Budget Analysis FY 2026 – KLRD
For Fiscal Year 2026, KLRD compiled Budget Summaries by agency. These documents, in addition to Appropriations Reports and Budget Committee Reports, are all available on our Fiscal Documents by Age…| KLRD
For Fiscal Year 2026, KLRD compiled Budget Summaries by agency. These documents, in addition to Appropriations Reports and Budget Committee Reports, are all available on our Fiscal Documents by Age…| KLRD
The following memorandum provides information on the various statutory benefits available to veterans, military personnel, and military families in Kansas. It is meant to aid veterans and service members, as well as legislators and state agencies, in their understanding of how each benefit is administered and to whom each benefit may be administered. (Note: TheContinue reading "Kansas Benefits for Veterans and Military Personnel"| KLRD
Kansas Fiscal Facts includes information on the Kansas state budget. It is intended to inform legislators and others, particularly those without budget experience, by providing basic budgetary fact…| KLRD
Download a PDF of the Spring 2025 Education Consensus Estimates| KLRD
This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2025 Legislature. Not summarized are bills of a limited, local, technical, clarifying, or repealing nature, and bills that were…| KLRD
Interstate compacts are agreements among states reached through the enactment of the same compact legislation by each state to address a common purpose, such as reciprocal professional licensure or compact privilege to practice in another compact member state. This memorandum summarizes the interstate health care professional licensure compacts enacted in Kansas through the 2025 LegislativeContinue reading "Interstate Health Care Professional Licensure Compacts"| KLRD
In 2025, Kansas became one of the 19 states with online verification of insurance for passenger vehicles. Kansas’ law, effective July 1, 2025, includes many features suggested in the model Auto Liability Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification Act (Model Act) dated December 5, 2024, developed by the Insurance Industry Committee on Motor Vehicle Administration (IICMVA). ThisContinue reading "Comparing States’ Laws on Online Vehicle Insurance Verification"| KLRD
Pursuant to KSA 75-6701, the most recent estimates of State General Fund (SGF) receipts for FY 2025 and FY 2026 have been adjusted to reflect the fiscal impact of legislation involving receipts to the SGF enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session subsequent to the Consensus Revenue Estimate (CRE) made on April 17, 2025 (see TableContinue reading "Legislative Adjustments Memo 2025"| KLRD
Highlights is a summary of major legislation passed during the Session. This edition contains summaries from more than 20 major topics, and includes briefs on Year-round Fireworks Sales, Advance Ballot Return Deadline, Real-time Vehicle Insurance Verification, Supreme Court Elections, and Property Tax Reductions. Download a PDF of Highlights here. Scroll down for the web-readable versionContinue reading "Legislative Highlights 2025"| KLRD
The Division of the Budget, Department for Children and Families (DCF), Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), and the Kansas Legislative Research Department (Consensus Group) met on April 8, 2025, to revise the estimates on human services consensus caseload expenditures for FY 2025 and FY 2026. The caseloadContinue reading "Spring 2025 Human Services Consensus Caseload Estimates"| KLRD
Adopted by voters in the 1960 general election and taking effect July 1, 1961, Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution authorized cities to be “empowered to determine their local affairs a…| KLRD
