# Kansas SB 450: Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency.

Kansas SB 450, Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in House Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 450
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-03
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in House Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on federal and state affairs, senate committee on government efficiency
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (66 yes, 12 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 33 Nay: 6 | pass | 33 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 33 | 6 | 1 |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 33, Nay 6 (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_450/sb450_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_450/sb450_00_0000.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_450/sb450_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_450/sb450_00_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB450-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).