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HB 2301

Enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act and eliminating the budget process requirements of a performance-based budgeting system.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Bill Rhiley

HB 2301 repeals the performance-based budgeting mandate (K.S.A. 75-3718b), removing required program service inventories and integrated budgeting for state agencies.

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Bill Summary · HB 2301

HB 2301 — Summary (Kansas, 2025 session)

Status: Introduced January 31, 2025; referred to Committee on Appropriations
Primary sponsor (as filed): Representative Rhiley

Purpose / Intent

HB 2301 would remove statutory budget-process requirements that directed the Secretary of Administration to implement a program service inventory, an integrated budget fiscal process, and a performance‑based budgeting system for executive branch agencies that report to the governor. In short, the bill repeals K.S.A. 75-3718b and eliminates the statutory deadlines and mandates for those performance‑oriented budgeting reforms.

Key provisions

  • Amends K.S.A. 75‑3718b by striking the statutory mandates that required the Secretary of Administration (in consultation with the Division of the Budget, Office of Revisor of Statutes and Kansas Legislative Research Department) to implement:
    • A program service inventory (statute originally required completion on or before January 9, 2017);
    • An integrated budget fiscal process (originally due on or before January 6, 2018); and
    • A performance‑based budgeting system incorporating outcome‑based performance measures and enhanced capability to compare program effectiveness (originally due on or before January 14, 2019).
  • Repeals the existing K.S.A. 75‑3718b entirely.
  • Retains prior statutory carve‑outs (the section historically excluded postsecondary educational institutions that had implemented performance agreements under K.S.A. 74‑3202d).
  • Effective date language: the act would take effect upon publication in the statute book (per the introduced text).

Who would be affected

  • Secretary of Administration and the Division of the Budget (statutory duties removed).
  • Executive branch agencies that report to the governor (they would no longer be required by K.S.A. 75‑3718b to participate in the specified performance‑oriented budgeting processes).
  • Kansas Legislature and oversight offices (Kansas Legislative Research Department, Office of Revisor) — removal could change the availability of standardized program inventories, performance metrics, and cross‑program comparisons used for budget oversight and decision‑making.
  • Postsecondary institutions previously exempted are not newly affected (they already were excluded under statute).

Fiscal and administrative impact

  • The Division of the Budget fiscal note (dated February 26, 2025) states HB 2301 “would not have a fiscal effect.”
  • While no direct state‑funding impact is identified, the removal of these statutory requirements could affect the availability of standardized performance information used for budgeting and oversight; such impacts are administrative and qualitative rather than captured as immediate fiscal costs/savings.

Procedure / Timeline

  • Introduced: January 31, 2025.
  • Fiscal note issued: February 26, 2025 (no fiscal effect).
  • Current procedural status (as provided): referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Practical implications to watch

  • Elimination of the statutory performance‑budgeting framework could reduce standardized performance data and cross‑program comparability available to lawmakers and the public.
  • Implementation or use of performance budgeting could still occur by administrative practice or separate statute/regulation, but would no longer be mandated under K.S.A. 75‑3718b.

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

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