Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


April 26, 2023


The Honorable Pat Proctor, Chairperson
House Committee on Elections
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 218-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Proctor:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2037 by House Committee on Elections
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2037 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2037 would require the county election officer to verify that a registered voter’s
residential address corresponds to a physical location where the voter resides. If the voter’s
residence corresponds to a physical location and no residential address is provided, the voter would
be required to provide reason the voter does not have a residential address. The county election
officer would record the reason. The bill would also make falsifying a residential address for
purpose of voter registration a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
The Secretary of State indicates, under HB 2037, it would use existing resources to provide
training and update manuals for county election officials; update the agency’s website; update
public documents and information; and work with media, political parties, candidates, and the
public to ensure knowledge of the updated requirement concerning voter registration address
verification. In addition, the Secretary of State indicates that county election offices would have
to update public information, conduct public outreach, and other activities to notify the public of
the change in the deadline. HB 2037 would require the Secretary of State to store information
required to verify a residential address in an electronic database. The agency would contract with
the vendor of the statewide voter registration system to implement the change at a cost of $50,000
from the agency’s Help America Vote Act Title I Fund in FY 2024.
The Kansas Sentencing Commission estimates that enactment of HB 2037 could have an
effect on prison admissions, bed space, and workload of the Commission; however, any fiscal
effect would be negligible. The Department of Corrections indicates that enactment of the bill
would have no fiscal effect. The Office of the Attorney General indicates that because election
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crimes are a shared ability with the district and county attorneys and Secretary of State, to
investigate and prosecute, and due to the existing penalties for voting without being qualified, it is
likely the Attorney General’s office could absorb any cases under HB 2037 within existing
resources. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2037 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s
Budget Report.
The Kansas Association of Counties indicates the fiscal effect on local government to
maintain the database under the provisions of HB 2037 would be negligible.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State
John Milburn, Office of the Attorney General
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Scott Schultz, Sentencing Commission
Randy Bowman, Department of Corrections


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 25-2305a