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Senate Judiciary hears Kansas judicial branch FY2027 request including $1.5M for specialty courts
Summary
The judicial branch requested an approximately $246.1 million budget for FY2027, a roughly $6 million increase from FY2026, asking to renew a $1.5 million specialty-court transfer, add three regional specialty-court coordinator FTEs, fund a scaled learning-center exhibit, and seek nonjudge salary increases.
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard the judicial branch's FY2027 budget presentation, which calls for an overall request of about $246.1 million, roughly $6 million more than the approved FY2026 total of $240.2 million.
Molly Pratt, a fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, told the committee the judicial branch's FY2026 expenditures totaled roughly $240.2 million, including about $230.2 million from the State General Fund, and that salaries and wages account for roughly 89—10% of the branch's spending. "The judicial branch encompasses the Kansas Supreme Court, the Kansas Court of Appeals, the District Courts of Kansas, judicial and professional review boards, and staff who help with the administration of the judiciary," Pratt said in opening remarks.
The branch asked the committee to renew a $1.5 million…
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