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Senate adds reporting requirement after Wildlife and Parks restructuring prompts concern

Senate Ways and Means Committee · February 2, 2026
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Summary

Following an announced agency restructuring and reports of low employee morale, the Senate added language blocking staff changes until a report on efficiencies is delivered and replaced a $95,435 SGF item with agency fee/federal funds for FY2026.

Senator Peck told the Ways and Means Committee that the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources concurs with the special committee recommendation for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ FY2026 request, but added several conditions after the agency announced a major restructuring.

The subcommittee deleted $95,435 in state general fund (SGF) for FY2026 and replaced the funding with agency fee…

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