Bill > HB2082

This bill makes appropriations for various state agencies for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, and concerns certain supplemental appropriations. * **Abstracters' Board of Examiners:** Appropriates $25,723 for fiscal year 2026 and $25,733 for fiscal year 2027 from the Abstracters' fee fund. * **Board of Accountancy:** Increases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $51,588 from the board of accountancy fee fund. Appropriates $483,965 for fiscal year 2026 and $489,996 for fiscal year 2027 from the board of accountancy fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the board of accountancy fee fund to the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. * **State Bank Commissioner:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $50,004 from the bank commissioner fee fund. Appropriates an unlimited amount from the bank examination and investigation fund and the litigation expense fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with specific conditions for litigation expense fund expenditures. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the consumer education settlement fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Appropriates $13,667,399 for fiscal year 2026 and $13,711,453 for fiscal year 2027 from the bank commissioner fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **Kansas Board of Barbering:** Increases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $21,598 from the board of barbering fee fund. Appropriates $258,595 for fiscal year 2026 and $263,654 for fiscal year 2027 from the board of barbering fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $36,490 from the behavioral sciences regulatory board fee fund. Appropriates $1,226,463 for fiscal year 2026 and $1,234,535 for fiscal year 2027 from the behavioral sciences regulatory board fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality and allowing additional expenditures for disciplinary hearings. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the Coronavirus relief fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **State Board of Healing Arts:** Increases the expenditure limitation for official hospitality for fiscal year 2025 by $4,000 from the healing arts fee fund. Appropriates $7,878,653 for fiscal year 2026 and $8,037,946 for fiscal year 2027 from the healing arts fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality and allowing additional expenditures for disciplinary hearings. Also appropriates $35,000 for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 from the medical records maintenance trust fund. * **Kansas State Board of Cosmetology:** Increases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $139,165 from the cosmetology fee fund. Appropriates $1,144,367 for fiscal year 2026 and $1,157,893 for fiscal year 2027 from the cosmetology fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **State Department of Credit Unions:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $42,234 from the credit union fee fund. Appropriates $1,417,916 for fiscal year 2026 and $1,374,455 for fiscal year 2027 from the credit union fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **Kansas Dental Board:** Appropriates $544,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $510,000 for fiscal year 2027 from the dental board fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. * **State Board of Mortuary Arts:** Appropriates $353,511 for fiscal year 2026 and $359,143 for fiscal year 2027 from the mortuary arts fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **Kansas Board of Examiners in Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $11,383 from the hearing instrument board fee fund. Appropriates an unlimited amount from the hearing instrument litigation fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. Appropriates $38,255 for fiscal year 2026 and $38,973 for fiscal year 2027 from the hearing instrument board fee fund. * **Board of Nursing:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from the education conference fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Appropriates $3,854,238 for fiscal year 2026 and $3,954,238 for fiscal year 2027 from the board of nursing fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality and allowing additional expenditures for disciplinary hearings. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the criminal background and fingerprinting fund and the gifts and grants fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **Board of Examiners in Optometry:** Increases the expenditure limitation for official hospitality for fiscal year 2025 by $4,000 from the optometry fee fund. Appropriates an unlimited amount from the optometry litigation fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the criminal history fingerprinting fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Appropriates $273,704 for fiscal year 2026 and $254,869 for fiscal year 2027 from the optometry fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **State Board of Pharmacy:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $1,042,064 from the state board of pharmacy fee fund. Appropriates $2,947,109 for fiscal year 2026 and $3,607,526 for fiscal year 2027 from the state board of pharmacy fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the state board of pharmacy litigation fund, prescription monitoring program fund, Harold Rogers prescription fund, strategic prevention framework for prescription drugs - federal fund, prescription drug overdose data-driven prevention initiative - federal fund, and non-federal gifts and grants fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions on the litigation fund requiring director of the budget approval. * **Real Estate Appraisal Board:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. Appropriates $443,064 for fiscal year 2026 and $400,503 for fiscal year 2027 from the appraiser fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the federal registry clearing fund and the AMC federal registry clearing fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Allows transfers of up to $20,000 from the appraiser fee fund to the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **Kansas Real Estate Commission:** Appropriates $1,354,013 for fiscal year 2026 and $1,383,770 for fiscal year 2027 from the real estate fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the background investigation fee fund, special litigation reserve fund, and real estate recovery revolving fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions on the litigation reserve fund requiring director of the budget approval. Allows transfers of up to $20,000 from the real estate fee fund to the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. * **State Board of Technical Professions:** Appropriates $890,319 for fiscal year 2026 and $906,120 for fiscal year 2027 from the technical professions fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the special litigation reserve fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, with restrictions requiring director of the budget approval for expenditures. * **State Board of Veterinary Examiners:** Appropriates $406,361 for fiscal year 2026 and $412,101 for fiscal year 2027 from the veterinary examiners fee fund, with limitations on official hospitality. * **Governmental Ethics Commission:** Appropriates $560,191 for fiscal year 2026 and $560,191 for fiscal year 2027 from the State General Fund for operating expenditures. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the governmental ethics commission fee fund for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Directs that all moneys received from civil penalties be remitted to the State General Fund. * **Legislative Coordinating Council:** Lapses $49,893 from the legislative coordinating council - operations account, $50,000 from the legislative research department - operations account, and $538,588 from the office of revisor of statutes - operations account for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $965,242 for the legislative coordinating council - operations account, $5,632,057 for the legislative research department - operations account, and $5,060,760 for the office of revisor of statutes - operations account for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the legislature employment security fund and the legislative research department special revenue fund for fiscal year 2026. * **Legislature:** Appropriates $26,022,660 for operations (including official hospitality) and $9,003,547 for the legislative information system for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the legislative special revenue fund and the capitol restoration - gifts and donations fund for fiscal year 2026. * **Division of Post Audit:** Lapses $364,673 from the operations (including legislative post audit committee) account for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $3,602,447 for operations (including legislative post audit committee) for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. * **Governor's Department:** Appropriates $4,300,449 for the governor's department, $24,110,151 for domestic violence prevention grants, $4,249,073 for child advocacy centers, and $1,230,535 for CASA grants for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the special programs fund for fiscal year 2026, with provisions for conference fees and official hospitality. Appropriates an unlimited amount from various other federal and donation funds. * **Attorney General:** Appropriates $830,000 for natural gas litigation and $340,228 for operating expenditures for fiscal year 2025 from the State General Fund. Increases the expenditure limitation for the crime victims compensation fund by $158,301 for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $40,000 for litigation costs, $8,941,036 for operating expenditures (with a $2,000 limit for official hospitality), $1,082,999 for the office of inspector general, $75,000 for child abuse grants, $128,000 for child exchange and visitation centers, $400,000 for the abuse, neglect and exploitation unit, $570,900 for protection from abuse, and $450,000 for memorial hall move for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds, with specific provisions for the private detective fee fund, attorney general's committee on crime prevention fee fund, interstate water litigation fund, and crime victims compensation fund. Authorizes transfers from the state general fund to the sexually violent predator expense fund and the medicaid fraud prosecution revolving fund. Limits legal representation charges to $100 per hour. * **Secretary of State:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds for fiscal year 2026, with a $2,500 limit for official hospitality from the information and services fee fund. Authorizes application for and acceptance of grants and donations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for the non-federal gifts and grants fund. Authorizes transfers from the State General Fund to the democracy fund for interest earnings. * **State Treasurer:** Decreases the expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2025 by $105,047 from the state treasurer operating fund. Appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds for fiscal year 2026, with a $2,000 limit for official hospitality from the unclaimed property expense fund. Appropriates $1,959,222 for the state treasurer operating fund for fiscal year 2026, with provisions for crediting funds to the operating fund and transferring excess balances to the State General Fund. Authorizes transfers from the Kansas postsecondary education savings expense fund to the KS ABLE savings expense fund. * **Insurance Department:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds for fiscal year 2026, with limitations on official hospitality from the securities act fee fund ($3,000), investor education and protection fund ($6,000), insurance department service regulation fund ($7,500), and fines and penalties fund. Authorizes fees for training programs and official hospitality from the insurance education and training fund. Allows expenditures from the settlements fund for consumer education and outreach or closeout of troubled insurance companies. Allows expenditures from the workers compensation fund for attorney fees, costs, and benefit payments regardless of when services were rendered or claims awarded. Stipulates that scholarship recipients from the monumental life settlement fund must be African-American students majoring in mathematics, computer science, or business. * **Health Care Stabilization Fund Board of Governors:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from the conference fee fund and the health care stabilization fund for fiscal year 2026. Allows expenditures from the health care stabilization fund for operating expenditures (including official hospitality), legal services and other claims expenses, and claims and benefits. * **Pooled Money Investment Board:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from the pooled money investment portfolio fee fund and the municipal investment pool fund for fiscal year 2026, with a $800 limit for official hospitality from the pooled money investment portfolio fee fund. * **Judicial Council:** Lapses $88,200 from the operating expenditures account for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $730,028 for operating expenditures for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the publications fee fund, Coronavirus relief fund, and grants and gifts fund for fiscal year 2026. * **State Board of Indigents' Defense Services:** Lapses $1,500,000 from the operating expenditures account for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $402,382 for legal services for prisoners, $30,001,185 for operating expenditures, $156,847 for indigents' defense services operations, $31,800,000 for assigned counsel expenditures, and $5,429,177 for capital defense operations for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the indigents' defense services fund and the capital litigation training grant fund for fiscal year 2026. Allows transfers between State General Fund appropriations. Authorizes classification of public defenders based on case assignments. * **Judicial Branch:** Appropriates $239,581,286 for judiciary operations for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund, with limitations on contingencies ($25,000) and official hospitality ($4,000). Appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds, including the judicial branch education fund, with provisions for fees and official hospitality. Authorizes a $3,000,000 transfer from the State General Fund to the specialty court resources fund. * **Kansas Public Employees Retirement System:** Appropriates an unlimited amount from various special revenue funds for fiscal year 2026. Allows expenditures from the expense reserve of the Kansas public employees retirement fund for agency operations ($37,672,526, including official hospitality) and investment-related expenses. Directs a transfer of $51,848,685 from the Kansas endowment for youth fund to the children's initiatives fund on July 1, 2025. * **Kansas Human Rights Commission:** Appropriates $1,202,922 for operating expenditures (with a $500 limit for official hospitality and up to $174,000 for mediation services) for fiscal year 2026 from the State General Fund. Also appropriates an unlimited amount from the education and training fund (with provisions for fees and official hospitality) and the