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Topeka Buzz: Friday, March 21
Automatic annual tax cuts (corporate, income, and property) all passed a chamber with veto-proof majorities yesterday. Also: goodbye, Daylight Savings Time?
Jason Anderson
March 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
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Daily Legislative Update 🐝
Friday, March 21, 2025
Below is today’s morning update on published activities in the Kansas Legislature.
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Property Tax Annual Increases Capped at 3%
House Concurrent Resolution 5011, which will cap annual property tax increases at 3% per year, passed the Kansas Senate yesterday with the two-thirds majority necessary to approve the constitutional amendment. The resolution is now headed to the November 2025 ballot, where a simply majority would approve the change.
Unlike California’s Proposition 13 (which also caps annual property tax increases), this resolution maintains continuity in the assessed property value even when transferring or selling the property to a new owner. It is a much more aggressive form of property tax restraint, and poses significant long-term fiscal challenges for the state. The stress will be particularly noticeable at the local and county level, where property taxes often provide the majority of revenue for school and county budgets.