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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas SB 190 exempts homestead partial redemptions from paying unrelated special assessments
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in CommitteeSponsor: David Haley
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas SB 190 eliminates the requirement to pay for years other than the specific year being redeemed when making a of delinquent homestead property taxes.
Lowers the immediate upfront cash needed for a homeowner to partially redeem a delinquent homestead property by removing the mandatory payment of past or future for non-redeemed years.
- Kansas law permits counties to hold real estate bid off for delinquent taxes and special assessments until a statutory redemption period expires before initiating foreclosure proceedings. context
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.
Homestead owners with delinquent property taxes
County treasurers
County treasurers must process partial redemptions for homesteads without requiring payments for special assessments from unredeemed years.
Key Facts
- Real estate that is a homestead or not described in subsection (a) must be held by the county for three years before a tax foreclosure sale may be commenced.
- Partial redemption payments begin with the first year for which the real estate was carried on the tax-sale book, plus interest prescribed by K.S.A. 79-2004.
- In Johnson county, partial redemption for homesteads begins with the most recent year for which the real estate was carried on the tax-sale book.
- City, county, or other municipalities that have levied special assessments during the past 10 years must certify listed parcels located within a special assessment district to the county treasurer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a partial redemption for a homestead under this bill?
Do I have to pay all accumulated special assessments when partially redeeming my homestead?
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Feb 5, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation
- Feb 4, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Exemption of Unrelated Special Assessments
The bill carves out a specific relief mechanism for homestead partial redemptions by separating general tax years from unrelated special assessments.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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