---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund."
description: "Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Kansas SB 35 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f33d1ec-8ccc-408f-b91f-c0c9242ac90c"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB35/"
source_hash: "491d48f5d2dcb83985b37ea3c58681d29fd5ca780540631c6fc7184aa7f0e6ea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 35 (2025-2026) — Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_03_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_35/sb35_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Assessment and Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 96, Nay 26, Absent 3
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Carl Turner and Rep. Tom Sawyer appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Caryn Tyson, Sen. Virgil Peck and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 109, Nay 9, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Adam Smith was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Samantha Poetter Parshall raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Adam Smith
- **2025-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to House Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Caryn Tyson was adopted `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Caryn Tyson
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brad Starnes was adopted `passage`
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brad Starnes
- **2025-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f33d1ec-8ccc-408f-b91f-c0c9242ac90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).