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Senate committee advances bill to lapse funding for long-vacant positions while preserving FTEs
Summary
Senate Bill 99, which would require agencies to certify positions vacant more than 180 days and lapse funding for those vacancies while allowing agencies to retain FTEs, passed out of committee after several amendments and extended debate about implementation and attorney shortages.
A Kansas Senate committee on Wednesday passed Senate Bill 99 as amended, a measure requiring state agencies to certify positions paid from the state general fund that have been vacant more than 180 calendar days as of June 30, 2025; the bill would then lapse the budgeted funding for those positions on July 1, 2025 while allowing the FTEs to remain in agency position lists.
Reviser David Weese told the committee the bill requires agency heads, in consultation with the Director of Budget, to certify the number of vacant positions…
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