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Joint Committee recommends FY26–27 capital improvement reports, excludes KHP Olathe scale-house replacement
Summary
The Joint Committee on State Building Construction voted to recommend multiple agencies’ FY26–27 capital improvement reports to appropriations, but removed the southbound Olathe scale-house replacement from the Kansas Highway Patrol recommendation amid budget trade-off concerns.
The Joint Committee on State Building Construction met and recommended a slate of FY2026–27 capital improvement reports for consideration by appropriations, approving most agency requests while carving out one large Highway Patrol item.
Committee members voted to recommend the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Adjutant General, the Kansas Department of Transportation and a broad Kansas Highway Patrol capital package — but specifically excluded item No. 5, the southbound Olathe scale-house replacement, from the KHP recommendation. The committee also approved recommendations for the Kansas State Fair (with a previously ARPA-funded emergency command-center item removed) and added $225,000 in other funds to the Department of Wildlife and Parks’ cabin-site development request.
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