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January 24, 2024

BILL EXPLAINER FOR HB 2495
HB 2495, as recommended by the House Committee on Appropriations, would provide
supplemental funding for FY 2024 for most state agencies. The bill would add $11.2 million from
the State General Fund (SGF) in FY 2024 and increase expenditure limitations for biennial
agencies by $993,740 for FY 2025. Due to variations in funding between the SGF and other
funds, the $46.0 million SGF appropriated by 2023 SB 25 was inadequate to fully fund all
approved adjustments. Between 2023 SB 25 and HB 2495, the total SGF funding to implement
the 2023 Legislative Pay Plan would be $57.2 million. At the meeting of the State Finance
Council on June 7, 2023, the Council approved the distribution of the $46.0 million SGF already
appropriated for the plan. In addition to the SGF appropriation, HB 2495 would formally adopt
the expenditure limit adjustments implemented by the 2023 Legislative Pay Plan. (Note: The
Governor’s original recommendation to provide a 5.0 percent salary adjustment across the
board was estimated at $65.5 million SGF.)
The 2023 Legislative Pay Plan, in 2023 SB 25, added $120.0 million, including $46.0
million SGF, to provide salary adjustments to state employees for FY 2024 based on the
Department of Administration Market Survey. Employees who were under market pay by 10.0
percent or more received either an increase to bring salaries to 10.0 percent under market pay
or a 5.0 percent increase, whichever was greater. Employees who were under market pay by
less than 10.0 percent and employees who were over market pay by 10.0 percent or less
received a 5.0 percent increase. Employees who were over market pay by more than 10.0
percent received a 2.5 percent increase.
Employees of the following agencies received a 5.0 percent increase in addition to
market adjustments: Kansas Department of Corrections, correctional facilities, state hospitals,
and Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office.
The following employees received a 5.0 percent increase instead of market adjustments:
non-judge employees of the Judicial Branch, employees of Legislative agencies, and employees
with job classifications that are not included in the Market Survey.
The following employees received a 2.5 percent increase instead of market adjustments,
in addition to any increases from a formal career progression plan: employees of the Kansas
Highway Patrol and Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The following employees were excluded from all provisions of this adjustment: judges
and justices, statewide elected officials, legislators, employees of the Kansas State School for
the Blind and the Kansas State School for the Deaf, part-time employees who are not eligible for
benefits, and other employees not otherwise included in these adjustments.
 FY 2024 SGF Salary Adjustments FY 2025 Expenditure Limitation Adjustments
Agency Adjustment Agency Adjustment
Adjutant General $ 38,288 Board Of Accountancy $ 15,119
Attorney General 37,200 State Bank Commissioner 462,247
Board of Indigents Defense Services 176,999 Kansas Board Of Barbering 8,972
Board of Regents 19,235 Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board 25,776
Board of Tax Appeals 5,007 State Board Of Healing Arts 200,041
Commission on Veterans Affairs 100,783 Kansas State Board Of Cosmetology 29,200
Department for Aging & Disability Services 85,777 State Department Of Credit Unions 40,844
Department for Children & Families 1,139,488 Kansas Dental Board 9,069
Department of Administration 57,579 State Board Of Mortuary Arts 9,660
Department of Agriculture 85,977 Board Of Nursing 66,420
Department of Commerce 811 Board Of Examiners In Optometry 3,024
Department of Corrections 523,047 State Board Of Pharmacy 61,493
Department of Education 87,297 Real Estate Appraisal Board 9,037
Department of Labor 55,075 Kansas Real Estate Commission 38,845
Department of Revenue 127,935 State Board Of Technical Professions 13,993
El Dorado Correctional Facility 473,367 $ 993,740
Ellsworth Correctional Facility 250,977
Emporia State University 144,807
Fort Hays State University 167,582
Governmental Ethics Commission 3,664
Health & Environment‐‐Environment 30,720
Health & Environment‐‐Health 135,329
Historical Society 28,394
Hutchinson Correctional Facility 543,780
Judicial Council 4,757
Judiciary 1,016,431
Kansas Bureau of Investigation 141,040
Kansas Guardianship Program 5,482
Kansas Human Rights Commission 5,001
Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex 234,111
Kansas Neurological Institute 141,236
Kansas State University 435,779
Kansas State University‐‐ESARP 219,311
Kansas Water Office 10,764
KSU‐‐Veterinary Medical Center 64,388
Lansing Correctional Facility 425,615
Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility 193,326
Larned State Hospital 601,807
Legislative Coordinating Council 6,545
Legislative Division of Post Audit 23,591
Legislative Research Department 37,562
Legislature 40,765
Norton Correctional Facility 252,628
Office of the Governor 26,212
Osawatomie State Hospital 436,682
Parsons State Hospital & Training Center 291,557
Pittsburg State University 177,042
Revisor of Statutes 29,250
School for the Blind 26,745
School for the Deaf 38,601
Sentencing Commission 8,866
State Library 13,810
Topeka Correctional Facility 294,647
University of Kansas 673,499
University of Kansas Medical Center 424,472
Wichita State University 331,338
Winfield Correctional Facility 289,079
Total $ 11,241,057


Kansas Legislative Research Department 1/31/2024