KS
Kansas House Bill HB2126

Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2126

Introduced
1/28/25  

Caption

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.

Impact

The bill is expected to streamline the acquisition of necessary resources for Kansas Legal Services by eliminating the sales tax on their purchases. This change will promote efficiency in service delivery as the organization will be able to allocate more funds directly toward programs that aid in legal assistance, mediation services, and other essential community support initiatives. The sales tax exemption has the potential to significantly bolster the organization's capacity to function and expand its outreach to underserved populations.

Summary

House Bill 2126 aims to provide a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas Legal Services, Inc., which operates as a nonprofit organization. This legislation will amend existing law to specifically exempt sales tax for a range of services and goods acquired by the organization in the course of its activities to assist low-income Kansans. The exemption is designed to decrease the financial burden on Kansas Legal Services, thereby allowing the organization to utilize its funds more effectively in providing essential legal services to those in need within the state.

Contention

While the bill has generally received support as a means to facilitate the work of Kansas Legal Services, it may face scrutiny regarding the broader implications of tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations. Some legislators may express concern about the long-term impact on state revenue collection and how such exemptions might set precedents for other organizations seeking similar treatment. There may be discussions around ensuring that this measure fully aligns with the state's fiscal policies while addressing the legal service needs of low-income individuals.

Latest HB2126 Activity

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2306

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas suicide prevention HQ, inc.

KS HB2307

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made to establish and maintain Kansas war memorials and providing a property tax exemption for property with Kansas war memorials.

KS HB2203

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by sleep in heavenly peace, inc.

KS SB129

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of personal property or services by doorstep, inc.

KS HB2098

Providing a deduction from sales or compensating use tax when selling and buying different motor vehicles within 120 days, providing an exemption for certain purchases by disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States, excluding manufacturers' coupons from the sales or selling price for sales tax purposes, providing sales tax exemptions for custom meat processing services and purchases for the construction or repair of buildings used for human habitation by the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf, providing sales tax exemptions for certain purchases by doorstep inc., exploration place, inc., Kansas children's discovery center, inc. and the Kansas fairgrounds foundation and providing for a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services.

KS HB2662

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of construction materials by a contractor for the Kansas fairgrounds foundation.

KS HB2773

Providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases by the boys' and girls' club of Topeka.

KS HB2794

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of personal property and services, sales of personal property and purchases by contractors for not-for-profit animal shelters and rescue network managers licensed under the Kansas pet animal act.

KS HB2041

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases by a not-for-profit corporation operating a community theater.

KS SB247

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases by a not-for-profit corporation operating a community theater.

Similar Bills

KS SB169

House Substitute for SB 169 by Committee on Taxation - providing an income tax rate of 5.15% for individuals and decreasing the normal tax for corporations, increasing the income limit for the income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, discontinuing the food sales tax credit, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on January 1, 2024, and increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.

KS HB2773

Providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases by the boys' and girls' club of Topeka.

KS SB515

Providing a sales tax exemption for the Dane G. Hansen foundation.

KS SB454

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of property and services by nonprofit organizations distributing food pursuant to a food distribution program on a charitable basis.

KS SB520

Providing a sales tax exemption for certain not-for-profit organizations that provide public transportation services.

KS SB60

Substitute for SB 60 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing sales tax exemptions for custom meat processing services, purchases for the construction or repair of buildings used for human habitation by the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf, certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association, certain purchases by doorstep inc., exploration place, inc. and Kansas children's discovery center, inc. and sales of menstrual discharge collection devices and diapers and establishing an annual sales tax holiday exempting certain sales of school supplies, computers and clothing.

KS HB2685

Providing a sales tax exemption for registered charitable organizations.

KS HB2765

Providing a sales tax exemption for period products, diapers and incontinence products.