Kansas Senate bill outlines cash awards for state workers reporting fraud, wasteful spending

Kansas Senate wades into cash awards for reporting waste, while changing rules on reports of travel expenditures and campaign spending on subcontractors.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 778

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate put a seal of approval Wednesday on legislation creating a cash award incentive for state employees to step forward with previously undisclosed information about alleged waste, abuse or fraud in state-administered programs.

The bill forwarded to the Kansas House on a vote of 33-6 would entitle a whistleblower to 10% of the state’s cost savings resulting from a report of malfeasance. Under Senate Bill 450, an employee’s reward would be …

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