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Appropriations committee approves multiple agency budgets, adds staff and trims a small EDIF item
Summary
The committee approved several FY26‑27 agency budgets (Board of Cosmetology; Board of Barbering; Board of Hearing Aid Examiners; State Historical Society; State Library; Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks). The committee added three law‑enforcement FTEs to Wildlife & Parks from fee funds, reappropriated $25,000 for the Quindaro Ruins task force and deleted a $3,632 EDIF line from the Wildlife & Parks request.
The Committee on Appropriations advanced several agency budgets and amendments during its session.
Chairperson Walsinger moved approval of the Board of Cosmetology budget for FY26‑27, which the committee passed by voice vote after a second from Representative Turk. Chairperson Walsinger then presented and obtained committee approval for the Board of Barbering and the Board of Hearing Aid…
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