Kansas SB 402 — Modifying the definition of household income for the homestead property tax refund act, providing for one homestead property tax refund claim form and providing an eligibility exception for claimants who are required to live away from the homestead by reason of health or other hardship, increasing the homestead appraised value thresholds for certain homestead refund claim provisions, extending the period of time to file homestead claims and providing for an increase in the maximum refund allowed, providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the SAFESR tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds the applicable threshold after qualifying in a previous tax year and modifying the household income threshold, providing a cost-of-living adjustment for purposes of the SAFESR tax credit and prohibiting tax sales of residential property for certain qualifying individuals for taxes owed on residential property.
Kansas, 2025-2026. SB 402: Modifying the definition of household income for the homestead property tax refund act, providing for one homestead property tax refund claim form and pr
Latest action
April 10, 2026 — Died on House Calendar
Summary
No summary was supplied. Use the original legislative source for the bill text.
Sponsors
- Committee on Assessment and Taxation — primary sponsor
Bill text
As Amended by House Committee on Taxation Read version ↗ Read version ↗
{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} Read version ↗ Read version ↗
As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation Read version ↗ Read version ↗
As Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
Emergency Final Action As Amended
February 25, 2026 · Senate · pass
yes: 39 · no: 1 · absent: 0
Official vote source ↗Individual member positions (40)
| Member | Vote |
|---|---|
| Alley | yes |
| Argabright | yes |
| Billinger | yes |
| Blasi | yes |
| Blew | yes |
| Bowers | yes |
| Bowser | yes |
| Claeys | yes |
| Clifford | yes |
| Corson | yes |
| Dietrich | yes |
| Erickson | yes |
| Fagg | yes |
| Faust Goudeau | yes |
| Gossage | yes |
| Haley | yes |
| Hill | yes |
| Holscher | yes |
| Klemp | yes |
| Kloos | yes |
| Masterson | yes |
| Miller | yes |
| Murphy | yes |
| Owens | yes |
| Peck | yes |
| Petersen | yes |
| Pettey | yes |
| Rose | yes |
| Ryckman | yes |
| Schmidt | yes |
| Shallenburger | yes |
| Shane | yes |
| Starnes | yes |
| Sykes | yes |
| Thomas | yes |
| Thompson | yes |
| Titus | yes |
| Tyson | yes |
| Warren | yes |
| Francisco | no |
Legislative history
- Introduced
- Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Caryn Tyson
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Caryn Tyson was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Taxation
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation
- Died on House Calendar
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