "Kimberly" told the council the Kansas Legislature adjourned and that Senate Bill 33 — which would have changed city–county sales-tax apportionment — left the city spared an immediate hit after the Senate removed a new formula; Kimberly also warned that a revised property-tax bill sent to the governor takes effect immediately and may complicate current municipal budgets and protest-petition timing.

Kimberly briefed the Wichita City Council that the Kansas Legislature adjourned 'sine die' and summarized several outcomes with local consequences. She said Senate Bill 33 — a city–county sales-tax apportionment bill — at one point contained a new formula that "had a very sizable impact on the city," but the Senate removed that formula and instead advanced a one‑year extension of the…

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