Kansas / State / 2021-2022 Regular Session

2022 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 63 (House Bill 2239), section 40 Created the additional personal exemption for disabled veterans

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Expands benefits Adds a $2,250 Kansas income tax exemption for a veteran paid at the 100% rate for a permanent disability.

Added subsection (b) to K.S.A. 79-32,121, giving an individual honorably discharged from active service whom VA certifies to be in receipt of disability compensation at the 100% rate, for a permanent disability, an additional Kansas exemption of $2,250 for tax year 2023 and all tax years thereafter. The Department of Revenue explained it in Notice 23-06 and updated the K-40. The figure held at $2,250 for tax years 2023 and 2024; chapter 123 of 2025 raised it to $2,320 from tax year 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House
  2. In committee Done, House Taxation, then Senate Assessment and Taxation
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House adopted the conference report on the Senate substitute
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • House Committee on TaxationSponsor, House

What it touches

  • K.S.A. 79-32,121

Catalog entry

Official record

Read 2022 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 63 (House Bill 2239), section 40 on the jurisdiction's own record