Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2111

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/18/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  

Caption

Increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years.

Impact

If enacted, HB2111 will lead to substantial changes in the management of water resources in Kansas. The increase in the acreage cap is expected to facilitate the enrollment of more agricultural land in CREP, which in turn can enhance water conservation practices and assist in the sustainable management of water resources. The modifications in eligibility criteria and reporting requirements are designed to streamline participation, particularly for landowners who may face barriers under current rules.

Summary

House Bill 2111 aims to enhance water conservation efforts in Kansas by amending the Kansas Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). This bill proposes to increase the maximum acreage cap for the program from 40,000 to 60,000 acres, thereby allowing for a greater area of land to be enrolled for water quality and quantity projects. Additionally, the bill clarifies certain eligibility criteria for landowners and provides exceptions under specific conditions, aiming to encourage more participation in conservation efforts.

Contention

While the bill has received support from various agricultural and conservation groups, there are concerns about the implications of broadening enrollment criteria. Critics argue that the removal of limitations based on expired federal contracts could lead to misuse of federal funds or poor land management practices. Additionally, there is caution regarding the balance between increasing the acreage cap and ensuring effective oversight of the program to protect water resources and ecological integrity.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2759

Modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran to create a common definition for each term and clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans.

KS HB2833

Modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran to create a common definition for each term and clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans.

KS HB2668

Requiring job search instead of a 20-hour work week for child care subsidy eligibility, allowing food assistance funds for advertising food assistance programs and modifying penalties for non-cooperation for all assistance programs.

KS HB2036

Senate Substitute for HB 2036 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on July 1, 2024, and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund and providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund.

KS HB2760

Prescribing documentation requirements to determine eligibility for any benefit derived from a service-connected disability, requiring that federal disability determinations for veterans be probative, establishing the Kansas office of veterans services, updating references and corresponding changes relating to the transfer of powers and duties from the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office to the Kansas office of veterans services, updating the veterans claims assistance program to include references to veterans affairs medical centers and cross-accreditation requirements, modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran, clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans and updating the definition of armed forces to include the space force.

KS HB2844

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund and decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

KS SB37

House Substitute for SB 37 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for food and food ingredients on July 1, 2024, and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund and providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund.

KS SB524

Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.

KS SB300

House Substitute for SB 300 by Committee on Taxation - Modifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate, abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund, providing for certain transfers to the special city and county highway fund and decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

KS SB8

Reducing penalties for the late filing of and the failure to file personal property renditions and the discovery of escaped personal property, requiring filing only an initial statement with county appraiser for personal property, decreasing the penalties for failing to timely remit withholding income taxes of employees by employers, extending reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks for calendar year 2024, modifying and prescribing the contents of the revenue neutral rate public hearing notice, providing two prior years' values on the annual valuation notice, allowing for filing of an appraisal by a certified residential real property appraiser for appeal purposes, discontinuing the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal, accounting for adverse influences in the valuation of agricultural land, including properties used for registered agritourism activities as land devoted to agricultural use for purposes of classification, providing a property tax exemption for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing income tax subtraction modifications to permit the carryforward of certain net operating losses for individuals and for the federal work opportunity tax credit and the employee retention credit disallowances, increasing the tax credit amount for adoption expenses and making the credit refundable, increasing the amount of income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 and defining qualifying vendors and eligible employees, establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities, clarifying the determination of taxable income of an electing pass-through entity and providing for the passing through of tax credits to electing pass-through entity owners for purposes of the salt parity act, excluding social security payments from household income and expanding eligibility for seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services and excluding manufacturers' coupons from the sales or selling price.

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