Kansas Legislature passed a budget proviso barring state and university employees from listing pronouns and tying $4 million to ending DEI programs
On April 11, 2025, the Kansas Legislature gave final approval to Substitute for HB2007, the FY2026 omnibus budget, which included a proviso barring state agencies and state universities from permitting employees to include gender-identifying pronouns or "gender ideology" in email signature blocks or other communications and conditioning roughly $4 million in funding on ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, training, and positions. Gov. Laura Kelly subsequently signed the budget into law without line-item vetoing the proviso. Kansas Board of Regents institutions directed employees to remove pronouns from their communications by a July 31, 2025 compliance date.