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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Legislature Creates Public Employees Retirement System Cost-of-Living Adjustment Commission
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
The Kansas Legislature establishes a 13-member cost-of-living adjustment commission to study retirement benefits and recommend adjustment rates for state public retirement system s every four years. The commission must submit its initial rate recommendation to the legislature by December 1, 2026, for a four-year period starting January 1, 2028. Registered lobbyists are prohibited from serving on the commission.
Establishes a formal, recurring quadrennial review process for retirement system cost-of-living adjustments that directly affects pension benefit calculations for current and future state s.
- The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) manages retirement, disability, and death benefits for state and local public employees in Kansas. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
retirants of the retirement system
current registered lobbyists
They are expressly prohibited from being appointed to the commission.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who serves on the new cost-of-living adjustment commission?
When must the commission submit its first cost-of-living adjustment recommendation?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions
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Quadrennial Pension Review Structure
The bill creates a recurring four-year cycle for studying and adjusting public employee retirement cost-of-living adjustments.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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