Budget & Taxes (Tax Incentives)

SB 278 exempts the Care to Share Cancer Support Group of Bourbon County, Kansas, Inc. from Kansas sales tax on its purchases and sales. This bill amends Kansas law (K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606) to add the organization to the list of nonprofit entities eligible for sales tax exemptions. The exemption applies specifically to the group’s operations as a nonprofit cancer support organization, not to broader categories of nonprofits. The bill creates no new policy or tax mechanism - it simply extends an existing exemption to this single, named organization.

SB 98 creates a special Route 66 association of Kansas license plate for eligible vehicles (passenger cars and trucks under 20,000 lbs gross weight) owned or leased by Kansas residents. It requires an annual $25-$100 fee to the Route 66 Association (paid to county treasurers) for the plate and its renewal, with the plate being non-transferable and tied to the vehicle registration. Applicants must consent to sharing limited registration details (name, address, plate number) with the association and state treasurer. This is a procedural bill focused on commemorative licensing, not substantive policy.

HB 2275 authorizes Finney, Pawnee, Seward, and Jackson counties to impose a countywide retailers' sales tax specifically for financing courthouse, jail, law enforcement center, or other administrative facility construction or remodeling. The tax would expire December 31, 2026, and existing tax apportionment based on property tax levies would remain unchanged during this period. The bill also modifies tax rules to exclude certain custom meat processing services from standard sales tax exemption certificate requirements. This is a targeted tax authorization for infrastructure projects, not a general tax increase.