(March 5, 2026) – Today, the Senate Ways and Means Committee held hearings on the following:

House Bill 2237 authorizes hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses in state agencies' employee award and recognition program, increases the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000, eliminates the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations and requires such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses.

House Bill 2393 authorizes the Supreme Court to impose a charge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel through June 30, 2030.

The committee also took final action on on House Bill 2555, which requires grant applications, expenditure information, reports and other documentation concerning the Rural Health Transformation Program to be presented and provided to the Kansas Finance Council, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Ways and Means and Legislative Budget Committee.

The committee made no amendments and recommended the bill be placed on the consent calendar.