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HB 2007

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Lisa Borowski and 33 co-sponsors

Kansas omnibus budget acts to fund state agencies through FY 2025–2027 and reconcile statutes for budget implementation.

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Bill Summary · HB 2007

Summary — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007

Status: Approved by Governor (April 24, 2025)
Introduced: January 22, 2025
Primary description: Omnibus appropriations, reconciles multiple statutory amendments (Kansas)

Note: “HB 2007” is a bill number used in multiple states and for multiple topics. This summary describes the enrolled Kansas measure titled “Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007,” an omnibus appropriations and reconciliation act that was enacted April 24, 2025.

Main purpose / intent

The act provides statewide appropriations for state agencies for fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027; authorizes transfers and capital projects; imposes certain limits and procedures; and reconciles/clarifies multiple statutory amendments across numerous Kansas statutes (K.S.A. provisions). It serves as the state budget implementation and technical-reconciliation vehicle.

Key fiscal provisions and totals

  • FY 2025 (Senate-submitted): Total expenditures — $27.046 billion (All Funds); State General Fund (SGF) — $10.817 billion. This represents an All‑Funds increase of $2.74 billion (≈11.3%) and SGF increase of $1.452 billion (≈15.5%) over FY 2024 actuals.
  • FY 2026 (Senate-submitted): Total expenditures — $25.579 billion (All Funds); SGF — $10.581 billion. This is a decrease from FY 2025 Senate recommendation (All Funds down ≈5.4%; SGF down ≈2.3%).
  • The bill also contains selected adjustments and funding directions affecting FY 2027–FY 2029.

Notable one‑time appropriations (selected)

  • $55.5 million (State Highway Fund) — relocation of KHP Troop C HQ and Central Dispatch; authorization for shared firing range MOU (FY 2026).
  • $50.0 million (Build Kansas Fund) — loans to airport authorities or entities engaged in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) (FY 2026).
  • $21.1 million (Employment Security Fund, FY 2025) — correction of federal reimbursement miscalculation.
  • $19.3 million (ARPA State Relief Fund) — continued renovation of the Docking State Office Building (FY 2026).
  • SGF one‑time items: $15.5M loan for Topeka Regional Airport MRO; $15.8M Hays Armory; $10.5M Technical Colleges operating grant; $14.3M two‑year college apprenticeships; $12.4M evidence‑based juvenile program (FY 2025); $10.0M adult behavioral health beds (FY 2026).
  • (House/earlier variants included ERP modernization $26M ARPA across years, $7M Jabara hangar, and $4.3M for Specialty Medical Scholarships — some items varied between House and Senate versions and were reconciled.)

Personnel / staffing

  • FY 2025 funded FTEs (Senate-sub): 41,939 — an increase of 739 positions over FY 2024 actuals.
  • FY 2026 funded FTEs (Senate-sub): 42,037 — modest increase over FY 2025.

Statutory and technical changes

  • The enrolled act amends and reconciles numerous Kansas statutes (many K.S.A. sections listed in the enrolled text) and repeals certain prior versions as necessary to align statutory language with enacted budget and policy decisions. (Examples: provisions affecting vehicle distinctive plates, agency fee funds, and multiple programmatic statutory cross‑references. The act functions as both an appropriations measure and a reconciliation/technical cleanup.)

Who is affected

  • State agencies and programs across all major functional areas (K‑12 education, higher education, human services, public safety, transportation, general government).
  • Local entities and public infrastructure projects receiving grants or loans (airports, technical colleges, armory, behavioral health providers).
  • State workforce (FTE funding levels).

Procedural / timeline highlights

  • Multiple committee amendments and substitute versions in House and Senate; conference and reconciliation activity in March–April 2025.
  • Enrolled and presented to Governor; approved (signed) April 24, 2025.
  • Kansas Legislative Research Department produced fiscal impact and overview documents (March 2025) used in deliberations.

If you want, I can:
- Provide a line‑by‑line list of the one‑time items and their funding sources; or
- Extract and summarize the specific statutory sections amended/repealed by the enrolled act.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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