The 2019 Kansas Legislative session has reached first adjournment of the regular session. On May 1 the Kansas Legislature will return for the veto session. The Kansas Legislature has now passed school funding to the Governor. The mega-budget for Kansas has been put on hold for the veto session. There are a few key issues that have passed but others are still in debate for May.
The Kansas Legislature is slowly sauntering to some final conclusion. There are five days left in the regular session that concludes Friday, April 5. The veto session begins on May 1 with the 90th day of the session on May 17. What is certain is that the Kansas Legislature will have to pass a State budget for 2020 that is in balance and signed by the Governor.
So how does the 2019 Kansas Legislative session end? How are the key issues of the budget, tax policy, school finance, and Medicaid expansion resolved? This session is in its final dying days. Next week the legislators meet for only three days. They reconvene on April 1 and the final day of the regular session is Friday, April 5 labeled the ‘Drop Dead Day’ since the only bills that can be considered in the veto session – which starts May 1 – are bills that have been vetoed by the Governor and the final Omnibus Reconciliation Appropriations bill.
The school funding battles have begun as the House K-12 Budget Committee has released HB 2395 with public hearings scheduled on March 14 and Monday – March 18 before the committee works the bill for final passage by March 21.
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