KansasHB 25132025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

Sponsored By: Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State

Signed by Governor

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Children's coverage reaches higher-income families

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas must provide children's health insurance at the new income limit. Children's Health Insurance Program coverage reaches children in households with gross income at or below 250% of federal poverty guidelines. The applicable dollar limit depends on household size.

Kansas must shrink disability service waitlists

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas must reduce its fiscal year 2027 home and community-based disability waiver waiting lists. The limits are 1,800 eligible people for physical disability services and 4,000 for intellectual or developmental disability services. Funding estimates to maintain those limits in fiscal years 2027 and 2028 are due to legislative committees January 11, 2027. Community developmental disability organizations' administrative costs for new fiscal year 2027 developmental disability slots cannot exceed 2.4% of spending on those slots.

Hourly pay floor for disability-service workers

During fiscal year 2027, covered providers must pay at least $29 per hour for physically disabled waiver services. The requirement is tied to spending from the KanCare non-caseloads account. Institutional care, self-directed care, and financial management services are excluded.

Resident tuition for qualifying tribal students

Enrolled members of qualifying tribes can receive Kansas resident tuition and fees, regardless of where they lived before admission. Named tribes include the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. They also include the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. Other federally recognized Indigenous nations meeting the law's historical-connection requirements also qualify.

Senior care workers face wage changes

For fiscal year 2027, covered frail elderly waiver providers must pay at least $30 an hour for services. The rule covers waiver levels 1, 2, and 3. It describes level 1 and 2 wages as increasing to that minimum and level 3 wages as reduced to it. Institutional care, self-directed care, and financial management services are excluded. Each worker’s change depends on current pay and covered hours.

Crime victims can receive older claim payments

Through June 30, 2027, the Kansas crime victims compensation fund can pay claims regardless of their award date. An older award date does not bar payment from the fund under this authority. The law does not set a new payment amount.

Officers receive funded hearing protection equipment

In fiscal year 2027, the attorney general must spend at least $313,700 on custom hearing protection for state investigators and Highway Patrol officers. Custom products must be reusable, rechargeable, custom-fit, and limited to 90 decibels of output. At least $686,300 funds standard products for local officers, shared equally among congressional districts, first come, first served within each. Standard products must be reusable, fully in-the-canal, reduce noise by at least 25 decibels, and limit output to 80 decibels.

Seven claimants receive lost property payments

The Department of Corrections makes one-time lost-property payments to seven named people. Billie Elliot receives $76.74; Preston Ladd, $551.12; Tremain Thompson, $157; and Rudolph Wallace, $79.32. Isaiah Parker receives $175; Robert Blaurock, $100; and Cynthia Wiseman, $1,841.52. These payments apply only to the named claimants.

Addiction treatment funding for uninsured people

The law provides a problem gambling and addictions grant fund of up to $5 million. It reimburses organizations that treat uninsured people for substance use disorders. The funding goes to providers and does not guarantee a payment or treatment place for each person.

Behavioral care payments for nursing homes

Participating nursing facilities can receive up to $175 extra per Medicaid resident-day for residents' behavioral health needs. Payments go to facilities, not residents, and must support specialized staff training and enhanced care. Facilities must create individual behavioral support plans and provide monthly psychiatric medication reviews. They must also track and report outcomes with a contracted behavioral support provider. The law separately requires this program for fiscal year 2028, from July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2028.

Clinic funding supports affordable care and prescriptions

Through June 30, 2027, at least about $24.75 million supports community primary care grants and Community Care Network of Kansas services. Funding also supports federal 340B drug purchases, sliding-scale prescription subsidies, and prescription assistance program costs. Eligible nonprofit or publicly funded primary care and dental clinics must offer comprehensive services and income-based discounts. They must serve people regardless of ability to pay and document and post income- or insurance-based eligibility policies. The law does not set a patient's subsidy amount.

Emergency financial aid for military families

Eligible Kansas-resident National Guard and U.S. reserve members and families can receive emergency grants or interest-free loans. Help covers financial emergencies before, during, or after mobilization. Covered needs include medical and funeral costs, emergency travel, rent, utilities, child care, food, and other unexpected emergencies. The adjutant general sets eligibility and repayment terms; funding authority lasts through June 30, 2027.

Enrollment help for people with disabilities

In fiscal year 2027, at least $750,000 supports community developmental disability organizations' enrollment assistance. The money covers administrative costs for helping people enter the intellectual or developmental disability waiver. It does not change eligibility rules or guarantee enrollment.

Foster youth gain statewide driving help

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas must use $650,000 to expand WeKanDrive statewide during fiscal year 2027. The program helps older youth in foster care and eligible young adults obtain a Kansas driver’s license. The law does not set the support amount each participant receives.

Funding for psychiatric beds and aftercare

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas must provide eight acute inpatient psychiatric beds for children in Hays or nearby. Spending on those beds cannot exceed $4 million. EmberHope also receives $250,000 for follow-up care for people discharged from psychiatric residential treatment facilities. That aftercare funding ends after fiscal year 2027, with no additional state funding under this provision.

Higher Medicaid payments for teen treatment

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas raises Medicaid payments for adolescent substance use disorder treatment to $375 per covered day. Providers receive these payments for treatment, not families as cash benefits.

Meals and home support for seniors

In fiscal year 2027, at least $5.7 million goes directly to Meals on Wheels providers, bypassing area agencies on aging. Shares depend on meals served and the number of people on each provider's waiting list. Nursing Homes Without Walls receives $600,000 for in-home services for low-income older adults; this funding ends after fiscal year 2027, with no further state funding. From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Medicaid recipients considering covered facilities and their families must receive information about home-based alternatives, when federal rules permit. The aging secretary can also accept monetary donations for senior services, which must go to the state gifts and donations fund.

Medicaid covers provider-recommended vaccines

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas Medicaid covers vaccines recommended and given by a health care provider. The law requires use of the CDC child, adolescent, and adult vaccine schedules in effect July 1, 2026. Coverage also includes provider-recommended vaccines not listed on those schedules.

Medicaid covers vaccines and memory assessments

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas must implement the federal child, adolescent, and adult vaccination schedules in effect that day. Providers can recommend and give shots outside those schedules, and Medicaid must cover them. Medicaid must also cover and reimburse cognitive assessments and care planning under service code 99483. The health department must submit any required federal plan amendments for that service. These requirements apply through June 30, 2027.

Medical trainees can get insurance help

During fiscal year 2027, KU Medical Center may reimburse Kansas City medical residents for health insurance purchased for dependents. Its restricted-fee fund may also buy insurance for allied health, nursing, and medicine students. Restricted fees must enter the state treasury and serve their collected purposes. Changing the fund's listed accounts requires State Finance Council approval; that authority ends June 30, 2027.

Mental healthcare reimbursement for first responders

The $1 million HERO pilot reimburses eligible Kansas firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical providers, including authorized volunteers. Covered conditions must result from qualifying service-related critical incidents meeting the federal diagnostic manual's trauma-exposure criteria. A licensed psychiatrist or psychologist must diagnose acute stress disorder, PTSD, specified below-threshold intrusion symptoms, or a covered recurrence. Eligible care includes specified evaluations, evidence-based psychotherapy, psychiatric medication management, and directly related counseling. Coverage generally allows 12 sessions per diagnosis category, with extra sessions based on documented ongoing impairment or reassessment of functional improvement. Insurance- or workers' compensation-paid costs and treatment before July 1, 2026, are excluded. Claims processing must begin by January 1, 2027, and requests must arrive by June 30, 2027.

More help with wheelchairs and seating

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Medicaid covers supplier evaluation and technician time for prescribed complex power wheelchair repairs. It also covers one yearly preventive maintenance visit and necessary repairs without prior approval. Repair labor uses the current labor rate; maintenance and necessary repairs use current market rates. Required federal plan amendments must be submitted. During fiscal year 2027, the cerebral palsy posture seating account may also pay for adult seating.

More services for people with hearing loss

Beginning July 1, 2026, the Department for Children and Families must fund additional deaf and hard-of-hearing services. It must spend at least $375,000 from its state operations account during fiscal year 2027. The law does not set an individual payment or service amount.

Protected income for Medicaid care clients

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas sets protected monthly income for qualifying Medicaid care clients. For qualifying home and community-based waiver services and Kansas PACE services, the amount equals 300% of federal Supplemental Security Income. PACE is the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. For medically needy Medicaid clients, protected income equals 100% of federal Supplemental Security Income. These amounts help determine what clients must pay toward care; individual savings depend on their circumstances.

School mental health teams receive funding

Kansas provides about $10.04 million for school mental health teams in fiscal year 2027, including $1.5 million for qualified schools. Districts must apply, name a partner provider, and obtain final approval of their agreement. District grants cover liaison salary and benefits; separate provider pass-through grants equal 35% of district grants and must reach providers. Awards are prorated if funding falls short; liaisons need bachelor's degrees, with limited waivers of the district-employment rule. The program prioritizes certain children in state custody, students referred for Families First or family preservation, and others needing mental health support.

Vision care funding for young children

Kansas directs at least $1.5 million to early childhood vision services in fiscal year 2027. The money comes from the infant and toddler program account. It serves children supported by the Kansas State School for the Blind through June 30, 2027. The law does not set a payment amount for each child.

One-year funding for young adults' disability housing

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas must spend at least $2 million to help build a home for young adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The project is through Inclusion Connections of BelongKC. Money comes from the American Rescue Plan state relief fund and supports construction costs. This is one-year construction funding, ending after June 30, 2027, not ongoing household assistance.

Nursing license harm claims gain funding

For fiscal year 2027, the Board of Nursing can fund eligible claims for non-clinical harms tied to licensing and professional standing. The Nurse Fair Treatment and Recovery Fund receives $500,000 from the board's fee fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or as soon afterward as money is available. Individual award amounts are not specified.

Pay raises for covered state employees

Covered benefits-eligible executive branch employees receive a 1% salary increase with the first payroll period charged to fiscal year 2027. Classified pay grades also increase by 1%; this is separate from the salary increase. The Board of Regents and universities receive an equivalent 1% merit pool, not a guaranteed uniform raise. Specified legislative, judicial, elected, school, and career-progression-plan employees are excluded.

Scholarship and assistance funding for students

For fiscal year 2028, Kansas provides $10 million for Kansas promise scholarships and $1.7 million for education opportunity scholarships. It also provides $2.2 million for EMERGE assistance and about $3.09 million for teacher scholarships. The Governor's scholars program receives $20,000. State and distinguished scholarships receive about $1.04 million, with no more than $25,000 for distinguished scholarships. These funds are available through June 30, 2028; the provisions do not set individual awards or new eligibility rules.

Tuition help for adult career students

Kansas provides $500,000 for adult technical education tuition in fiscal year 2027. Students must take career classes while earning a high school equivalency credential through the accelerating opportunity program. Colleges must give a transcript to each student who completes the technical course. Funding ends June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds prisons and inmate healthcare

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides about $101.5 million for corrections medical and mental health services. Facility funding includes Ellsworth ($24.92 million), El Dorado ($49.61 million), Hutchinson ($54.33 million), and the Juvenile Correctional Complex ($28.66 million). It also includes Lansing ($52.54 million), Larned ($19.71 million), Norton ($26.53 million), Topeka ($25.6 million), and Winfield ($28.19 million). Each listed facility account has a $500 hospitality spending cap. This funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds community and technical colleges

Kansas provides $7 million for technical college operating grants in fiscal year 2027. The Board of Regents must divide that money equally among technical colleges. The law also provides about $91.97 million in non-tiered course credit grants and $71.73 million in tiered technical education aid. Each of those two programs assigns specified amounts to 26 named institutions. Funding runs through June 30, 2027, and does not set individual student awards.

Funding for medical students and research

For fiscal year 2027, the University of Kansas Medical Center receives about $123.3 million for operations. Student funding includes about $1.12 million for need-based aid, $4.49 million for medical scholarships and loans, and $1.91 million for specialty medical student loans. It also provides $30,000 for obstetrics and gynecology residency bridging loans, $140,000 for rural health bridging, and $30,000 for rural psychiatry bridging. The Midwest stem cell therapy center receives $798,541, and Alzheimer's and brain health work receives $5 million. Alzheimer's research and treatment benefits must reach Kansans statewide, with a detailed legislative spending report due June 30, 2027. Specified uncommitted balances exceeding $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward through fiscal year 2027. Through June 30, 2027, available appropriations can also buy extra malpractice insurance for enrolled medical students in clinical training at the center or another health institution.

Kansas State receives operating and research funds

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas State receives about $115.33 million for operations and $9.66 million for its Salina campus. Funding includes $127,178 for comparative stem cell biology, about $2.19 million for biosecurity research, and $1.2 million for the aviation jet account. Student aid based on financial need receives about $3.95 million; individual awards are not specified. A separate $5 million nuclear research accelerator appropriation requires work with private nuclear industry partners on needed courses, programs, facilities, and research. The university must also demonstrate investment goals and potential outcomes; funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Kansas University receives operations and aid funds

For fiscal year 2027, the University of Kansas receives about $160.52 million for operations and $10.4 million for the geological survey. The law provides about $4.1 million for financial-need student aid, $155,916 for the umbilical cord matrix project, and $12.26 million for law enforcement training center operations. Uncommitted balances above $100 in these accounts on June 30, 2026, carry into fiscal year 2027. Tuition from basic law enforcement students taking undergraduate or graduate credit must enter the state treasury’s law enforcement training center fees fund. These provisions run through June 30, 2027; the tuition rule does not set tuition rates.

Faculty face consequences after failed plans

Tenured faculty placed on a one-year improvement plan during fiscal year 2027 face consequences for failing it. The provost may dismiss, reassign, or take another personnel action against them. They cannot receive another one-year improvement plan.

High school career tuition aid narrows

For fiscal year 2027, career technical course tuition reimbursement is limited to high school juniors and seniors. Students need at least a 2.0 grade-point average and half their school’s required graduation credits. Students are ineligible after failing the same or a substantially similar course, or after two failed career technical course attempts. Ineligible students may be charged tuition and fees. Reimbursement must be paid within 60 days after class starts, and the provision ends June 30, 2027.

Less state funding for Kansas schools

The law cancels previously approved school funding. For fiscal year 2026, this includes about $97.45 million in foundation aid and $38.04 million in supplemental aid. It also cancels $435,837 in non-district school employer pension contributions and about $12.03 million in district contributions. These cancellations take effect when the law takes effect. For fiscal year 2027, it cancels about $71.24 million in foundation aid and $24 million in supplemental aid. These provisions do not specify changes to household taxes, school services, or individual pension benefits.

Colleges face limits on required coursework

For 2028–2029, Kansas colleges cannot require or steer students into diversity, equity, inclusion, or critical race theory courses to finish programs. Written exemptions are allowed for programs mainly focused on racial, ethnic, or gender studies. Those courses cannot fulfill another program's degree requirements beyond general graduation credit hours.

Aviation loans carry hiring and wage rules

Kansas authorizes below-market financing for eligible businesses' aircraft painting and drying activities. State deposits earn 2 percentage points below market, with a 0.25% floor; lenders must lend an equal amount to eligible borrowers. Borrower rates cannot exceed the deposit rate plus 3 percentage points. Borrowers must certify one new Kansas job per $300,000 applied for, paying at least 85% of the county mean wage. New hires must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. When funds are insufficient, applications can be considered in arrival order as money becomes available, subject to lender review.

Kansas funds grants and business attraction

Kansas directs $20 million to Build Kansas matching grants on July 1, 2026, or when funds become available. Transfers for fiscal years 2026–2027 cannot exceed $130 million; the $20 million transfer is void if earlier transfers already reached that cap. The law separately provides $5 million for fiscal year 2027 matching grants. The advisory committee can request State Finance Council approval for extra spending if available funds cannot cover approved applications. Kansas also moves $10 million from matching grants to its business-attraction fund on July 1, 2026, or when available.

Wichita State funding includes research match

For fiscal year 2027, Wichita State receives about $78.18 million for operations, $2 million for technology transfer, and $5 million for business partnerships. These three accounts carry forward uncommitted balances above $100 on June 30, 2026. Aviation research receives $15 million, but the university must match every dollar spent from that account with its other money. It must submit a plan describing job creation and economic value and report how the research money was used. Funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Disabled veterans get free outdoor licenses

Qualifying Kansas resident disabled veterans can receive free annual hunting and fishing licenses in calendar year 2027. They must have left military service under honorable conditions and have a service-connected disability of at least 30%. The Kansas Office of Veterans Services must certify the disability. During fiscal year 2027, veterans meeting those rules who are at least 65 can receive free senior lifetime licenses. The annual-license account cannot pay for other licenses or permits.

Guard members get free outdoor licenses

Kansas Army and Air National Guard members can receive free annual hunting and fishing licenses in calendar year 2027. They can also receive annual park vehicle permits without charge. The state reimbursement account can pay for no more than one park vehicle permit per family.

Optional donations support military outdoor licenses

Calendar year 2027 hunting, fishing, and annual park permit applications must offer a voluntary donation of $2 or more. Applicants do not have to contribute. Donations support free licenses for Kansas disabled veterans and National Guard members, plus park permits for Guard members.

Qualifying departing officers can buy sidearms

Through June 30, 2027, resigning part-time Highway Patrol officers with at least 10 years of service can buy their service sidearms. The superintendent must find their employment records and performance evaluations satisfactory. Officers pay fair market value set by the superintendent, plus the cost of a trigger lock. The option provides no stated discount.

Care home penalties must protect residents

Civil monetary penalties collected from adult care homes must go into the medical resources and collection fund. Kansas must use that money to protect residents’ health or property, as federal law requires. The law specifies no funding amount.

Disability supports help with community living

Residents leaving Kansas Neurological Institute or Parsons State Hospital for community living can take items made for their personal use. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas receives $215,000 for Guided Independent Living Assessment. That program helps young adults with disabilities develop life skills. Its state funding ends June 30, 2027, with no additional state funding provided under this provision.

More funding for specialized dental care

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas must spend at least $1 million on extra Medicaid payments for mobile sedation dentistry. It must also spend at least $55,000 more on donated dental services for older people and people with disabilities. These funds support dental services rather than cash payments to patients.

Outside funds target health application backlogs

During fiscal year 2027, donations, grants, and federal matching funds generally must help the health care finance clearinghouse reduce backlogs or waiting lists. They generally cannot replace budgeted money or restore funding cuts. Donors or grantors may authorize those uses or specify a different purpose.

School mental health teams and hotline

Kansas establishes a funding process for mental health intervention teams at nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. Schools must submit proposals and hold recognized accreditation or work toward it in good faith. The board reviews proposals using criteria that can include student population, need, and qualified staff availability before recommending awards. The program's administering agency must also establish a hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Program participants can use it outside their service hours to share information and coordinate crisis and emergency responses.

Sedgwick foster families get temporary support funding

Beginning July 1, 2026, FosterAdopt Connect receives $500,000 for additional parent support and prevention specialists in Sedgwick County. The fiscal year 2027 grant supports foster and adoptive families served by the organization. State funding under this provision ends June 30, 2027, with no additional state funding provided. The grant does not create a direct household payment.

Wellness funding for Highway Patrol employees

The Kansas Highway Patrol can spend up to $250,000 from its general fees fund on employee wellness. The authority covers July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The law does not set an individual employee benefit amount.

Adult learners receive grant program funding

Kansas directs $1 million transfers to the adult learner grant fund on July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027. Each transfer occurs then or as soon afterward as money is available. The law also makes all available money in the fund available to spend without a separate spending limit. The provisions do not set individual grant amounts or change eligibility rules.

Driver education scholarships receive new funding

Kansas transfers $300,000 from the state highway fund to the driver's education scholarship grant fund when the law takes effect. The transfer can occur later when money becomes available. A second $300,000 transfer is scheduled for July 1, 2026, or when money becomes available afterward. The transfers total $600,000; this provision does not set individual awards or eligibility rules.

Early childhood director gets retirement access

The Kansas Office of Early Childhood executive director can join the state deferred compensation plan during fiscal year 2027. The law treats the director as a state officer for that purpose through June 30, 2027. It sets no contribution amount or employer match.

Education aid for military service members

For fiscal year 2028, Kansas provides $5.4 million for National Guard education assistance, including veterans benefit lottery game profits. Military service scholarships receive $500,314, restricted to awards under the existing Kansas military service scholarship program. ROTC service scholarships receive $175,335. The appropriations are available through June 30, 2028; these provisions do not set individual award amounts.

Education funding for future health workers

For fiscal year 2028, Kansas provides $1 million for osteopathic service scholarships and about $1.42 million for nursing student scholarships. Optometry education receives $107,089. Another $188,126 must fund scholarships under the nurse educator service scholarship program. These appropriations are available through June 30, 2028, but do not set individual award amounts.

Extra school days for blind students

The Kansas State School for the Blind may provide six extra instruction days in each of two school years. The authority covers 2025–2026 and 2026–2027, using the school's operating funds for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Funding for nursing and state scholarships

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides about $1.42 million for nursing scholarships and $175,335 for ROTC service scholarships. State and Kansas distinguished scholarships receive about $1.04 million combined. No more than $25,000 of that combined amount can support distinguished scholarships. Each account can also reuse uncommitted balances exceeding $100 on June 30, 2026. The funding runs through June 30, 2027; individual awards are not set by this law.

Legislative interns receive travel mileage payments

In fiscal year 2027, legislative operations funds must pay interns for actual mileage traveled to the Capitol. The payment covers travel for the required minimum of 12 attendance days. The law states no mileage rate or total payment amount. The authority runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Scholarship fund supports eligible Black students

The Monumental Life Settlement Fund must spend its money on scholarships for African-American students attending accredited Kansas colleges. Students must be enrolled and have a declared major in mathematics, computer science, or business. The law sets no award amount.

State workers gain evening parking access

During fiscal year 2026, state employees and legislators may park in state agency lots and facilities from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The facility must not be secured by a gate or barrier arm. The law does not establish a parking fee.

Student aid funding at Kansas universities

Wichita State receives about $4.25 million for need-based student aid through June 30, 2027. Its uncommitted aid balance exceeding $100 on June 30, 2026, also carries forward. Beginning July 1, 2026, available University of Kansas general-fee money must fund chancellor-directed transfers totaling no more than $125,000. These support nursing, educational opportunity, work-study, nurse faculty, and health professions or primary care student aid funds. Through June 30, 2027, Pittsburg State can transfer surplus music-department restricted fees to its foundation for music scholarships.

Tuition waivers and work-study receive funding

Kansas provides $2.95 million for tuition waivers in fiscal year 2028. The Board of Regents can reimburse schools for qualifying claims up to that total, rather than pay students directly. Another $546,813 supports Kansas work-study through transfers to participating institutions' career work-study funds. Schools must use that money under the Kansas work-study program. Both appropriations last through June 30, 2028; individual savings, awards, and earnings are not specified.

Veterinary training and student loan funding

Kansas provides $650,000 for rural veterinary training in fiscal year 2027. Uncommitted account balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, also carry forward. Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas State University's president can direct a transfer of up to $15,000 when money is available. That transfer moves money from the Veterinary Medical Center's general fees fund to its health professions student loan fund. These provisions do not set individual awards, loan amounts, or repayment terms.

Wildlife officers can advance without reclassification

During fiscal year 2027, Wildlife and Parks may let natural resource officers advance within their existing pay structure. The department cannot require officers to enter unclassified service to advance. It must use special-revenue funds authorized for salaries and wages.

Youth mentoring and graduation supports receive funding

Starting July 1, 2026, Kansas provides $1 million in federal TANF money to Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters. It funds community and school one-to-one mentoring for youth ages 6 through 25. JAG-K receives an additional $376,000 in TANF money for academic help, career exploration, and earning diplomas. Both grants end after fiscal year 2027, with no additional state funding under these provisions.

Kansas can offer property tax guidance

For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Kansas Department of Revenue can hire a taxpayer advocate. The advocate can explain property valuations, taxpayer rights, and Board of Tax Appeals procedures through education, outreach, and training. The advocate cannot give legal advice or argue for a specific case result. Hiring is authorized, not required, and the law does not lower tax bills.

Loan authority for agricultural value-added businesses

Kansas provides $1 million for its agriculture marketing program for July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The agriculture secretary can make loan agreements under the agricultural value added center program. The secretary sets repayment requirements and other terms. The provision does not set individual loan amounts or interest rates.

Broader checks for private security applicants

The Attorney General can obtain more criminal-history records from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation when reviewing fingerprint-based applications. This covers private detective firearm permits and bail enforcement agent licenses. Available records include adult and juvenile cases, convictions or adjudications, cases without those outcomes, diversions, and expunged records.

Business enterprise oversight continues another year

Kansas continues supporting the business enterprise program oversight task force during fiscal year 2028. The task force must send its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by June 30, 2028. The law states no support amount and makes no direct benefit change.

Community programs receive family support funding

In fiscal year 2027, Youth Core Ministries receives $350,000 for core community programming. State funding for that program ends after fiscal year 2027 under this provision. Kansas must also spend at least $500,000 supporting Radical Life services in and around Lyon County. Those services aim to shorten foster care stays and provide family stabilization and financial education. Available, eligible federal funds must pay for Radical Life services before state funds.

Domestic violence prevention receives grant funding

Kansas provides about $25.12 million from the State General Fund for domestic violence prevention grants in fiscal year 2027. The grants support services rather than fixed payments to families. This provision does not set individual eligibility rules or benefit amounts.

Funding rules support family safety services

In fiscal year 2027, the Attorney General may use child exchange and visitation center account money as matching funds. Grants from the protection from abuse and crime victims assistance funds must consider recommendations from the federally designated domestic violence or sexual assault coalition. The law sets no funding amount or guaranteed grant.

Health department gains coroner spending flexibility

For fiscal year 2027, the Kansas health department can use district coroners fund money for additional legally authorized purposes. The law overrides an existing spending restriction. It does not set a new funding amount.

Highway money funds roadside help and aircraft

The law transfers $150,000 from the State Highway Fund to the Highway Safety Fund for motorist assistance. That transfer occurs when the law takes effect or afterward when money becomes available. On July 1, 2026, another $500,000 moves between those funds for motorist assistance. Separate State Highway Fund transfers provide $500,000 for Highway Patrol operations and $1.3 million for its on-budget aircraft fund. Another $1.5 million supports executive aircraft maintenance and operations; all July 1 transfers can occur later when money becomes available.

Highway Patrol can fund buildings and repairs

In fiscal year 2027, the Highway Patrol can use its training center fund to repair the Salina training center. Vehicle identification number fee money can fund academy repairs. Federal forfeiture money can fund a Troop F storage building, academy repairs, and new construction. The Patrol can also spend all available American Rescue Plan state relief money through June 30, 2027. These authorities have no stated spending caps.

Highway Patrol can spend capital balances

During fiscal year 2027, the Highway Patrol can spend uncommitted balances in existing special-revenue capital improvement accounts beyond other limits. Spending from each account cannot exceed its uncommitted balance as of June 30, 2027.

Highway Patrol gets headquarters moving funds

For fiscal year 2026, the Highway Patrol's scale replacement and building rehabilitation spending cap rises from $1.85286 million to $3.85286 million. Kansas transfers $2 million from the State Highway Fund when the law takes effect, or when money becomes available. The Patrol must spend at least $2 million on the first phase of moving headquarters to the Curtis State Office Building.

Highway Patrol receives facility project funding

In fiscal year 2027, the Highway Patrol may spend $2.022 million from its operations fund on scales and building repairs. At least $2 million from that fund must support phase two of its headquarters move to the Curtis State Office Building. The State Highway Fund transfers $2.022 million to the capital improvement account on July 1, 2026, or when money becomes available. State Highway Fund spending may also support and maintain the Patrol during fiscal year 2027.

Historic site donations reach dedicated fund

The Department of Revenue may arrange transfers of designated donations to the Kansas Historic Site Fund. It may enter an agreement with the Kansas State Historical Society for these transfers. The authority covers donations designated for fiscal year 2027 and earlier donation years. It does not change donors’ tax bills.

Kansas adds money for election administration

The law transfers $254,545 from the Secretary of State's information and services fee fund to the democracy fund. The transfer occurs when the law takes effect or when money becomes available. Democracy fund spending must provide matching money for Title II of the federal Help America Vote Act. During fiscal year 2027, starting July 1, 2026, the state also transfers interest from the State General Fund by each month's 10th day. Each payment uses the democracy fund's prior-month average daily balance and the pooled investment portfolio's prior-month net earnings rate.

Kansas funds child advocates and workers

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides about $1.23 million for court-appointed child advocate grants and $75,000 for child abuse grants. Beginning July 1, 2026, Children’s Alliance of Kansas receives $400,000 for a statewide child welfare workforce strategy. The strategy must cover bringing providers into the system, building skills, and keeping workers. The law states an intent to continue workforce funding in later years, rather than guaranteeing future appropriations.

Kansas funds children's programs and advocacy

When the law takes effect, Kansas transfers an extra $4.085098 million to the Children's Initiatives Fund for fiscal year 2026. This adds to the transfer already required for that year. On July 1, 2026, another $47.348174 million moves to that fund, replacing the otherwise required statutory amount. Both transfers come from the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund. The Office of the Child Advocate also receives $826,650 for fiscal year 2027, plus uncommitted account balances over $100 on June 30, 2026.

Kansas funds dams and water conservation

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas provides $3 million for watershed dam construction. That account can also pay for watershed planning engineering contracts when the agriculture secretary determines they are appropriate. The law provides $1.561413 million for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and $154,024 for streamside and wetland programs. Another $2 million funds streambank stabilization projects. Uncommitted balances over $100 in these accounts on June 30, 2026, carry into fiscal year 2027.

Kansas funds environmental programs and exams

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $75,000 for the Division of Environment's Equus beds account. It also provides $300,000 for operator exam updates. These appropriations do not state changes to exam fees, licensing requirements, or household payments.

Kansas funds investigations and hazardous-site cleanup

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas provides $46.404371 million for Bureau of Investigation operations. At least $885,545 must support the Pittsburg crime center and laboratory; official hospitality spending is capped at $750. Another $51,486 funds methamphetamine lab cleanup. The bureau can hire contractors to clean sites law enforcement finds hazardous because of methamphetamine production. Uncommitted balances over $100 in these accounts on June 30, 2026, carry into fiscal year 2027.

Kansas funds prison operations and repairs

Kansas provides $432,837 for corrections facility operations through June 30, 2026. For fiscal year 2027, it provides $23.122351 million for facility operations and $61.259058 million for operating costs. Official hospitality spending from the latter account is capped at $2,000. It also provides $1.673143 million for data-system debt payments, $4 million for priority capital projects, and $815,918 for expansion projects. Another $756,213 replaces equipment and $591,717 replaces vehicles; these fiscal year 2027 appropriations run through June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds Revenue Department compliance work

Kansas transfers $1.2 million from the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund to the Department of Revenue's MSA compliance fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or as soon afterward as money becomes available. It funds state compliance work, not household payments.

Kansas funds the tax appeals board

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $1.5164 million from the State General Fund for Board of Tax Appeals operations. The board can also spend up to $1.150875 million from its filing fee fund. Spending from its American Rescue Plan federal relief fund has no stated dollar limit. Uncommitted operating-account balances over $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward into fiscal year 2027, ending June 30, 2027. These provisions fund appeals services; they do not change household tax bills or set new filing fees.

Kansas funds treatment for incarcerated people

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $13.913771 million for offender treatment programs. It also provides $2.165196 million for hepatitis C treatment in the corrections system. Another $2.293588 million funds the corrections treatment and programs contract with the University of Kansas Medical Center. These appropriations run through June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds tribal gaming oversight

On July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $450,000 from the State General Fund to the Racing and Gaming Commission's tribal gaming fund. The money supports tribal gaming activities. It does not establish a household payment.

Kansas funds water protection and conservation

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $2 million to run the Reservoir Protection Initiative. It also provides $1.426145 million for Water Office operations and $5.25 million for conservation district aid. These accounts carry forward balances over $100 left unspent and not committed on June 30, 2026. This funds public programs, not direct household payments.

Kansas funds wildfire suppression and forestry

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $715,543 for wildfire suppression and state forest service work. Uncommitted account balances over $100 on June 30, 2026, also carry into fiscal year 2027. The money supports state operations rather than direct household payments.

Kansas parks get repair and road funding

On July 1, 2026, or when money is available, highway funds transfer $4.254926 million for access roads and $200,000 for bridges. The access-road fund can also support transportation department projects in state parks and on public lands. Fiscal year 2027 funding includes $3.5132 million for park repairs, $1.205 million for wildlife-funded repairs, and $2.625 million for fishing lakes. Boating projects receive two $62,500 amounts and $844,750 for federally required access. Listed agricultural land, boating assistance, bridge, road, and office projects have no stated spending limit.

Kansas provides money for guardianship services

The Kansas Guardianship Program receives $43,201 from the State General Fund for fiscal year 2026. It receives another $1.521243 million for fiscal year 2027. Uncommitted program-account balances over $100 on June 30, 2026, also carry into fiscal year 2027. The law funds the program without setting individual household payments or service amounts.

Kansas supports abuse investigations and protection

During fiscal year 2027, the Attorney General may contract with agencies or organizations to investigate or litigate abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The aging and disability services department must also spend money on legally required investigations and protective duties. It must work with the children and families and health and environment departments. These duties cover reported abuse, neglect, exploitation, and people needing protective services; no funding amount is stated.

Kansas supports defense and expungement services

In fiscal year 2027, the indigent defense board may use state funds to classify public defenders by assigned case level. The Judicial Branch must also spend up to $200,000 on expungement clinics with Kansas Legal Services. The clinics help people seeking expungement but do not change who qualifies. These authorities run through June 30, 2027.

Kansas supports lawyers for indigent defendants

For fiscal year 2027, the state defense board must buy malpractice insurance for public defenders and their deputies or assistants. It may use its operating account, with exemptions from specified state insurance and purchasing requirements. Two indigent defense accounts may also pay assigned lawyers and other professional services for contract cases. The law sets no dollar amount for these changes.

Kansas supports nuclear emergency planning

During fiscal year 2027, the adjutant general may transfer nuclear safety emergency management fee money to other state agencies. Transfers require interagency agreements and must support plans under the state’s nuclear safety emergency management law. No transfer amount is specified.

Lottery money supports Kansas veterans programs

The law transfers $1.26 million from the Kansas Lottery operating fund to the veterans benefit lottery game fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or later when money becomes available. It supports veterans programs, not a set payment to individual veterans.

Prisoner Review Board receives operating funding

Kansas provides $323,846 for the Prisoner Review Board in fiscal year 2027. The money funds the board’s work. This appropriation does not establish household payments.

Rural and volunteer firefighters receive grants

The fire marshal must award up to $500,000 in equipment grants to local volunteer fire departments in fiscal year 2027. The marshal may also fund extraordinary rural firefighting or fire-management costs in areas with state or federal disaster declarations. Qualifying declarations must occur in fiscal year 2026 or 2027. Disaster grants from the emergency response fund cannot exceed $250,000 across those two years combined.

Rural attorney recruitment gets conditional funding

The Judicial Branch receives $586,795 for its fiscal year 2027 Rural Justice Initiative to increase rural attorney availability. The law includes a July 1, 2026, lapse if HB 2595 or related program legislation was not enacted in the 2026 regular session. This appropriation does not guarantee a particular legal service or household payment.

South Fork water projects receive grants

The Kansas Water Office must grant the separately certified amount to the Cheyenne County Conservation District. Money comes from the South Fork Republican River Water Conservation Projects Fund. Only legally specified projects in the designated South Fork basin area qualify. Both the district and Water Office must approve every expense. The district must report spending and the status of new approved projects by November 1, 2027.

Specialty courts receive dedicated state funding

The law transfers $1.045 million from the general fund to the specialty court resources fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or as soon afterward as money is available. In fiscal year 2027, it may support up to two additional full-time Judicial Branch positions. The money cannot move to another Judicial Branch appropriation.

University must fund seismic surveys

The University of Kansas must spend at least $100,000 on seismic surveys in fiscal year 2027. The money must come from its state-funded geological survey account. The spending period ends June 30, 2027.

Veterans agency receives land with grant

Kansas requires a no-charge transfer of about 15 acres and improvements to the Office of Veterans Services in fiscal year 2027. The property comes from the aging and disability services department. The transfer requires fiscal year 2027 construction grant funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It also remains subject to the limits and contingencies in the referenced 2023 law.

Veterans claims assistance gets dedicated support

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas funds veterans service organizations that help veterans obtain federal benefits. At least $250,000 must support raises for American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars service officers. The grant account cannot pay agency operating costs or grant-administration overhead. The law does not set individual veterans' benefit amounts.

Water study funded near Manhattan

Kansas authorizes a $225,000 grant to the Flint Hills Regional Council in fiscal year 2027. It funds a study of combining water systems near U.S. Highway 24 between Manhattan and Wamego. The study covers drinking water, wastewater, storm water, fire protection, and other water uses. The grant agreement must cover spending, reporting, allowed administration costs, and competitive bidding. The report goes to designated legislative committees and the Kansas Water Authority; remaining uncommitted money returns to the State Water Plan Fund.

Wildlife agency can use capital balances

In fiscal year 2027, Wildlife and Parks may spend existing uncommitted capital-account balances beyond otherwise applicable spending limits. This authority covers the listed special-revenue funds. Each account’s spending cannot exceed its uncommitted balance as of June 30, 2027; no new funding is specified.

Kansas funds water planning and conservation

Kansas provides about $10.09 million for state water programs in fiscal year 2027, including $2 million for High Plains aquifer partnerships. Funding also covers reservoir upkeep, stream measurements, conservation, water quality, research, education, planning, and program reviews. Listed accounts carry forward uncommitted balances above $100 from June 30, 2026. Local water-project contributions must enter a dedicated fund and match state or federal project money. The Kansas Water Office must also coordinate water supply and quality data with state and cooperating federal agencies.

Unspent water project money stays available

Qualifying uncommitted water-program balances remain available for fiscal year 2027 if an account holds more than $100 on June 30, 2026. Covered accounts support aquifer recharge, the Milford and Marion reservoir harmful algae pilot, stream trash removal, and small-town infrastructure. The amount carried forward depends on each account’s actual balance.

Care facilities receive fire inspection support

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas may fund fire and safety inspections at adult care homes and hospitals. The aging and disability services department may contract with the state fire marshal for these inspections. Transfers from the Survey and Certification federal fund may pay for the contract. No transfer amount is specified.

Crisis centers can receive transferred care funds

In fiscal years 2027 and 2028, Kansas can transfer money from the home and community-based services fund. Of each transfer, 75% goes to community crisis stabilization centers and 25% to the clubhouse model program. Both transfers and spending require approval from the governor and a majority of legislative State Finance Council members. The law specifies no total transfer amount.

Emergency heart equipment for schools and communities

For fiscal year 2027, at least $125,000 supports CPR and automated defibrillator instruction in K–12 health classes or similar nonpublic-school lessons. At least $500,000 supports school-district defibrillator purchases and necessary maintenance equipment. Another allocation of at least $125,000 supports those purchases by qualifying religious or charitable associations, libraries, and tribal entities. Those groups must have a cardiac emergency response plan approved by the state health department. Grant funding ends after fiscal year 2027, on June 30, 2027.

Funding for adult hospital mental healthcare

The law provides $10 million for adult inpatient behavioral health services in fiscal year 2027, ending June 30, 2027. Recipients are AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph campus, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, and Salina Regional Health Center. Stormont Vail Regional Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System also receive funding. Each hospital's share depends on its available adult behavioral health beds. The funding does not set patient coverage or out-of-pocket costs.

Funding for child care and families

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides about $14.52 million for child care assistance, $350,000 for licensing, and $290,720 for local aid. Children's Initiatives Fund money includes about $1.67 million for Healthy Start, $375,000 for accountability, and $5.03 million for child care. It also provides about $23.72 million for grants, $9.44 million for parent education, and $1.5 million for Imagination Library. The listed Early Childhood Infrastructure and Childcare Accelerator Grants appropriations are $0. These are program budgets through June 30, 2027, not individual household awards or new eligibility rules.

Funding for statewide emergency health coordination

Beginning July 1, 2026, the law directs a $2.69 million transfer from rural health transformation funds for a statewide platform. The platform supports healthcare and emergency-response communications and logistics while meeting federal health privacy requirements. The health secretary must first determine and certify that federal law permits this use of the money. Funding supports system development, not direct household payments.

Funding supports infant and toddler assistance

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas directs $8 million to local infant and toddler assistance and related help. Another $5.8 million comes from the Children's Initiatives Fund, subject to the law's sufficient-funds requirement. The agency cannot use either amount for administrative costs.

Grants support disability services and training

In fiscal year 2027, the long-term services and supports account provides $500,000 to Kansas Employment First for training and technical assistance. Heartspring receives $400,000 to build an outpatient care and research center for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Envision receives $600,000 for services for blind or visually impaired people. Funding for these programs ends after fiscal year 2027, with no additional state funding. The grants do not establish individual household payments.

Hospital video fees support equipment upkeep

Osawatomie and Parsons state hospitals must place video equipment-use fees in designated accounts for equipment servicing, maintenance, and replacement. Osawatomie can also pay for technical and program support. Both accounts can spend beyond their hospital fee funds' spending limits. The law does not set fee amounts.

Kansas can raise nursing facility payments

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas authorizes higher payment rates for nursing facilities. The aging and disability services secretary can grant increases only with appropriated funding. The law sets no increase amount and does not guarantee higher payments.

Kansas encourages prescription monitoring grant approval

For fiscal year 2026, Attorney General spending must encourage approval of a State Board of Pharmacy grant application. The application must seek continued funding for Gateway, which connects Kansas prescription monitoring with medical and pharmacy records. The Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board retains the grant approval role. The law does not set a grant amount.

Kansas sets emergency platform purchasing requirements

The law ties a fiscal year 2027 purchasing requirement to a $2.69 million transfer into a dedicated platform fund. Upon that transfer, the responsible agency must seek proposals and select a provider. The provider must develop a statewide health care and emergency response communications and logistics platform that meets federal health privacy standards. The provision does not guarantee individual services.

Laboratory payments support community COVID testing

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas must use specified federal coronavirus relief funds for community COVID-19 testing reimbursements. Laboratories must be certified, have state health department agreements, and provide testing to the general public. Payments go to laboratories, not households. The law does not state a payment rate or total amount.

Larned hospital gets higher spending authority

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, Larned State Hospital's fee-fund spending cap rises. The cap increases from $4.334054 million to $4.499699 million. This allows more spending from the fund but does not set patient fees or provide household payments.

Lottery profits fund veterans services

For fiscal year 2027, all veterans benefits game profits move through the state gaming revenues fund for veterans-benefit purposes. Through June 30, 2027, half of veterans lottery fund spending supports agency operations, capital improvements, or veterans homes and cemeteries. The other half supports the veterans enhanced service delivery program. The law sets no individual payment amount.

Maternity centers gain provider insurance status

During fiscal year 2027, qualifying maternity centers count as providers under the Healthcare Provider Insurance Availability Act. A center qualifies through Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers accreditation or by meeting Kansas's legal definition of a maternity center. This status applies through June 30, 2027.

More money for smoking prevention grants

Kansas transfers about $1.002 million from the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund to its smoking prevention grant fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or as soon afterward as the money is available. This funds grants, not direct household payments; recipients are not specified.

New child care payment system planning

The children and families department, consulting the early childhood office, must request information about a modern subsidy system by January 1, 2027. A report on responses, costs, and recommendations is due June 30, 2027, followed by a request for proposals. The procurement timeline cannot exceed one calendar year after the report. The system must support direct payments to eligible participating providers serving eligible families. It must also include provider accounts and portals, state-system links, secure messages, customer help, and program monitoring and integrity tools.

Nursing assessments support care quality

The aging and disability services secretary may collect the quality care assessment for the health and environment secretary. All receipts must enter the quality care services fund. The money must support efforts to maintain or improve the amount and quality of skilled nursing care in Kansas facilities.

Nursing homes get staffing waiver guidelines

During fiscal year 2027, Kansas must establish guidelines for nursing facilities to request staffing waivers. The guidelines must fit federal Medicare and Medicaid agency rules. The department must also study whether other adult care homes need similar guidelines. This law does not grant waivers or change staffing requirements.

Pittsburg State can fund clinic improvements

Through June 30, 2027, Pittsburg State can use its hospital and student health fees fund for facility improvements. It can also buy malpractice coverage for student health center medical staff, including pharmacists and physical therapists. The law does not set student medical charges or personal insurance benefits.

Public health funds support stroke prevention

Kansas can use its public health trauma fund for a stroke prevention project during fiscal year 2027. This spending authority ends June 30, 2027. The law does not specify an amount or create direct household payments.

Schools must protect mental health grants

School districts receiving mental health intervention team or provider pass-through grants must keep the money in a dedicated fund. They must use it for school liaison pay and benefits and payments to partner providers. Provider payments must equal the provider pass-through grant, and districts must track spending separately.

Sports fund money supports home care

Kansas directs 25% of the Attracting Professional Sports to Kansas Fund balance to the home and community-based services fund. Transfers occur on or after July 1, 2026, and again on or after July 1, 2027. Each follows the earlier transfer required by existing law and occurs when money is available. No dollar total or individual service increase is specified.

State hospital and care caseload funding

For fiscal year 2026, ending June 30, 2026, Kansas provides about $2.88 million for non-KanCare caseloads. Larned State Hospital receives about $32.23 million for operations. Osawatomie State Hospital receives $1.5 million for operations and $5.5 million for certified care. These appropriations support agency and hospital services without setting individual patient payments or eligibility.

Support for community mental health providers

During fiscal year 2027, Kansas must certify and fund licensed community behavioral health centers offering every service required by law. Required services include crisis and outpatient care, primary-care screening, case management, rehabilitation, and peer support. They also include medication-assisted treatment, assertive community treatment, and specified military and veterans' mental healthcare. Mirror, Inc., receives $1.8 million for substance use treatment workforce development. Mirror's funding ends after fiscal year 2027, with no additional state funding.

Training helps providers identify child abuse

For fiscal year 2027, child abuse review and evaluation spending must train healthcare providers to recognize abuse signs. The program also reimburses reviews and examinations performed by providers trained through the program. This authority runs through June 30, 2027. The law does not specify a funding amount or household payment.

Early childhood programs retain unspent money

For fiscal year 2027, qualifying uncommitted balances move into matching Kansas Office of Early Childhood accounts. Only balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, qualify. The money comes from education, children and families, and health department accounts. Programs include child care, Healthy Start, parent education, early childhood infrastructure, Imagination Library, and Children's Cabinet grants and administration. The law does not state the total moved or create household awards.

Funding for extension services and youth

Kansas provides $21.5 million for a cooperative extension services reorganization plan in fiscal year 2027. The State Finance Council must review the plan; spending needs approval from the governor and most legislative council members. Kansas State University's Cooperative Extension Service also receives $970,845 for 4-H youth development expenses. Uncommitted account balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward for fiscal year 2027.

Juvenile residents can receive contracted schooling

Corrections may contract with school districts or other accredited education providers for schooling at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex. This authority supports education for young people held there and runs through June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds scholarships and student work

Fiscal year 2027 funding includes $36.55 million for technical education tuition, $10 million for Kansas Promise scholarships, and $5.4 million for National Guard education assistance. It includes about $3.09 million for teacher scholarships, $2.5 million for need-based scholarships and recruitment, and $2.2 million for EMERGE assistance. Washburn need-based aid receives about $1.78 million, education opportunity scholarships receive $1.7 million, and osteopathic service scholarships receive $1 million. The law also funds EPSCoR, adult basic education, the governor’s scholarship, municipal university operations, optometry education, military service scholarships, and tuition waivers. Work-study receives $546,813 plus uncommitted account balances above $100 on June 30, 2026; fiscal year 2027 funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Kansas funds teachers and student programs

Fiscal year 2027 funding includes $1.77 million for professional development, $1.8 million for Fastbridge, and $1.4 million for SparkWheel. It also includes $1.3 million for mentor teachers and $800,000 for Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas. Kansas provides $500,000 for the e-rate state match and $360,000 for teachers receiving national board certification. Separately, an $80,000 project manager grant to Pittsburg State University’s Center for READing supports reading curricula and dyslexia materials. That grant also supports trainer development and a list of qualified trainers for districts.

Local libraries receive base grant payments

During fiscal year 2027, each eligible local public library receives $1,000 from the State Library’s grants-in-aid account. Remaining grant money follows the existing legal distribution formula. Payments go to libraries, not households.

Schools can receive undesignated tax contributions

During fiscal year 2027, the state education department may distribute undesignated school tax-checkoff contributions to unified school districts. This covers contributions from taxpayers who did not name a district on their individual income tax returns. The authority ends June 30, 2027, and does not change taxpayers’ tax bills.

Six districts pilot new student tests

Kansas provides $942,410 for a math and English language arts testing pilot in school year 2026–2027. It covers Dodge City USD 443, Geary County USD 475, Great Bend USD 428, Olathe USD 233, Humbolt USD 258, and Kansas City USD 500. The education department must seek federal testing authority and authorize a provider whose tests match current curricula and report results by learning standard. Each quarter, it must publish results alongside statewide testing results or state that none are available. The law states an intent—not a guarantee—to expand to at least nine districts in 2027–2028.

Correctional industries must accept late claims

In fiscal year 2027, Kansas must accept authorized correctional industries claims for operating or manufacturing costs, even when submitted late. Claims can cover services from earlier fiscal years, including before this law took effect. They must be paid from the correctional industries fund during fiscal year 2027.

Funding for Kansas geological and water research

The University of Kansas geological survey receives $840,000 from the State Water Plan Fund for fiscal year 2027. Unspent, uncommitted balances over $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward in three survey and water accounts. These include geological survey, water quantity and aquifer, and water quality accounts. The funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Funding for Kansas military facility repairs

The Adjutant General’s Department receives $3.5 million for repairs in fiscal year 2027. Listed project accounts also keep unspent balances above $100 as of June 30, 2026. These cover repairs, the Hays armory, the SDB remodel, and deferred maintenance.

Historical society pays property damage claim

The Kansas State Historical Society pays Window Design & Remodeling Co. $3,366.21 for damaged property. This one-time payment comes from its State General Fund operations account.

Kansas adds passenger rail service funding

Kansas transfers $5 million from the State Highway Fund to its passenger rail service revolving fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or as soon afterward as money is available. The law does not specify lower fares, new routes, or added service.

Kansas drone test range gets funding

In fiscal year 2027, Commerce must spend at least $2 million in American Rescue Plan relief funds. The money supports a Kansas drone test range’s navigation infrastructure, operations, and efforts to bring technology to market. It supports flights beyond the operator’s sight and development in agriculture, rural healthcare, defense, and emerging technologies.

Kansas funds business and worker incentives

On July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $7 million to its Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion payroll incentive fund. It also transfers $3 million for new employee training and education, plus $1 million for residency incentives. All three transfers come from the State General Fund. These provisions do not name recipients or set individual awards.

Kansas funds lawmakers and legislative offices

For fiscal year 2027, legislative operations receive $24.688536 million, and the legislative information system receives $13.7073 million. Office funding includes $978,684 for the Coordinating Council, $6.105858 million for Legislative Research, and $5.556965 million for the Revisor. Specified unspent balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward. Lawmakers can receive constituent-letter printing reimbursements within policy allotments, with advance approval and written receipts. Council-approved advisory committee meetings qualify for pay and travel support, subject to Council limits; associate uniform-law life members receive no per diem pay.

Kansas funds local roads and maintenance

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas directs up to $6 million in highway funds toward local road grants. These grants cover county road upgrades tied to dairy industry growth in southwest Kansas. Designated cities also receive $5,000 per lane-mile for maintaining connecting roads on the state highway system. Cities can use this money only for lanes they maintain, not lanes maintained by the state under an agreement.

Kansas funds vehicle services and upgrades

Kansas transfers $15.611957 million from the State Highway Fund to vehicle operations on each of four dates. They are July 1 and October 1, 2026, and January 1 and April 1, 2027. The transfers total $62.447828 million for vehicle and related revenue operations. Kansas also transfers $1 million from the general fund for vehicle-service modernization on July 1, 2026, or when available. The law does not promise lower fees or shorter waits.

Kansas reuses unspent coronavirus relief money

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $12 million to Commerce's American Rescue Plan state relief fund. The transfer uses certified, available coronavirus aid that remains unspent, was recovered, or was returned unused. This provision does not set household eligibility or payment amounts.

Kansas shifts money to broadband development

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $1.09125 million to the Commerce Department's Office of Broadband Development fund when available. The money comes from the Transportation Department's broadband infrastructure construction grant fund. The law does not name communities receiving projects or promise household internet discounts.

More development projects qualify for financing

Commerce may approve vertical construction in approved STAR bond districts in cities below 60,000 people, using the 2020 census. Approval must come before December 31, 2026. In fiscal year 2027, qualifying rural redevelopment projects can also receive approval in the Kansas City or Wichita metropolitan areas. Their counties must have fewer than 100,000 people in the 2020 census. Projects must improve quality of life, have regional importance, and include at least $3 million in investment. At least 20% of visitors must travel 100 miles or more; Commerce must report tracking methods and data by June 30, 2027.

Professional licensing boards get higher budgets

The Barbering Board's fiscal year 2026 fee-fund spending cap rises from $258,595 to $261,873. For 2027, Cosmetology's cap rises from $1.31559 million to $1.334062 million. The Real Estate Commission's cap rises from $1.38377 million to $1.421964 million. Technical Professions rises from $875,120 to $885,516. These are agency spending ceilings, not increases in license fees.

Public disclosure commission gets operating funds

The Kansas Public Disclosure Commission receives $17,688 from the State General Fund for operating costs. The funding covers July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

State agencies get legal-rate ceiling

During fiscal year 2027, the Attorney General cannot charge state agencies more than $100 per hour for legal representation. The ceiling applies to agency charges, not private legal bills.

State Fair hospitality spending is capped

In fiscal year 2027, the State Fair Board can spend no more than $10,000 from its fee fund on official hospitality. The cap controls public spending and does not set a household fee.

Kansas can offer energy efficiency loans

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Kansas Corporation Commission can establish an energy efficiency revolving loan program. Loans support energy conservation and related energy activities, subject to available program funds. The commission sets interest rates, and borrowers must provide written accounts of program spending and receipts. Repayments return to the program fund. The law does not require the program to open or set individual loan amounts.

Kansas saves half of excess taxes

For fiscal years 2026–2030, Kansas must save 50% of certified State General Fund tax receipts above estimates. The money goes into the Budget Stabilization Fund. The law removes the rule stopping transfers once that fund reached 20% of actual tax receipts. This builds state reserves rather than providing household payments.

Partly empty malls gain redevelopment financing

In fiscal year 2027, the state finance authority may issue bonds for locally established, Commerce-approved mall redevelopment projects in new or existing districts. At least 50% of the mall’s leasable business space must be empty. Projects may use up to 100% of tax increment revenue, with no percentage cap on project costs financed. Specified construction or renovation costs require an application by December 31, 2026, plus the applicable metropolitan or rural eligibility criteria. Bonds are payable only from authorized revenues and are not state obligations.

Care institutions can fund billing costs

Mental health and intellectual disability institutions may credit Medicaid receipts to the Title XIX fund. That fund may pay contractors to collect additional Medicare and Medicaid payments. It may also cover required physician malpractice insurance premiums and surcharges.

Health licensing boards get higher budgets

For fiscal year 2027, fee-fund spending caps rise for several health licensing boards. Behavioral Sciences rises from $1.234535 million to $1.251739 million; Healing Arts rises from $8.037946 million to $8.238075 million. Nursing rises from $3.954238 million to $3.997433 million; Mortuary Arts rises from $359,143 to $364,354. Optometry rises from $254,869 to $256,684; Veterinary Examiners rises from $412,101 to $418,790. The Dental Board's 2026 cap rises from $544,000 to $549,072; these changes do not themselves raise fees.

Medicaid drug reviews and recovered funds

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas must fund annual, program-by-program reviews of approved Medicaid drug exemptions from the single-source limit. This review requirement runs through June 30, 2027, and does not itself change drug coverage. Medicaid overpayments recovered by the aging and disability services secretary must go to the medical resources and collection fund. That money must pay Medicaid-related expenses and reduce State General Fund spending on Medicaid.

Mental health centers get evaluation-rate agreements

In fiscal year 2027, Aging and Disability Services must make agreements with community mental health centers. The agreements establish rates for mobile competency evaluations. The law does not state the rates or change household charges.

SNAP administration funding requires state approval

Kansas provides about $12.06 million for SNAP administrative matching costs in fiscal year 2027. Spending requires a report on administration costs and payment error rates, followed by State Finance Council review. The governor and a majority of the council's legislative members must approve spending for the Department for Children and Families. This funds administration, not larger grocery benefits or broader eligibility.

County appraisal reimbursements support ordered appraisals

Through June 30, 2027, money received for county appraisal costs goes into the Revenue Department’s reappraisal reimbursement fund. The fund may pay for appraisals ordered by the State Board of Tax Appeals under the cited appraisal law. This provision does not change property-tax liability.

Housing development loans prioritize rural communities

For fiscal year 2027, designated housing trust money can fund loans for low- and moderate-income housing and needed infrastructure. Eligible borrowers include local governments, political subdivisions, housing nonprofits, and for-profit or nonprofit builders and developers. At least 50% of spending must serve rural communities. Nonprofit housing development organizations pay interest equal to Kansas financial institutions' average June 2026 certificate-of-deposit rate, determined by the state treasurer. This finances development rather than direct household loans.

Housing grants gain funding, favor rural communities

Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas directs $6 million in available returned or recovered coronavirus relief aid to moderate-income housing grants. If that money cannot be certified and transferred, the state general fund must supply $6 million by July 30, 2026. For fiscal year 2027, grants support community housing development and needed infrastructure. At least 50% of available grant money must go to rural communities. This funding does not establish direct household payments or individual eligibility.

Rural projects gain another financing option

In fiscal year 2027, the Commerce secretary may approve city or county financing for qualifying rural redevelopment without special obligation bonds. Financing is limited to $25 million per project. Project costs must be paid from sources authorized by the rural redevelopment law.

Adult workers get career training outreach

During fiscal year 2027, the Commerce Department must contract with Level Up Kansas, a Kansas nonprofit, for statewide training outreach. The campaign promotes Kansas college training in high-demand, high-wage careers to adult earners who need more skills. The law does not specify the contract amount or promise training placement or financial aid.

Aviation center receives training equipment funding

The law provides $5.2 million for Wichita State University’s aviation infrastructure account in fiscal year 2027. It also carries forward qualifying uncommitted balances for that year. Through June 30, 2027, account spending is limited to training and equipment at the National Center for Aviation Training.

Emporia State receives operations and aid funds

For fiscal year 2027, Emporia State receives about $43.36 million for operations and $1.23 million for financial-need student aid. It receives $330,950 for national board certification and its future teacher academy, and $516,258 for SMaRT Kansas 21. The cybersecurity academic programming center receives about $1.12 million. Specified uncommitted account balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, carry forward, including regional stabilization and program reduction expenses. Funding runs through June 30, 2027, and does not guarantee an individual student award.

Fort Hays receives operations and aid funds

For fiscal year 2027, Fort Hays State receives about $46.59 million for operations and $3.54 million for financial-need student aid. Program funding includes $150,845 for master’s-level nursing, $281,538 for wetlands education, and $796,590 for the Kansas Academy of Math and Science. It also includes $750,000 for workforce development, $255,530 for mental health providers’ telehealth certification, and $408,707 for western Kansas nursing instruction. These appropriations run through June 30, 2027, without setting individual student awards. On July 1, 2026, or when money becomes available afterward, the state must transfer the president’s specified amount, up to $125,000, from university general fees to its Perkins loan fund without changing borrower terms.

Kansas State agricultural research gets funding

Kansas provides $35.986605 million from its general fund for Kansas State University's agricultural experiment stations in fiscal year 2027. Account balances over $100 left unspent and not committed on June 30, 2026, also carry forward. The money supports research operations, not direct household payments.

Kansas State gains campus project financing

Kansas State may finance capital improvements with up to $23.5 million in Kansas Development Finance Authority bonds, plus specified financing costs. Only the authority owes the bonds; special revenue funds pay debt service, and state taxes and credit are not pledged. Proceeds follow bond agreements, and included credit-enhancement and reserve costs may extend no more than one year after project completion. The university must provide for maintaining the animal science arena, agronomy research and innovation center, global grain and food innovation center, Call Hall, and Weber Hall. In fiscal year 2027, agriculture and extension programs and the Veterinary Medical Center may use legally available special revenue funds without a stated spending ceiling for lease debt and repairs, including veterinary AHU replacement and Mosier lab renovation.

Kansas State veterinary center gets funding

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $14.432373 million for Kansas State University's Veterinary Medical Center operations. It also provides $5.685737 million for operating improvements. Improvement spending must follow the Board of Regents' plan to improve rankings and receive the university president's approval. Both accounts carry forward balances over $100 left unspent and not committed on June 30, 2026. The law does not change eligibility for veterinary services.

Kansas university can improve architecture school

In fiscal year 2027, the University of Kansas may build, renovate, develop, and equip its architecture school in Marvin Hall. Bond-financed project costs are capped at $60 million, plus listed issuance, interest, credit support, and reserve costs. Credit support costs and required reserves may extend no more than one year after completion. Debt payments come through appropriations from appropriate special revenue funds, and proceeds must follow bond agreements. Only the Kansas Development Finance Authority owes the bonds; state credit and taxing power are not pledged.

Nursing board faces fee-increase spending ban

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Nursing Board cannot use its special-revenue funds to increase fees. This spending ban does not independently freeze every nursing-related fee.

Pittsburg State can fund campus projects

During fiscal year 2027, Pittsburg State may use special revenue funds for listed campus projects and debt service. Eligible work includes deferred maintenance, the Overman Student Center, renovations, repairs, student housing, energy conservation, parking, and maintenance. The law sets no spending ceiling, but spending cannot exceed money legally credited and available in the listed funds. No total funding amount is specified.

Pittsburg State receives operations and aid funds

For fiscal year 2027, Pittsburg State receives about $46.5 million for operations and $1.82 million for financial-need student aid. It receives $819,310 for the school of construction, about $2.04 million for the global STEM center, and $2.04 million for emerging technologies. Polymer science receives about $1.08 million. Listed school, center, program, and student-aid accounts carry forward uncommitted balances above $100 on June 30, 2026; specified NIMA manufacturing and graphene center balances also carry forward. Funding runs through June 30, 2027, without guaranteeing an individual student award.

Two universities can improve campus parking

Through June 30, 2027, Emporia State and Pittsburg State can use parking-fee funds for parking-lot improvements. The law authorizes the projects but does not set parking fees or project amounts.

Universities gain grant matching spending options

For fiscal year 2027, Emporia State, Pittsburg State, the University of Kansas, and its Medical Center can match federal grants with general-fee money. Emporia State and Pittsburg State can also use specified fee accounts for official hospitality; Emporia's teacher academy account also qualifies. Through June 30, 2027, Emporia can insure grant-funded equipment using restricted-fee or university federal funds only when the grant funds and authorizes insurance. During fiscal year 2027, the covered agency cannot use appropriated money to charge state educational institutions administrative fees or retain part of their intended transfers.

Universities keep qualifying unspent state funds

Fort Hays State, Kansas State, and Pittsburg State keep qualifying balances above $100 for fiscal year 2027. Balances are measured June 30, 2026, and must not already be committed to expenses. Listed accounts cover operations, student aid, research, workforce programs, and facilities; Fort Hays’ regional stabilization balance moves to operations. Pittsburg State may also spend specified Regents transfers authorized by a 2026 appropriation act. Its Educational Building Fund authority excludes uncommitted balances first appropriated for fiscal years beginning before July 1, 2025.

Universities transfer money into loan funds

In fiscal year 2027, Pittsburg State transfers up to $145,000 from general fees into three student-loan program funds. Its president specifies amounts for the Perkins, nursing student, and nurse faculty loan funds. Beginning July 1, 2026, or when money is available, Kansas transfers up to $325,000 into five student-loan and federal-program funds. The University of Kansas chancellor specifies those transfers from its general fees fund. These account transfers do not forgive loans or guarantee individual students funding.

University campuses can fund building improvements

The University of Kansas can use parking revenue for parking improvements through June 30, 2027. Kansas City and Wichita campus parking funds can also pay for parking improvements. For fiscal year 2027, Kansas University can use specified building, renewal, and demolition funds transferred under 2026 appropriations. Renewal and demolition balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, remain available. The building-fund authority excludes uncommitted balances first appropriated for fiscal years beginning before July 1, 2025.

Commerce can lend through department programs

In fiscal year 2027, the Commerce Secretary can make program loans from the department’s general fees fund. The Secretary sets repayment terms and other loan conditions. The law does not specify eligible borrowers, amounts, or interest rates.

More funding to attract Kansas businesses

For fiscal year 2027, the Kansas Department of Commerce must spend at least $10 million to attract and develop new businesses. The money comes from the American Rescue Plan State Relief Fund. It supports business development, not stated direct payments to households.

Counties get tax notice cost reimbursements

Kansas reimburses qualifying county tax-notice printing and postage costs for calendar years 2025, 2026, and 2027. County clerks must notify the revenue secretary and document those costs. The State General Fund transfer to the Taxpayer Notification Costs Fund equals the certified qualifying amount. This reimburses county costs, not individual taxpayers.

Kansas funds tax and debt administration

Kansas provides $19.094822 million from its general fund for Department of Revenue operations in fiscal year 2027. Operating balances over $100 left unspent and not committed on June 30, 2026, carry forward. The department can also spend legally available money in listed special-revenue and federal funds, subject to the law's exceptions. On August 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $77,250 from Administration's accounting recovery fund to Revenue's debt-recovery services fund to reimburse collection costs. These provisions do not change household tax rates or create new payment duties.

State tax savings support job creation

Beginning July 1, 2028, the revenue secretary must estimate specified state tax savings each year. The calculation compares listed credit, deduction, or program changes with the referenced business expense deduction. The secretary must send the estimated savings to the state treasurer for the Job Creation Program Fund. This transfer rule does not calculate or provide a household tax break.

Withholding revenue supports job creation funds

In fiscal years 2026 through 2028, Kansas directs 2% of specified wage-withholding collections to employment program funds. Money first covers IMPACT program debt payments, then program administration, then the Job Creation Program Fund. The Job Creation Program Fund can receive no more than $20 million per fiscal year. This allocation does not change anyone's personal withholding rate.

Constitution Hall visitors pay set admission fees

In fiscal year 2027, Constitution Hall in Lecompton charges $3 for adult admission and $1 for student admission. Guided tours cost $3 per adult and $2 per student. Fees can rise only if all admission revenue is invested in Constitution Hall. Total admission fees must also exceed the Lecompton Historical Society's average promotional expenses for the previous three calendar years.

Disability services department can collect fees

The Department for Aging and Disability Services can collect fees for surplus-property sales and public-record searches and copies. Fees also cover specified employee personal uses of state property and other authorized sources. Receipts go to its general fees fund for department obligations or mission-related purposes. The law sets no fee amounts.

Families face Sunflower Summer reimbursement limits

In fiscal year 2027, Sunflower Summer generally cannot reimburse or give grants to participating venues that charge no admission. Free-admission venues remain eligible only in counties with 15,000 or fewer people in the 2020 census. Reimbursement covers no more than one adult age 18 or older accompanying one or more participants under 18.

Service applicants must request voter packets

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, covered service and assistance applications must include a voter-registration notice. The Department for Children and Families is among the departments covered. A registration packet can be sent only when the applicant or client checks the “yes” request box. The notice must explain what happens when both boxes are left blank; applicants do not have to register.

Specialty plate applicants pay extra $11

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, covered license plate applications cost an extra $11 each. The fee covers personalized, distinctive, and personalized distinctive plates and pays production and delivery costs. Military or veteran distinctive plates are exempt if they are not already subject to distinctive plate fees.

Water Office users can face fees

Through June 30, 2027, the Water Office can charge for training and information programs. Fees can cover some or all operating costs, including official hospitality. Program fees and public-record access or copy fees go to the state general fees fund. The law sets no fee amounts.

SNAP families face candy and soda limits

Kansas must implement a statewide USDA demonstration waiver excluding candy and soft drinks from SNAP purchases. Once implemented, SNAP households cannot use EBT payments for those items at retailers statewide. The children and families secretary must certify implementation to the State Finance Council by January 1, 2027.

State cost guides aging service placements

People receiving or seeking services from three covered accounts must receive appropriate services that are most economical for the General Fund. The accounts are Senior Care Act, nutrition state match, and non-KanCare caseloads. This rule guides which services the state selects, not a stated household charge.

Educators face possible workshop fees

The Kansas State Board of Education may charge fees for its in-service workshops and conferences. Fees may cover some or all operating costs. Collections go to the in-service education workshop fee fund. The law sets no fee amount.

Insurance trainees face possible program fees

During fiscal year 2027, the Kansas Insurance Commissioner may charge fees for programs using the insurance education and training fund. Fees may cover some or all operating costs, including official hospitality. Collections return to that fund. The law sets no fee amount.

Possible fees for student aid services

The Kansas Board of Regents' chief executive can set and collect fees for state student aid applications and related services. Fees can cover some or all direct and indirect program operating costs. Receipts must go to the financial aid services fee fund. The law does not set a fee amount or require a particular fee.

Abandoned well contractors face bidding rules

In fiscal year 2027, the Kansas Corporation Commission must use competitive bidding for specified abandoned oil and gas well plugging. The rule covers work paid from the conservation fee fund or abandoned oil and gas well fund. It applies regardless of the estimated purchase amount. It regulates state purchasing, not household conduct.

Corrections and investigators lose state funding

The law removes about $6.787 million from fiscal year 2026 corrections funding when the act takes effect. Cuts cover evidence-based programs, operating costs, and facilities at Ellsworth, El Dorado, Hutchinson, Larned, Norton, and Winfield. They also include $512,493 for the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation loses $30,426 in fiscal year 2026 operating funds. The law does not identify which services change.

Corrections training programs can charge fees

The corrections secretary may set and collect fees for correctional personnel training through June 30, 2027. Fees may pay program operating costs, including official hospitality. The law does not set rates or identify which participants must pay.

Environmental and water program funding falls

Kansas cancels specified fiscal year 2026 environmental appropriations, including $236 for operations and $309,486 for nonpoint source pollution work. It also cancels $645,823 for drinking water protection and $578,579 for watershed restoration and protection. Further cuts are $2,769 for the Milford and Marion reservoirs harmful algae bloom pilot and $100,000 for stream trash removal. The law does not state how these reductions change services.

Highway Patrol can charge service fees

The Highway Patrol may charge state agencies, local governments, and nonprofits for using its training center. Fees may cover some or all costs and must enter the training center fund. The Patrol may also buy and sell goods and provide services to local governments through its fuel and storeroom fund. Related fees may recover some or all costs, with proceeds returning to that fund. The law does not set fee amounts.

Investigation bureau can charge service fees

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation may charge for specified services. These include criminal history checks for noncriminal justice organizations, local police training, DNA laboratory work, and crime-prevention materials. Fees may cover some or all direct and indirect operating costs. Fees for Lottery or Racing and Gaming Commission investigations must cover all those costs. The law does not set rates.

Kansas water programs lose project funding

When the act takes effect, it removes about $2.686 million from eight fiscal year 2026 water program accounts. Cuts include $895,854 for High Plains aquifer partnerships, $788,750 for water quality partnerships, and $571,072 for HB 2302 projects. Education and outreach lose $250,946; Equus Beds remediation loses $66,786; reservoir protection loses $64,888. Assessment and evaluation lose $22,729, while reservoir and water quality research lose $24,704. The law does not specify resulting changes to household water bills or services.

State agencies must end diversity programs

State agencies must eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion positions, mandates, policies, programs, preferences, activities, and employee training requirements. They must cancel related state grants and contracts. Agencies must also standardize employee email signatures without gender-identifying pronouns. By July 31, 2026, the administration secretary must certify compliance to the State Finance Council.

World Cup spending limited to safety

From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, Kansas state-funded World Cup support is limited to transportation and security. Expenses must relate to the plan determined by the FIFA World Cup 26 Kansas City committee. These provisions set no spending amount.

Disability support groups face dues limits

In fiscal year 2027, groups receiving CDDO support-account money face limits on paying membership dues and fees. They cannot use that money to pay organizations that deny state agencies access to financial records upon request. The rule governs recipient spending, not household benefits.

Health portal funding requires parental-access report

The University of Kansas Medical Center faces a reporting condition before using fiscal year 2027 operating funds for a secure health-information platform. It must report to the Regents that parents and guardians may access minors’ health information without the child’s prior consent, consistent with state law. Copies must go to the House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means committee chairs. Without the report, platform money is canceled on June 30, 2027.

Kansas agencies share benefit eligibility records

During fiscal year 2027, the children and families department must share participant eligibility information with two other state departments. Those departments oversee health and environment and aging and disability services. Sharing remains subject to federal reporting restrictions. Agencies must act immediately on fraudulent payments identified by the inspector general. The law does not itself change household eligibility or benefit amounts.

Less funding for aging and disability services

The law cancels fiscal year 2026 funding, including about $52.38 million for KanCare and $3.58 million for long-term services and supports. It also cancels about $4.44 million for school mental health teams and $1.34 million for behavioral health services. County and hospital reimbursements lose about $3.59 million, and nutrition matching grants lose $19,700. Sexual predator treatment accounts lose $39,720 at Parsons and $7,030 at Larned. State operations lose $2,419, and official hospitality loses $244. These funding cancellations do not specify changes to any person's eligibility or benefits.

Less funding for public health programs

The law cancels fiscal year 2026 funding of $31,495 for local primary health projects and $4,821 for Lyme disease prevention and research. It also cancels $3,149 for immunization programs. When the law takes effect, it cancels $563 for Healthy Start and $649,034 for Early Childhood Infrastructure. These are program funding reductions; the provisions do not specify individual benefit or vaccine eligibility changes.

Local health aid follows statutory formula

During fiscal year 2027, state aid to local health departments must follow the distribution formula in Kansas law. The law preserves an exception specified in subsection (j). This provision sets no household payment or service entitlement.

State abortion funding faces broad restrictions

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, state general and special revenue funds cannot support abortions ineligible for federal Medicaid matching funds. The restriction covers performing or assisting abortions, promotion, counseling toward abortion, referrals, and providing facilities. The state also cannot give contracts or grants to entities undertaking those activities. An exception covers organizations, facilities, or institutions that Kansas law bars from performing abortions except in medical emergencies.

Districts face penalties for student walkouts

The State Board of Education must hear complaints about qualifying student walkouts and may fine the district. The conditions include organized attendance violations, missing written parental permission for each absent student to leave, and failure to enforce attendance laws and discipline. District staff must also have encouraged, helped, or enabled the walkout. The district penalty equals the superintendent’s contract base salary for each affected day, which does not count as an instructional day. The fine falls on the district, not students or families.

Districts must help fund parent education

School districts receiving parent education grants must contribute at least 50% of each grant amount. The law does not state the grant amounts. This matching duty applies to districts, not households.

Human rights training can carry fees

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Kansas Human Rights Commission can charge for public education and training. Fees can cover some or all program costs, including official hospitality. Collections go to the education and training fund. The law sets no fee amount.

School labor groups repay dispute costs

The labor secretary may use the dispute resolution fund to pay legally specified school labor mediation and fact-finding costs. The involved school board and professional employees’ organization must fully repay those costs. Reimbursements return to the fund. The law does not set a dollar amount or a direct charge to individual employees.

Agencies and groups face military service fees

Through June 30, 2027, the Kansas adjutant general can charge state and local agencies, businesses, and nonprofit groups. Fees can cover some or all costs under agreed service arrangements or for using communications equipment. These groups can also use the Great Plains Joint Regional Training Center and pay cost-recovery fees. Receipts go to the state general fees fund, emergency communications fund, or training center fee fund, respectively.

Arts grants face geographic funding caps

In fiscal year 2027, the Creative Arts Industries Commission account must fund matching grants. No more than 60% of grant money may go to applicants in counties with 85,000 or fewer residents. No more than 40% may go to applicants in larger counties, using 2020 census counts. The account cannot pay people on a contract basis.

Commerce programs lose prior-year funding

The law removes fiscal year 2026 funding from ten Commerce program accounts. Cuts include $117,330 for Creative Arts, $115,669 for Rural Opportunity Zones, and $104,488 for the operating grant account. The Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors loses $15,497; community development loses $3,812; Strong Military Bases loses $2,153. Main Street loses $585, international trade loses $407, senior community employment loses $341, and Sunflower Summer loses $307. The law does not specify changes to participant benefits, eligibility, or services.

Governor’s conferences can charge attendance fees

The governor can charge fees for conferences organized by the Governor’s Office. Fees can cover some or all operating costs, including official hospitality. Receipts go to the special programs fund. The law sets no fee amount.

Historical society services can carry fees

Through June 30, 2027, the Kansas State Historical Society can charge for imaging and contracted archaeological services. Fees can recover some or all operating costs. Imaging receipts go to the microfilm fees fund; archaeology receipts go to the archeology fee fund. The law sets no prices.

Lawmakers face publication and meeting limits

In fiscal year 2027, legislative funds cannot pay to distribute permanent House or Senate journals to each lawmaker. Funds cannot provide more than one complete statute set at the start of a lawmaker’s first term or print their name on it. Each lawmaker is limited to one cumulative-supplement set. Joint committee and subcommittee meetings require Legislative Coordinating Council approval before the legislative operations account can pay.

Legislative users can face service charges

For fiscal year 2027, the Legislative Coordinating Council can authorize charges for extra services, facilities, and supplies for lawmakers. Related services provided to others can also carry charges. Charges follow Council policy and recover some or all costs; the law sets no amounts. Receipts go to the legislative special revenue fund.

Licensing boards face lower spending limits

For fiscal year 2027, the Pharmacy Board’s fee-fund spending limit falls from about $3.608 million to $3.205 million. The Accountancy Board’s limit falls from $489,996 to $489,774. The hearing-instrument board’s limits fall from $38,255 to $38,201 for 2026 and from $38,973 to $38,847 for 2027. The Real Estate Appraisal Board’s 2026 limit falls from $443,064 to $440,811. These are agency spending limits, not changes to fees charged to households.

Racing regulation can bring extra fees

In fiscal year 2027, the Racing and Gaming Commission can charge entities responsible for otherwise unrecovered racing-regulation costs. Fees can cover direct and indirect expenses not otherwise recovered from a parimutuel facility licensee. These charges come on top of other authorized taxes and fees. Receipts go to the state racing fund; no fee amount is set.

Rural opportunity funding targets smaller counties

In fiscal year 2027, Rural Opportunity Zones funding is limited to applicants or uses in counties with 15,000 or fewer residents. County populations are measured using the 2020 census. The law states no total funding or individual award amount.

State agencies can pay aircraft service fees

The Department of Wildlife and Parks can charge other state agencies for aircraft services. Fees can cover some or all operating costs. Receipts go to the central aircraft fund. The law sets no fee amount.

State agencies face operating budget cuts

On July 1, 2026, the law cuts eligible fiscal year 2027 general-fund operating budgets by 1.5%. Local aid, capital work, debt payments, other assistance, named projects, and specified agencies and institutions are exempt. These include listed legislative and judicial agencies, universities, state hospitals, correctional facilities, veterans’ homes, and several public safety agencies. On June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, funding tied to positions vacant for 60 calendar days or the entire fiscal year also expires. University of Kansas geological survey positions are exempt both years; indigent defense positions and funding are exempt only in 2026.

State bioscience funding transfers remain paused

Kansas cannot make the specified general fund transfers to the Bioscience Development and Investment Fund in fiscal years 2026 through 2028. This pauses that funding source for bioscience companies and university programs. The law does not state the amount of lost transfers.

State offices lose prior-year budget funds

The law removes fiscal year 2026 operating funds from several state offices. Cuts are $604,536 for the Legislative Coordinating Council, $150,000 for Legislative Research, and $326,775 for the Revisor of Statutes. The Revenue Department loses $16,786 in operating funds. The Administration Department also loses $796,587 from its debt service 2025A/B account. These cuts do not directly change household tax bills or identify specific service changes.

State payments to local governments pause

For fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, Kansas pauses specified general fund transfers supporting local redevelopment and highways. The city revenue-replacement pause covers redevelopment districts established before July 1, 1996. The highway pause covers transfers to the Special City and County Highway Fund, including specified tax and commercial vehicle fee collections. The highway transfer provision remains subject to statutory reductions. The law states no lost-funding amounts and creates no new household payment.

Health access money shifts to general spending

Kansas transfers about $8.893 million from the Health Care Access Improvement Fund to the state general fund. The transfer occurs July 1, 2026, or later when the money becomes available. The law does not identify changes to particular health services or household costs.

Hospital assessment credit faces funding limits

During fiscal year 2027, the Health Care Access Improvement Fund credit cannot exceed the amount needed for a positive cash balance. It also cannot exceed 80% of estimated hospital provider assessment receipts. Interest transfers from the General Fund must exclude amounts tied to that credit.

Kansas lowers medical assistance spending authority

For fiscal year 2026, Kansas cancels about $49.21 million from the other medical assistance account. It also cancels $1,017 from health care finance operating funds. The medical programs fee fund spending limit falls from about $110.154 million to $110.106 million. These provisions do not specify changes to household fees, Medicaid eligibility, covered care, or individual payments.

Lower provider payments for senior care

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas pays PACE providers 90% of otherwise applicable KanCare long-term care rates. PACE is the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. This reduces provider reimbursement, not participants' bills directly. The provision does not specify changes in participant costs or services.

Blind school can charge district fees

In fiscal year 2027, the Kansas State School for the Blind can charge local school districts for services. The fee equals 20% of the total service cost. Revenue goes to the local services reimbursement fund. Districts, not individual households, pay this charge.

College training and student funding cut

The law cancels fiscal year 2026 funding at Johnson County Community College and Emporia State University. Johnson County loses about $2.99 million for business, industry, and apprenticeship programs and $2.19 million for student success initiatives. Emporia State loses $54,128 for national board certification/future teacher academy and $384,663 for SMaRT Kansas 21. The law does not specify changes to individual student awards or services.

Fort Hays must review degree programs

During fiscal year 2027, Fort Hays State must review its courses, programs, and degrees against expected job growth. It must identify offerings no longer preparing students for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand work. The university must act on its findings and assess resulting spending reductions. A report on the review, actions, and savings is due to specified legislative committees by January 11, 2027. The law does not name programs to change or close.

Funding cuts at Kansas universities

The law cancels about $1.29 million in Emporia State's fiscal year 2026 cybersecurity center funding. It also cancels $472,226 from the University of Kansas's roughly $162.31 million operating appropriation. Medical Center cuts total $94,861: $4,956 for need-based student aid, $30,000 for obstetrics and gynecology residency loans, and $29,071 for Wichita residency training. They also include $834 for the stem cell therapy center and $30,000 for rural psychiatry bridging support. The Kansas university and Medical Center cancellations take effect when the law takes effect; no individual tuition or aid change is specified.

Health training users can pay fees

Through June 30, 2027, the health secretary can charge for public health literature, films, and training seminars. Covered users include state-aid recipients, public health employees, and affected industry representatives. Osawatomie State Hospital can also charge for its training activities. Both authorities allow recovery of some or all covered costs, with receipts going to designated training funds. The law sets no fee amounts.

Job training programs lose prior funding

The law cancels fiscal year 2026 funding across several employment and training accounts. Reductions are $336,577 for registered apprenticeships and $32,459 for Kansas Industrial Training and Retraining programs. It also removes $22,825 from Older Kansans employment, $9,998 from work-based learning, and $1,070 from reemployment implementation. The law does not identify resulting service cuts or participant benefit changes.

Justice training programs can charge fees

The Attorney General can charge for crime-prevention seminars, including direct, indirect, and official hospitality costs. Indigent defense workshops and conferences can also charge fees through June 30, 2027. Through that date, judicial education fees can support judge training and family-court planning and implementation. Each program can recover some or all costs, with receipts placed in its designated fund. The law sets no fee amounts.

Kansas State Extension loses state funding

The law removes $659,231 from Kansas State University Cooperative Extension’s fiscal year 2026 state general-fund budget. It does not identify which programs or household services absorb the cut.

Kansas State training funds stay in Salina

In fiscal year 2027, Kansas State can use its central immersive training hub account only for the Salina campus hub. The law does not specify an account amount.

Medical loan fund covers legal costs

The medical loan repayment fund can pay attorney fees and litigation costs for administering Kansas's medical scholarship and loan program. These expenses can be paid beyond the fund's operating spending limit. The provision sets no dollar cap for these additional costs and does not change individual loan eligibility.

Regulatory training and exams can cost

For fiscal year 2027, the Corporation Commission and Racing and Gaming Commission can charge for workshops, conferences, or training. The Revenue Department can charge for sponsored or cosponsored conferences, seminars, workshops, and exams through June 30, 2027. Revenue fees can also cover costs of qualifying applicants. Fees can recover some or all covered costs and go to each agency’s designated training fund. The law sets no amounts.

State colleges face funding limits

Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Board of Regents faces a yearly Faculty of Distinction gift certification limit. It must stop certifying additional qualifying gifts once related state award transfers reach $9 million that year. The law also pauses General Fund transfers for college infrastructure maintenance in fiscal years 2026 through 2028.

Two universities must review program cuts

During fiscal year 2027, Emporia State and Pittsburg State must review their courses, programs, and degrees for possible cuts. The review targets offerings no longer preparing students for expected job growth in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand fields. Both universities must act on their findings and report resulting spending efficiencies. Written reports are due by January 11, 2027.

Commerce services can carry user fees

In fiscal year 2027, Commerce can charge for covered conferences, publications, items, advertising, and economic development services. This authority applies only when another statute does not already set the fee. Charges must recover some or all operating costs and go to department special revenue funds. The law sets no amounts.

Development company grants limited to ten

In fiscal year 2027, Commerce may award operating-account grants to no more than 10 certified development companies. The Commerce secretary must determine that each recipient qualifies. The law states no grant amount.

Hospital assessments expand and change rates

Kansas must seek federal approval for a hospital assessment rate between 5% and 6%, using fiscal year 2022 revenue. The assessment base includes inpatient and outpatient net operating revenue. Changes start the January 1 or July 1 immediately after federal approval notice appears in the Kansas Register. Afterward, state general funds cannot support rate enhancements under the assessment. In fiscal year 2027, critical access and rural emergency hospitals must pay when annual revenue exceeds the Health Care Access Improvement Panel's threshold. That threshold is not stated; these provisions assess hospitals, not households directly.

Lottery winners face private oversight disclosure

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Lottery must share information about claims of $10,000 or more. It must give each qualifying claimant’s name and address to the Office of Inspector General. The office may use this information only for its legal duties and cannot publicly identify winners. Prize amounts do not change.

Higher disability equipment payments, then cutoff

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas must spend at least $37,394 to raise Medicaid payments for complex rehabilitation equipment by 20%. This includes mobility and seating devices designed for people with significant disabilities. State funding for these devices ends after June 30, 2027, with no additional state funding provided. These are provider payments, not direct cash benefits.

Lowest-cost placement rule for social services

From July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, Kansas must use the most economical appropriate placement for covered social services. This applies to people receiving or applying for services funded partly or fully through the social service block grant fund. Services must remain appropriate, but the lowest-cost rule limits placement choices.

Teacher grants carry matching and repayment rules

Teaching Excellence grants support National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification training. Each grant requires an equal match from nonstate funds. Recipients must agree to repay the grant if they do not complete the training course. The law does not state grant amounts or require recipients themselves to supply the match.

Child safety grants prioritize newest centers

Kansas provides about $7.3 million for child advocacy centers in fiscal year 2027. Eligible centers can use grants for education about child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention. Funding goes to centers in order of establishment, starting with the newest. This priority favors newer centers over older centers in the funding order.

Community corrections grants carry funding limits

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas provides $31.098494 million for community corrections. Counties cannot use these grants to replace local public or private funding for existing programs, under corrections department rules. Another $21.620419 million funds community prevention and graduated sanctions grants. Communities are not guaranteed those grants, which must meet department conditions for program outcomes. Both appropriations run through June 30, 2027.

Funding and hourly limits for defense lawyers

For fiscal year 2026, Kansas requires at least $54,428 from the capital defense operations account for assigned counsel payments. This funds lawyers serving defendants who cannot afford counsel. For fiscal year 2027, ending June 30, 2027, assigned counsel pay cannot exceed $125 per hour. The law does not guarantee a lawyer that rate or a set number of paid hours.

Juvenile justice spending authorized but capped

In fiscal year 2027, the juvenile alternatives to detention fund may pay for detention-center daily payments and purchased services. It may also fund graduated sanctions, which provide escalating responses to violations. Detention-center daily payments may not exceed $100,000.

Local jails get funding with limits

Kansas provides $1.55 million for local jail payments in fiscal year 2027. Prisoner maintenance payments cannot exceed the Corrections Department’s daily operating cost per person, excluding inmate programs. Kansas must accept authorized claims even when submitted or processed after the service year, including services before this law took effect. Claims must cover costs under the jail-payment statute and be paid from the account during fiscal year 2027.

Youth programs receive funding with limits

Through June 30, 2027, Kansas provides $13.489325 million for evidence-based programs and $1.79067 million for juvenile services operations. Up to $1 million can fund research on reducing juvenile offending and repeat offenses. Funding for Jobs for America's Graduates-Kansas is required but capped at $5.5 million. That program must report youths served and performance outcomes between June 15 and June 30, 2027. Another $1.5 million funds community juvenile crime prevention grants; at least $500,000 of those grants requires dollar-for-dollar local or private matching money.

Reservoir work allowed with spending limits

For fiscal year 2027, the Water Office may use available conservation storage fund money to acquire storage and study reservoir sustainability. It cannot buy more storage at Milford, Perry, Big Hill, or Hillsdale without a qualifying State Water Plan Storage Act contract. That contract must supply users whose water is not already held under contract in those reservoirs. Spending on the John Redmond sediment-removal pilot requires seeking a federal partnership and securing a federal commitment to help pay.

Care homes face discharge reporting rules

In fiscal year 2027, assisted living, residential healthcare, home plus, and boarding care homes must report transfers and discharges monthly. Reports are due by the following month’s end, must omit identifying details, and must note when no involuntary cases occurred. Penalties require written notice within five days after the due date and more than 14 days to fix the violation. The secretary must collect and share specified data. Designated organizations must prepare quarterly reports and legislative recommendations.

Child care ombudsman gets redirected funding

In fiscal year 2027, the Office of Early Childhood cannot use state or special-revenue money to employ a fiscal affairs director. Money requested for that position must instead support the child care ombudsman. The law does not state how much money moves.

Kansas can expand Medicaid approval projects

During fiscal year 2027, Kansas may use other medical assistance funds to start or expand prior authorization projects. These projects concern approval before Medicaid services are provided. Before the 2027 regular legislative session, the department must report on automation, savings, and other outcomes to the oversight committee. The law does not identify affected services or require a particular coverage result.

Lottery funds crisis care with caps

During fiscal years 2026 through 2028, Kansas transfers lottery money monthly to two community mental health funds. Crisis stabilization centers receive $625,000 monthly, and clubhouse programs receive $208,333 monthly. Beginning in fiscal year 2029, transfers under the applicable lottery vending-machine provision face an $8 million annual combined cap.

Specialty care funding ends after 2027

Kansas provides $550,000 for specialty health care access programs in fiscal year 2027. State funding for those programs ends after June 30, 2027.

College building aid carries tax limits

The law provides about $12.419 million for fiscal year 2027 capital aid to listed colleges and institutions. Each dollar spent requires a dollar of nonstate money or donated equipment. Community colleges must certify that their trustees have not adopted and will not adopt a resolution increasing the 2027 property tax levy. A community college’s allocation expires if it does not submit that certification by June 30, 2027.

College comprehensive grants require matching funds

Kansas provides about $40.26 million for comprehensive grants in fiscal year 2027, ending June 30, 2027. Every dollar spent requires one dollar of local nonstate or private matching money. Half goes to state educational institutions and Washburn University; half goes to qualifying nonprofit independent colleges. Uncommitted account balances above $100 on June 30, 2026, also carry into fiscal year 2027.

Literacy funding requires coaching for teachers

The law provides about $2.708 million for the Kansas Blueprint for Literacy in fiscal year 2027. Before spending it, the agency must certify to the budget director that it will coach teachers already working. Without that certification, the appropriation expires June 30, 2027.

Middle school career pilot requires matching

Kansas authorizes up to $320,000 for a virtual reality career discovery pilot in fiscal year 2027. It serves grades 6 through 8 and supports career exploration and individual plans of study. The education department administers it through Kansas youth career discovery partners, which run the pilot. Spending requires $1 in nonstate or private money for every $2 in state money.

Nursing schools receive grants with matches

Kansas provides $188,126 for nurse educator grants and about $3.79 million for nursing faculty, lab supplies, and student-success tools. The latter grants go to Kansas colleges with accredited nursing programs through need-based or competitive awards. Receiving schools must match those faculty and supplies grants dollar-for-dollar with their own money. Both accounts carry forward uncommitted balances above $100 on June 30, 2026. The fiscal year 2027 funding runs through June 30, 2027.

School safety grants require local matches

Kansas provides $2.5 million for school safety grants in fiscal year 2027, ending June 30, 2027. Districts must match each grant dollar with one dollar from district funds allowed for the same purpose. The State Board of Education must approve spending. Eligible uses include facility security, communications equipment, naloxone for approved professionals, and school resource officers.

Special education aid requires state reports

The law provides $6 million in fiscal year 2027 special education services aid, but blocks spending until reporting requirements are met. The state education department must publish its 2025–2026 special education funding report by June 30, 2026. It must publish the updated 2026–2027 report when the matching financial accountability reports are published. The department must also certify compliance to the specified state officials before spending the aid. These duties apply to the department, not families.

Student test reporting and contracts change

For 2026 and 2027 state math and English tests, Kansas must report results using score thresholds from before July 1, 2025. It cannot use the new thresholds approved in August 2025; $2 million in education department operating funds stays withheld until compliance. The department must end its existing 2026–2027 assessment contract with the University of Kansas Center for Research by September 30, 2026. It may spend up to about $5.058 million in fiscal year 2027 on a replacement contract with that same center.

Greyhound funds target racing and promotion

Specified transfers into the greyhound breeding development fund must stay in a separate account. Under Racing and Gaming Commission rules, they may only supplement special stake races or increase point payments to owners of Kansas-born greyhounds winning live Kansas races. By June 30, 2027, 15% of all fiscal year 2027 fund credits must move to the commission’s greyhound promotion and development fund. This replaces the transfer to Commerce’s greyhound tourism fund.

Horse racing remodel grant narrowly targeted

In fiscal year 2027, all spending from the horse racing facility remodel fund must support a grant to remodel an existing facility. The facility must be in a Kansas county with 6,000 to 6,100 residents in the 2020 census. The law states no grant amount.

Lottery must transfer money while protecting prizes

For fiscal year 2027, the Lottery must transfer at least $81.49 million to the state gaming revenues fund. Monthly certifications run from July 15, 2026, through June 15, 2027, in place of the usual statutory transfers. The $4.7 million monthly minimum ends once transfers reach $54 million, but the yearly minimum remains. Transfers include profits from the special veterans benefit game. The Lottery must keep enough cash for operations and prize payments.

Reserve interest shifts to general spending

In fiscal years 2027 through 2030, Kansas redirects reserve interest once its budget stabilization fund reaches a set threshold. The threshold is 20% of actual general fund tax receipts from the previous fiscal year. At that point, interest goes to the general fund instead of the reserve fund. The law does not state the amount of interest affected.

Small towns get conditional gas-line grants

For July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the Kansas Corporation Commission must create a gas-line grant application process. Eligible small towns must currently be served by a natural gas gathering field. Grants support distribution lines and related connections to a gas provider. Before receiving remaining grant money, towns need an outside cost study, rates covering actual upkeep and needed upgrades, and a provider contract. The law states no grant amount.

State Fair funding carries matching and transfers

The State Fair can spend available federal relief money in fiscal year 2026 and four operating funds in 2027, without stated caps. Refund and sales-tax exceptions remain; its capital fund is also available without a stated cap in 2027. Livestock barn upgrades receive $350,000 in 2027, requiring an equal pledge of nonstate or private money. Fee-to-capital transfers equal the greater of $300,000 or 5% of gross fair and non-fair receipts through March 1. Transfers are due March 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027, or when money becomes available; budget director approval allows initial certification of only April 1 bond-payment needs, with the rest certified on a date the director sets.

Water agencies gain flexibility and repayment duties

On July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $142,954 from the transportation highway fund to Agriculture's water structures account. In fiscal year 2027, Kansas University's chancellor can move water plan appropriations among university items and specified water, agriculture, wildlife, and environmental agencies. Transfers need budget director approval, certification to state accounting officials, and copies to designated legislative officials. The Water Office can buy vessel liability insurance from its water marketing fund. That fund must also repay the general fund in amounts its director specifies before April 1, 2027.

Water loans help spread federal rate increases

In fiscal year 2027, the state investment board must lend to the Water Office when cash shortages prevent timely payments. These loans need State Finance Council approval and budget-director-approved terms; repayment is interest-free within one year. Separate loans can spread federal water rate, fee, or charge increases over time when those increases leave the fund unable to pay obligations. Those loans need council approval and a director-certified amount, with interest at the state investment portfolio's net earnings rate. Repayment must occur at least yearly and finish within five years.

Banking regulators get higher spending caps

For fiscal year 2027, the Bank Commissioner's fee-fund spending cap rises from $13.711453 million to $14.144365 million. The Credit Unions Department's cap rises from $1.417916 million to $1.769929 million for 2026. Its 2027 cap rises from $1.374455 million to $1.726468 million. That 2027 cap drops to $1.583468 million if the department reports access to federal examination software and examiner training by January 11, 2027. These spending changes do not themselves change household fees.

Health facility oversight and possible charges

On July 1, 2026, Kansas transfers $200,000 from the health care stabilization fund for licensed medical facility reviews. Reviews address care quality, substandard services, liability reduction, and risk-management requirements. During fiscal year 2027, a health-secretary contract can fund hospital fire and safety inspections through transfers from the Medicare—Federal Fund. Beginning July 1, 2026, Kansas must contract for dialysis facility surveys and certification consistent with federal requirements, through June 30, 2027. A newly built facility's operator can be charged survey costs if no survey occurs within one year after reporting it operational.

Kansas strengthens public assistance payment checks

For fiscal year 2027, the Attorney General must select software and services to audit public assistance payments across entire programs. The provider must report errors, waste, fraud, process problems, estimated savings, and recommended changes. Aging and Disability Services must share eligibility information with the health and children-and-families departments, within federal limits. Agencies must immediately act on fraudulent payments involving participants identified by the Inspector General. These duties do not themselves change benefit amounts or eligibility rules.

Housing trust gains money, limits uses

Kansas transfers $2 million from its economic development initiatives fund to the State Housing Trust Fund on July 1, 2026. Another $2 million follows on July 1, 2027. During fiscal years 2026 through 2028, trust money is restricted to city or county loans or grants for rural infrastructure or housing development. The transfers support local projects, not guaranteed household payments.

College buildings receive spending and borrowing authority

In fiscal year 2027, state colleges can fund conservation projects and use Kansas Development Finance Authority bonds. Regents must consult the legislative building committee; the State Finance Council must approve the bond proceeds used. Bond-funded energy projects must save at least their debt payments; repayment depends on yearly appropriations. Kansas University can use available listed special funds for debt, repairs, housing, parking, recreation, and training facilities, without a stated spending cap. The university must also arrange maintenance for Marvin Hall.

College grants require equal matching money

Kansas provides about $40.26 million for the comprehensive grant program in fiscal year 2028, available through June 30, 2028. Each state dollar spent requires one matching dollar from local nonstate or private sources. Half goes to state educational institutions and Washburn University. The other half goes to qualifying nonprofit independent colleges; individual student awards are not specified.

College workforce funds carry tax limits

Kansas provides $2.5 million for community and technical college student-success efforts, with amounts assigned to individual colleges. That funding ends after fiscal year 2027, with no additional state funding under this provision. Another $14.3 million supports apprenticeships, business outreach, and programs addressing emerging business needs. Before receiving those funds, community colleges must certify that their boards have not adopted and will not adopt a resolution increasing the district's 2027 property tax levy. Allocations to community colleges without certification expire June 30, 2027.

Kansas State dairy funding requires matches

Kansas State University receives $5 million in each of fiscal years 2028 and 2029 for a new Manhattan-campus dairy facility. The money covers planning and construction. Each expenditure requires dollar-for-dollar matches from university money and from nonstate or private money, or dairy-industry in-kind contributions. The university president must certify receipt of the matches before any spending.

Kansas State dairy project requires matches

At least $5 million in federal relief funds supports planning and construction of Kansas State’s new Manhattan dairy facility. Spending requires separate dollar-for-dollar matches from other university funds and nonstate or private funds, or dairy-industry in-kind contributions. The university must develop a phased construction plan and report spending by February 1, 2027. Beginning July 1, 2026, up to $5 million in available, unspent or recovered coronavirus relief transfers to its relief account. The budget director must certify available funds in consultation with Legislative Research before that transfer occurs.

Kansas State research gets conditional funding

For fiscal year 2027, Kansas State receives $5.227913 million for global food systems and $5.015456 million for its biomanufacturing institute. Food systems spending requires an equal match from other university funds and a plan addressing jobs and economic value. Biomanufacturing spending requires an equal match from local nonstate or private funds. The WaterWIDE Institute receives $5.058738 million for water research. A water plan and report on goals, results, and return on investment are due to legislative committees and the governor January 11, 2027.

Kansas University funds face spending limits

The University of Kansas must deposit restricted fees in the state treasury and spend them only for their collected purposes. Student fees can move between restricted accounts; account-list changes require State Finance Council approval. Through June 30, 2027, its service clearing fund covers residence hall food stores, vehicles, military uniforms, and telecommunications. Other internal services need approval from the State Board of Regents. These rules do not set new student fee amounts.

University funding tied to policy adoption

Kansas provides $12 million for Regents institutions in fiscal year 2027, with $2 million allocated to each institution. Spending depends on a State Finance Council finding about required Board of Regents policies for the 2026–2027 academic year. The board must adopt the required DEI-CRT definition and statement of understanding. Spending also requires approval from the governor and a majority of the council's legislative members.

Wichita State funding requires private matching

Wichita State receives $7 million for its military sustainment program in fiscal year 2028, ending June 30, 2028. Spending requires an equal match from new private donations by individuals or companies. The university president must certify that the matching money is available before approving spending. Existing university private money cannot count.

Unspent business attraction money changes funds

In fiscal year 2027, Commerce may use the Build Kansas Attracting Businesses Fund to attract and develop new Kansas businesses. If that spending is below $10 million, the remaining fund balance must move on June 30, 2027. Its destination is the Build Kansas Matching Grant Fund.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

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Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 1,724 • No: 834

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 84 Nay: 39

Yes: 84 • No: 39

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 88 Nay: 35

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 88 Nay: 35

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 21 Nay: 18

Yes: 21 • No: 18

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 25 Nay: 14

Yes: 25 • No: 14

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 10 Nay: 28

Yes: 10 • No: 28 • Other: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 27 Nay: 12

Yes: 27 • No: 12

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 23 Nay: 16

Yes: 23 • No: 16

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 28 Nay: 11

Yes: 28 • No: 11

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 31 Nay: 8

Yes: 31 • No: 8

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 87(f), 87(g),88(a), 88(l) overridden

Yes: 84 • No: 39

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 153, 155 overridden

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 74(q) overridden

Yes: 87 • No: 36

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 15(b), 15(c) overridden

Yes: 87 • No: 36

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 26(a), 53(b), 54(w) overridden

Yes: 84 • No: 39

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 88(k), 88(m) overridden

Yes: 87 • No: 36

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 72(l), 74(p) overridden

Yes: 84 • No: 39

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 81(h) overridden

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 37(a) overridden

Yes: 87 • No: 36

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 54(u), 54(y) overridden

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 37(e) sustained

Yes: 12 • No: 111

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 96(d) overridden

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 4/10/2026

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 78(dd) overridden

Yes: 88 • No: 35

House vote • 3/27/2026

Conference Committee Report was adopted

Yes: 67 • No: 53

Senate vote • 3/26/2026

Conference Committee Report was adopted

Yes: 23 • No: 16

Senate vote • 3/10/2026

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended

Yes: 39 • No: 1

House vote • 3/4/2026

Final Action - Passed

Yes: 118 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 88(k), 88(m) overridden; Yea 87, Nay 36, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 26(a), 53(b), 54(w) overridden; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 37(e) sustained; Yea 12, Nay 111, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 54(u), 54(y) overridden; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 15(b), 15(c) overridden; Yea 87, Nay 36, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 37(a) overridden; Yea 87, Nay 36, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 72(l), 74(p) overridden; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 74(q) overridden; Yea 87, Nay 36, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 78(dd) overridden; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 81(h) overridden; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 153, 155 overridden; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 87(f), 87(g),88(a), 88(l) overridden; Yea 84, Nay 39, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 96(d) overridden; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
4/10/2026House
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 87(f), portion 88(a)
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 87(g), portion 88(a) 88(l)
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 88(m) overridden
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 15(b), 15(c)
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto failed; Line item veto 54(y)
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 37(a) 74(q) overridden
4/10/2026Senate
Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 26(a) 53(b) 54(w) 54(u) 78(dd) 81(h) 88(k) 96(d) 153 155 overridden
4/10/2026Senate
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
4/9/2026House
Engrossed on Saturday, March 28, 2026
4/9/2026House
Approved by Governor except line item veto of Secs. 15(b) and (c); 26(a) portions; 30(a) portions; 37(a); 37(e); 38(d); 47; 53(b); 54(w); 54(s); 54(t); 54(u); 54(y); 60(c),61(i); 64(r); 65(s); 72(l); 74(p); 74(o); 81(g); 74(q); 77(b); 78(a) portions; 78(dd); 81(h); 87(f); 87(g); 88(l) 88(a) portions; 88(l); 88(a) portions; 88(k); 88(m); 96(d); 140(a) portions; 140(k); 153; 155; 163(a); 181(a). on Wednesday, April 8, 2026
4/8/2026House
Conference committee report now available
3/26/2026Senate
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 23, Nay 16, Absent 1
3/26/2026Senate

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Analyzed Economic Effects

High Impact

Children's coverage reaches higher-income families

Kansas must shrink disability service waitlists

Hourly pay floor for disability-service workers

Resident tuition for qualifying tribal students

Senior care workers face wage changes

Medium Impact

Crime victims can receive older claim payments

Officers receive funded hearing protection equipment

Seven claimants receive lost property payments

Addiction treatment funding for uninsured people

Behavioral care payments for nursing homes

Clinic funding supports affordable care and prescriptions

Emergency financial aid for military families

Enrollment help for people with disabilities

Foster youth gain statewide driving help

Funding for psychiatric beds and aftercare

Higher Medicaid payments for teen treatment

Meals and home support for seniors

Medicaid covers provider-recommended vaccines

Medicaid covers vaccines and memory assessments

Medical trainees can get insurance help

Mental healthcare reimbursement for first responders

More help with wheelchairs and seating

More services for people with hearing loss

Protected income for Medicaid care clients

School mental health teams receive funding

Vision care funding for young children

One-year funding for young adults' disability housing

Nursing license harm claims gain funding

Pay raises for covered state employees

Scholarship and assistance funding for students

Tuition help for adult career students

Kansas funds prisons and inmate healthcare

Kansas funds community and technical colleges

Funding for medical students and research

Kansas State receives operating and research funds

Kansas University receives operations and aid funds

Faculty face consequences after failed plans

High school career tuition aid narrows

Less state funding for Kansas schools

Colleges face limits on required coursework

Aviation loans carry hiring and wage rules

Kansas funds grants and business attraction

Wichita State funding includes research match

Low Impact

Disabled veterans get free outdoor licenses

Guard members get free outdoor licenses

Optional donations support military outdoor licenses

Qualifying departing officers can buy sidearms

Care home penalties must protect residents

Disability supports help with community living

More funding for specialized dental care

Outside funds target health application backlogs

School mental health teams and hotline

Sedgwick foster families get temporary support funding

Wellness funding for Highway Patrol employees

Adult learners receive grant program funding

Driver education scholarships receive new funding

Early childhood director gets retirement access

Education aid for military service members

Education funding for future health workers

Extra school days for blind students

Funding for nursing and state scholarships

Legislative interns receive travel mileage payments

Scholarship fund supports eligible Black students

State workers gain evening parking access

Student aid funding at Kansas universities

Tuition waivers and work-study receive funding

Veterinary training and student loan funding

Wildlife officers can advance without reclassification

Youth mentoring and graduation supports receive funding

Kansas can offer property tax guidance

Loan authority for agricultural value-added businesses

Broader checks for private security applicants

Business enterprise oversight continues another year

Community programs receive family support funding