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Senate committee advances bill to make Kansas Highway Patrol majors unclassified
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency voted to advance House Bill 2261, which clarifies that Kansas Highway Patrol majors are in the unclassified service under the Kansas Civil Service Act and preserves their return-to-rank permanent status; the measure was placed on the committee's consent calendar.
The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency voted to advance House Bill 2261 after a hearing and moved to place the measure on the committee's consent calendar. The bill clarifies that majors in the Kansas Highway Patrol are part of the unclassified service under the Kansas Civil Service Act and specifies that an officer returning from superintendent, assistant superintendent or major will return to a permanent rank not lower than the rank held when first appointed to that leadership post; the bill's provisions would take effect July 1, 2025.
The clarification matters because language in KSA 74-21-13 left uncertainty about whether the rank of major was classified or unclassified, a distinction that affects…
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