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KS SB181

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ways and Means

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Caps annual state general fund expenditures and transfers beginning in fiscal year 2027 at the prior year's amount multiplied by the Midwest consumer price index plus population change percentage

  • Requires the state treasurer to certify the maximum spending amount by September 1 each year, in consultation with the director of the budget and director of legislative research

  • Prohibits spending increases if the inflation-plus-population multiplier results in a negative number, freezing expenditures at the prior year's level

  • Mandates both the governor's budget proposal and legislature's budget measures comply with the certified spending cap beginning with the 2026 legislative session

  • Amends K.S.A. 75-3721 to impose these new budget submission requirements on the executive and legislative branches

Legislative Description

Limiting the annual amount of expenditures and demand transfers from the state general fund, requiring certification by the state treasurer and providing for additional requirements on the governor's and legislature's budget plans and legislative measures.

Last Action

House Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 9:04 AM Room 112-N

2/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/21/2025
Ways and Means2/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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