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Committee on General Government Budget advances most agency budgets, delays ethics commission decision

Committee on General Government Budget · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The committee advanced a slate of small-agency budgets to appropriations but postponed action on the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission (Kansas Ethics) so staff can research whether commission fines are routed to the State General Fund.

The Committee on General Government Budget voted to advance the budgets for a number of small state agencies and deferred action on the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission after members asked staff to research how the commission’s fines are handled.

The committee approved, by voice vote, budget recommendations for the Board of Barbering; the Kansas Board of Cosmetology; the Judicial Council; the Kansas Dental Board; the Kansas Human Rights Commission; the Board of Examiners for fitting and dispensing hearing instruments; the Office of Administrative Hearings; the Board of Examiners in Optometry; the Pooled Money Investment Board; the Real Estate Appraisal Board; and the Kansas Real Estate Commission.…

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