Committee adds $1.4 million reappropriation to Sentencing Commission FY2026 budget; FY2027 approved

The special budget committee approved a $1,400,000 reappropriation addition to the Kansas Sentencing Commission's FY2026 recommendation and then approved the commission's FY2027 recommendation by voice vote.

When the Sentencing Commission item was presented, Representative Delperdang asked about a negative $49,276 shown on the meeting's yellow sheet and whether that line meant a subtraction. Staff explained that the SBC had deleted reappropriations earlier, but because the agency had already lapsed some reappropriations, the database requires showing the reappropriation as an addition to avoid double counting the lapse. "So it looks like this because there is a weird thing where the special budget committee deleted all the reappropriations," staff said, explaining the accounting treatment. Representative Delperdang confirmed understanding after the explanation.

Chair moved to add back a $1,400,000 reappropriation into FY2026 for the Sentencing Commission; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Later, the committee moved the Sentencing Commission FY2027 recommendation and approved it with no further discussion. The record shows "FY '26 passes" and "FY 2027 is approved." The transcript records voice votes and does not provide a roll-call tally.

Note on transcript text: the record alternately spells one representative's name as "Delperdin" and "Delperdang" in different segments; the article preserves the spelling variants when directly quoting the transcript.