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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill establishes $1,000 child income tax credit and refundable unborn child tax credit
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas legislation establishes a refundable income tax credit of $1,000 for each and unborn child for tax year 2025 and subsequent years. The measure requires taxpayers to provide valid Social Security numbers for themselves, their spouses, and qualifying children, or a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, to claim the credit.
Resident taxpayers with ren or unborn children would receive a $1,000 per child reduction in state income tax liability or a cash refund if the credit exceeds their total tax liability.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
resident individuals
Resident taxpayers with qualifying or unborn children become eligible for a $1,000 income tax credit or refund.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Taxation
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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