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Angela Stiens Constituent Survey

1.Contact Information(Required.)
2.Please List Your Top Three Issues of Importance:
Property Taxes
After the legislature repealed the small statewide mill levy, property taxes are now exclusively assessed at the local level - counties, cities, and school boards. However, the legislature is able to enact parameters around those assessments, with some solutions requiring a constitutional amendment. Below are several questions related to proposals that may come before the legislature.
3.Capping Valuation Increases. Many Kansans complain about annual valuation increases that raise their property taxes without any action by a governing body voting to do so. Capping these annual increases requires a constitutional amendment, which must obtain a supermajority of both chambers in Topeka plus a vote of the people. Would you support a constitutional amendment capping property valuation increases?
4.Electing Appraisers. Many states elect their county appraisers. Would you support electing, rather than appointing, county appraisers?
5.Supermajority of Local Governments to Raise Property Taxes. There have been proposals to impose stricter requirements for local governments (including school boards, counties, and cities) to raise property taxes by requiring a supermajority at the governing body or requiring a vote of the people within that jurisdiction.

For instance, the Shawnee City Council has 9 members, including the mayor. Rather than 5 of the 9, this requirement would potentially require 7 of the 9 to exceed the revenue neutral rate.

Also, often local governments will not raise the mill levy, but property taxes within that jurisdiction still rise due to higher property valuations. Local governments can offset this by lowering the mill levy to the revenue neutral rate.

Which of the options do you support?
6.Requiring Voter Approval to Raise Property Taxes. There have been proposals to require local governments (including school boards, counties, and cities) to seek voter approval before raising property taxes.

Also, often local governments will not raise the mill levy, but property taxes within that jurisdiction still rise due to higher property valuations. Local governments can offset this by lowering the mill levy to the revenue neutral rate.

Which of the options do you support?
Promoting Single-Family Homes & Home Affordability
The following questions are regarding the housing crisis and the availability of affordable single-family homes.
7.Promoting Single-Family Home Construction. Various ideas have been proposed to promote the construction of affordable-single family homes. Please indicate which ideas you support - check all that apply.
8.Should corporations and other institutional investors be restricted from buying large numbers of single-family houses in order to turn them into rental properties?
Other Issues
Below are questions related to several other issues before the legislature.
9.Electing Supreme Court Justices. Currently, the justices who sit on the Kansas Supreme Court are chosen via a nine-member nominating commission, the majority of which must be lawyers elected only by other lawyers. This commission then sends three names to the governor, who must pick among the three. While other states have nominating commissions, Kansas is the only state in the union with a commission which is controlled by those with no accountaiblity to the electorate.

This year, the legislature put a constitutional amendment on the August 2026 ballot to change this method to direct elections, as is used in 22 other states and the very system Kansas used to use.

Do you favor this amendment?
10.There are studies showing the negative impact too much screen time can have on children’s development. Would you support legislation banning the use of personal electronic communication devices in schools?
11.Do you support legislative efforts to redistrict the Congressional map to counter what's happened in California?
12.Health Care. The federal government needs to take action to truly reduce health care costs. In the meantime, which solutions do you favor for health care reform? (Check all that apply.)
13.Provide your comments and suggestions to Rep. Stiens.