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Appropriations committee approves series of provisos on water, higher ed, judiciary, child advocacy, ARPA and school safety
Summary
The committee voted on numerous smaller provisos and budget adjustments: water office reappropriation language for three State Water Plan lines, EDIF adjustments and K‑State dairy facility funding (three‑party $5M/year for three years), judicial training expense limits, child advocacy prevention funding, KDHE/KDAD technical provisos, HERO Act pilot for first‑responder PTSD, ARPA allocations for BVLOS and K6 interoperable communications, and a Safe and Secure Schools grant restoration to K‑12; all motions passed by voice votes.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a package of provisos and budget adjustments covering water fund reappropriations, economic development, higher education, judicial training, child advocacy, ARPA allocations and school safety.
Water Office and reappropriation language Representative Mosier moved language authorizing the Kansas Water Office to reappropriate unencumbered balances (above $100 as of 06/01/2026) for three new State Water Plan Fund lines — independent program evaluation, the John Redmond reservoir hydro suction pilot project, and water planning and project development — into FY2027. Members noted the lines are new and balances are uncertain; the proviso passed by voice vote.
EDIF adjustments and new dairy facility at K‑State Mosher described EDIF changes deleting $200,000 from rural opportunity zones (leaving $800,000), $500,000 from the Sunflower Summer…
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