Appropriations; SB 28
SB 28 contains supplemental funding in FY 2024, funding for most state agencies for FY
2025, and selected adjustments for FY 2026 through FY 2028. The bill does not include
expenditures for K-12 education. [Note: Appropriations for K-12 education are enacted in House
Sub. for SB 387.]
FY 2024
The bill adjusts total state expenditures to $25.4 billion, including $10.0 billion from the
State General Fund (SGF), in FY 2024. This is an all funds increase of $1.1 billion, or 4.4
percent, and a SGF increase of $1.2 billion, or 14.1 percent, above FY 2023 actual
expenditures. Further, this represents an all funds decrease of $432.2 million, or 1.7 percent,
and a SGF decrease of $442.6 million, or 4.3 percent, below the Governor’s recommendation in
FY 2024.
Major additions to the FY 2024 budget include the following:
●$24.7 million SGF to pay off the remaining balance and debt obligation for bonds:
○$20.0 million SGF to call and pay off the remaining balance of Series
2016H bonds in FY 2024. These bonds refinanced prior obligations for a
variety of capital improvement projects; and
○$4.7 million SGF to defease and pay off the remaining balance of Series
2020S bonds, which refinanced prior obligations for the National Bio and
Agro-Defense Facility and renovations to the Kansas Statehouse. The bill
includes language requiring State Finance Council approval before funds
are released;
●$20.0 million, all from the State Highway Fund, for the Central Dispatch facility
and a firing range in FY 2024 with language directing the Kansas Highway Patrol
to purchase up to 200 acres in Salina ($900,000) and construct a Central
Dispatch facility ($11.0 million) and an indoor/outdoor firing range ($7.5 million)
on the purchased land;
●$15.7 million SGF for a southwest border mission. The bill includes language
directing that expenditures be made to respond to a request for assistance from
the State of Texas pursuant to the Emergency Management Compact and that
the Adjutant General collaborate with the Governor to activate, mobilize, and
deploy state resources to prevent drug and human trafficking and other crimes
contributing to an emergency;
●$10.8 million, including $10.2 million SGF, in FY 2024 and $1.0 million for FY
2025 to address the pay plan shortfall in 2023 SB 25;
Kansas Legislative Research Department 1 2024 Summary of Legislation ●$10.0 million SGF for the Career Campus match for the Lansing Correctional
Facility;
●$7.0 million SGF for the centralized electronic credentials verification system
required by 2023 SB 66;
●$6.2 million SGF for one-time expenditures associated with furnishing and
moving into the new Kansas Department of Health and Environment laboratory
building;
●$3.4 million SGF for expenditures related to a security incident at the Judicial
Branch, including $1.0 million SGF to provide one year of credit monitoring
services to individuals impacted;
●$2.5 million SGF to supplement federal grant funds for substance use disorder
treatment for uninsured individuals;
●$2.3 million SGF to develop and implement a data management system for Part
C early intervention services (Tiny-K) to track referrals, service timelines,
evaluations, and billing information; and
●$1.0 million SGF and language for a constituent relationship management
software.
FY 2025
The bill includes expenditures totaling $25.1 billion, including $10.4 billion SGF, for FY
2025. This is an all funds decrease of $248.4 million, or 1.0 percent, but a SGF increase of
$423.2 million, or 4.3 percent, above FY 2024 recommended expenditures. Further, this
represents a decrease of $962.7 million, or 3.7 percent, and a SGF decrease of $312.6 million,
or 2.9 percent, below the Governor’s recommendation for FY 2025.
Agriculture and Natural Resources Adjustments:
●$10.0 million SGF for small town infrastructure assistance grants to support
technical assistance and drinking water and sewer system upgrades for towns
with populations less than 1,000;
●$4.0 million, all from federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, to provide
small municipalities currently being served by a natural gas gathering field to
design, construct, and install natural gas distribution lines that connect to a
natural gas service provider; and
●$3.5 million, all from the federal Highway Planning and Construction Fund, to
continue development of the Flint Hills Trail.
Kansas Legislative Research Department 2 2024 Summary of Legislation General Government Adjustments:
●$36.0 million SGF to continue the development of maintenance, repair, and
overhaul of airplanes at the airports in Salina ($35.0 million with a $1-for-$1
match) and Topeka ($1.0 million);
●$10.0 million, all from federal ARPA funds, for the 2026 World Cup games. The
bill also includes language requiring the FIFA World Cup Kansas City committee
to provide an accounting report of all expenditures with an economic and fiscal
impact report;
●$9.6 million, all from federal ARPA funds, for retail economic development in
northwest Kansas;
●$7.3 million, all from special revenue funds, for housing economic development
in northwest Kansas;
●$7.5 million, all from the Kansas Fights Addiction Fund, for substance use
disorder treatment among indigent individuals ($5.0 million) and for the
expansion of Valley Hope, a residential addiction treatment center in Atchison
($2.5 million); and
●$5.0 million, all from the State Highway Fund, for the Kansas Air Service
Development Incentive program for grants to primary airports for FY 2025. The
bill includes language directing the Department of Commerce to form a selection
committee to evaluate such applications and limiting a single commercial service
airport to be awarded no more than $1.0 million.
Human Services Adjustments:
●$122.6 million, including $45.9 million SGF, to implement the fall human services
caseloads estimates;
●$48.3 million, including $18.6 million SGF, to increase the average reimbursement
rate for agency-directed personal care services on the Frail Elderly (FE) waiver to
$30 per hour;
●$47.0 million, including $18.0 million SGF, to continue the Medicaid add-on for
nursing facilities at a rate of $15.40 per Medicaid day;
●$45.8 million, including $17.8 million SGF, to add 500 slots each to the
Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD) waiver and the Physical Disability (PD)
waiver;
●$30.0 million, including $12.0 million SGF, to increase physician provider codes by
9.0 percent;
Kansas Legislative Research Department 3 2024 Summary of Legislation ●$17.0 million, including $8.5 million SGF, to develop a new system compliant with
federal Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) requirements;
●$13.5 million SGF to move the Mental Health Intervention Treatment (MHIT) pilot
program from the State Department of Education to the Kansas Department for
Aging and Disability Services, with language to lapse the funding if other legislation
that funds the program becomes law;
●$6.5 million, including $1.6 million SGF, for a new employment data contract for
Medicaid eligibility;
●$5.0 million SGF in one-time expenditures to support hospitals in providing adult
inpatient behavioral health services in Kansas; and
●$5.0 million SGF for core funding for the Area Agencies on Aging.
Higher Education Adjustments:
●$75.0 million SGF to construct a new cancer research facility at the University of
Kansas Medical Center;
●$25.0 million SGF for a state match for the Kansas State University Agriculture
Innovation Initiative. This project relates to the university’s $208.0 million initiative on
global food and agriculture research, teaching, and engagement;
●$20.0 million SGF for capital renewal;
●$15.8 million SGF for student success initiatives at community and technical
colleges;
●$15.0 million SGF for the Western Kansas Nursing Initiative at Fort Hays State
University;
●$10.5 million SGF for the Technical Colleges Operating Grant;
●$9.0 million SGF to the Emporia State University investment model;
●$8.1 million SGF for Emporia State University Memorial Union debt enhancement
request;
●$5.0 million SGF for community colleges’ capital outlay aid for community colleges
previously excluded from receiving aid;
●$5.0 million SGF for the Kansas Comprehensive Grant;
Kansas Legislative Research Department 4 2024 Summary of Legislation ●$5.0 million SGF for the Kansas State University Kansas Water Institute;
●$5.0 million SGF for aviation research at Wichita State University;
●$5.0 million SGF for facility demolition; and
●$10.0 million SGF for the career campus match for the Lansing Correctional Facility.
Public Safety Adjustments:
●$4.6 million, all from the Kansas Highway Patrol Operating Fund, for a 10.0 percent
increase to the Career Progression Plan for sworn officers. This would be financed
by a transfer from the State Highway Fund; and
●$6.9 million SGF and 30.0 FTE positions for the Fight Against Fentanyl effort.
Other Statewide Adjustments:
●$141.0 million, including $61.0 million SGF, to provide salary adjustments for state
employees for FY 2025 based on the Department of Administration Market Survey;
●$35.7 million SGF and language directing the funds to be distributed to the Regents
Institutions after each executive officer certifies that the Institution has eliminated
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion requirements in the application, admissions, hiring,
tenure, review, promotion, and training process for any employee or volunteer
position for FY 2025. The bill includes language that if HB 2460 or another bill with
similar provisions is signed into law, the funds will lapse back to the agencies (HB
2460 was not signed into law); and
●$14.1 million SGF and language directing the funds to be distributed to the Regents
Institutions after each executive officer certifies that the Kansas Comprehensive
Grant has been distributed in the same proportions as in FY 2022.
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