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Committee approves five LBC budget recommendations, adds $2 million for statewide school mapping

Special Committee on State Budget Adjustments (Public Safety) · January 15, 2026
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Summary

A special committee approved five Legislative Budget Committee recommendations (HB 2434) for public-safety-related agencies and added $2,000,000 in FY2027 to the State 9-1-1 Board for a three-year critical mapping program to expand GIS data for schools and other high-priority sites.

The special committee on state budget adjustments approved the Legislative Budget Committee's recommendations (HB 2434) for five public-safety agencies Tuesday and added $2,000,000 to the State 9-1-1 Board's FY2027 budget for a critical mapping program to expand GIS data for emergency response.

Nicole Rincher, a fiscal analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, told the committee that the 2025 special budget committee adopted several "global motions" that shaped the shorthand summary the committee reviewed. "Delete any requests by agencies to restore the 1 and a half percent operating reductions, contained in the 2025 Senate Bill 125," Rincher said, and outlined additional actions such as removing requested salary increases, deleting reappropriations from appropriated funds (with specified exclusions), and deleting enhancements and supplemental requests for FY26…

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