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Committee on General Government Budget approves minutes, several budget concurrences and targeted amendments
Summary
At the end of the hearing the committee approved the prior meeting minutes, adopted budget concurrences for the Kansas Department of Insurance, Department of Labor, and KPERS, and approved two targeted KDOL amendments (a $1M sheltered workshop transfer correction and a $267,101 SGF capital award).
The Committee on General Government Budget took a series of procedural and budget actions during the hearing.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of prior minutes: Committee announced the motion to approve previous meeting minutes passed at the start of the session (mover/second not consistently identified in the public transcript). - Kansas Department of Labor: Committee concurred with the Legislative Budget Committee recommendation for KDOL’s FY2025 and FY2026 budgets (motion recorded and passed). - Sheltered workshop transfer (KDOL): Committee approved a motion to effect a $1,000,000 transfer for the sheltered workshop transition grant program (to align appropriations with 2024 SB 15); motion moved by Representative Turk and seconded on the record; motion passed. - KDOL AC unit supplemental: Committee approved $267,101 from the State General Fund and allowed the department to use its workers’ compensation fee fund to complete an approximately $1,000,000 AC/system replacement project; motion moved by Representative Turk, seconded by Representative Riley; committee required KDOL to provide final project costs and update the capital-improvement plan. - Kansas Department of Insurance: Committee concurred with the Legislative Budget Committee recommendations for the Insurance Department FY2025 and FY2026 budgets (motion passed; no amendments recorded). - KPERS: Committee concurred with the Legislative Budget Committee recommendations for KPERS FY2025 and FY2026 operating budgets (motion passed; no amendments recorded). - Office of the Governor items: the committee approved a motion to accept OBC recommendations with a 50 percent funding addition to a $5.8 million item (split described in testimony as $1,000,000 for domestic-violence prevention and $3,800,000 for child advocacy centers); the committee voted to add 50 percent of the $5.8 million request in FY2026 (motion passed).
Procedure: most votes were announced as passed in the public transcript; roll-call tallies were not provided for those items in the publicly available transcript.
Ending: committee staff reminded members to watch for budget-committee report emails and adjourned the meeting.
