HB 2513

The conference committee report on HB 2513 became the omnibus state budget after conferees gutted the original claims bill and replaced it entirely. The final budget included only a 1% across-the-board salary increase for roughly 35,000 executive branch and Kansas Board of Regents university employees — despite Governor Kelly recommending 2.5% and a 2025 market salary study showing state workers falling further behind. Meanwhile, legislators had already awarded themselves an automatic 4% raise indexed to average wage growth and given their own professional staff 10% increases. Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes called the 1% offer a slap in the face. The budget also imposed 1.5% cuts across 24 state agencies while projecting depletion of 1.1 billion in reserves over three years. A NAY vote supported demanding meaningful investment in the state workforce that keeps Kansas running.