MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR

House Bill No. 2719

An Act concerning administrative rules and regulations; relating to the rules and regulations filing act; providing exceptions for technical amendments; creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive priority status in the adoption process; removing references to the revival of rules and regulations; clarifying that the department of the budget is not required to approve proposed rules and regulations that are otherwise mandated by federal law; adding references to department of corrections rules and regulations that are not subject to the act; requiring an agency to submit a proposed rule and regulation to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations prior to presentation of a bill to the legislature for ratification and resubmit a rule and regulation to the committee if ratified; amending K.S.A. 75-3504, 77-419 and 77-437 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 77-415, 77-416, 77-420, 77-421 and 77-441 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 77-418.

Message to the Legislature of the State of Kansas

While I appreciate the Legislature’s efforts to clean up a bill that should have not been passed in the first place, this bill further confuses the rule-making process and makes state government less efficient and cost effective, not more. It is a blatant attempt by the Legislature to undermine the separate, but equal, authority of the executive branch by micro-managing state agency functions.

Therefore, pursuant to Article 2, Section 14(a) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, I hereby veto House Bill 2719.

Laura Kelly, Governor

Dated April 6, 2026.