Kansas legislators are back at work today after Governor Laura Kelly called a special session on May 29th.
The purpose of the special session is to pass a tax relief bill. Governor Kelly has vetoed several previous bills aimed at tax reform and legislative leaders think they have put together a news version that the governor will be willing to sign. State Senator Virgil Peck says he is not happy with the current version.
Peck says the bill must include two items to have his support: First, it must eliminate state taxes on Social Security and second, there must be property tax relief. However, Peck says there is one provision that will likely not make it into this bill.
Special sessions are fairly rare events in Kansas. There have only been 15 called in 1930, the last of which was called in 2021.
