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Subcommittee approves KHP, Fire Marshal and DOC amendments and forwards budgets to full Ways and Means
Summary
The Corrections and Public Safety Subcommittee approved motions to add enhancements for the Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas State Fire Marshal and to restore juvenile-justice funding for the Department of Corrections; all amended budgets were forwarded to the full Senate Ways and Means Committee by voice vote.
The Corrections and Public Safety Subcommittee voted by voice to approve a slate of amendments affecting three agencies and forwarded the amended budgets to the full Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Actions taken
- Kansas Highway Patrol: The subcommittee approved additions including $234,990 for IT infrastructure and the first FY2026 appropriation of $2,000,000 toward a $4,000,000 plan to relocate KHP's general headquarters to the Curtis State Office Building; it separately approved a $250,000 addition for a comprehensive wellness program.
- Kansas State Fire Marshal: Senators approved enhancements for FY2026 and FY2027, including emergency response assessment funding, additional IT staffing adjustments and restoration of volunteer fire department grant funding ($500,000), and sent the fire marshal's budget to the full committee.
- Department of Corrections: The subcommittee approved a motion to restore $31,800,000 to the juvenile justice evidence-based program and to add enhancements including $22,150,000 for food service and $6,900,000 for health care, then forwarded the amended DOC budget to the full committee.
Procedure and next steps: All recorded actions in the transcript were decided by voice vote; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies. The amended budgets will be considered by the full Senate Ways and Means Committee in subsequent budget deliberations.
