Kansas House panel passes bill allowing local taxpayers to sink property tax hikes above 3%

Kansas House tax committee approves a bill aimed at undermining decisions by city or county officials to raise property tax revenue more than 3% annually.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 980

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee offered bipartisan support for legislation authorizing a protest-petition option for taxpayers eager to block city or county property tax increases that pushed revenue more than 3% above the previous year’s total.

A key amendment approved Monday by the House Taxation Committee deleted from House Bill 2745 provisions for relying on special public votes — an idea sharply opposed by cities — to resolve objections to property tax growth …

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