Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 23 D cosponsors

HB 2629 — Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes.

Last action — Died in Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 02, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 23 sponsors

    23 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (23 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill increases the standard deduction amounts for Kansas income taxation starting in tax year 2026.

  • K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119

    $3,605; married filing status, $8,240; and head of household filing status, $6,180. → $3,805; married filing status, $8,640; and head of household filing status, $6,480.

    This change raises the standard deduction amounts for individuals filing taxes in Kansas starting in 2026.

  • K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119

    and all tax years thereafter 2025 → and all tax years thereafter

    This clarifies that the new deduction rates apply for tax year 2026 and all subsequent years.

  • K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119

    years 2024, and all tax years thereafter → 2024, and all tax years thereafter

    This corrects a typographical error in the text regarding tax years.

  • K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119

    For tax year 2024, and all tax years thereafter

    This section is effectively repealed and replaced with updated deduction amounts starting in 2026.

  • K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119

    the additional standard deduction amount shall be as follows: Single individual and head of household filing status, $850; and married filing status, $700.

    This eliminates outdated additional standard deduction amounts that were applicable prior to 1998.

Action History

  1. Died in Committee

  2. Introduced

  3. Referred to House Committee on Taxation

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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23 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (23)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2629?
HB 2629 is sponsored by Rui Xu (Democrat), Brandon Woodard (Democrat), Suzanne Wikle (Democrat), Virgil Weigel (Democrat), Jerry Stogsdill (Democrat), Alexis Simmons (Democrat), Tobias Schlingensiepen (Democrat), Tom Sawyer (Democrat), Mari-Lynn Poskin (Democrat), Melissa Oropeza (Democrat), KC Ohaebosim (Democrat), Cindy Neighbor (Democrat), Heather Meyer (Democrat), Nikki McDonald (Democrat), Kirk Haskins (Democrat), Linda Featherston (Democrat), Pam Curtis (Democrat), John Carmichael (Democrat), Sydney Carlin (Democrat), Barbara Ballard (Democrat), Mike Amyx (Democrat), Dan Osman (Democrat), and Wanda Brownlee Paige (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 2629?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 02, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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