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Sedgwick County lobbyists report wins, unfinished bills after shortened 2025 Kansas legislative session
Summary
County lobbyists and staff told commissioners the 2025 session produced several wins for Sedgwick County—changes to election dates, targeted funding for seniors, hospitals and IDD services, and a child-care reorganization—while several priority items (juvenile justice, cremains law and long-term sales-tax apportionment) remain unresolved.
Sedgwick County officials and their lobbyists told the county Board of Commissioners on April 23 that the shortened 90-day 2025 Kansas legislative session produced a mix of enacted items that the county supports and several unfinished priorities that will carry into next year.
Jessica Lucas of Walken Public Strategies, the county’s contracted lobby group, briefed commissioners alongside colleagues Jason Watkins and Nathaniel Blank and Tanya Cole, the county’s assistant county manager. Lucas said the calendar change and a new budget process were among the session’s biggest differences this year.
“The legislature ran on its own foundational budget and did it in a compressed calendar,” Lucas said, noting many committee and floor calendars moved faster than usual. She listed enacted laws and budget additions the county…
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