HB2101 prohibits cities and counties in Kansas from creating or running “guaranteed income” programs using tax revenue unless the Kansas Legislature explicitly authorizes them. Any programs or local laws already in place before July 1, 2025 are declared null and void. The bill defines a “guaranteed income program” as one that gives people regular cash payments without requiring employment, job training, or other work‐related duties.

The Kansas State House of Representatives passed HB2101 on February 20, 2025 by a vote of 86 to 37. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the concept of a “guaranteed income” (i.e., "universal basic income") relies on the immoral and anti-constitutional act of government-imposed theft disguised as taxation, which takes from citizens the wages they have rightfully earned. This manifestly socialist wealth-redistribution scheme violates both the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, which were intended to protect against undue deprivation or disparagement of a person’s “property” and provide “equal protection of the laws” for all Americans.