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


January 31, 2023


The Honorable Stephen Owens, Chairperson
House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Owens:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2067 by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile
Justice
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2067 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2067 would increase the felony thresholds for certain crimes from $1,000 to $1,500,
including property theft, criminal damage to property, giving a worthless check, counterfeiting,
criminal use of a financial card, impairing a security interest, making a false claim to the Medicaid
program, official misconduct, presenting a false claim to a public officer, misuse of public funds,
and criminal desecration.
The Kansas Sentencing Commission estimates that enactment of HB 2067 would result in
a decrease of two adult prison beds needed by the end of FY 2024. By the end of FY 2033, three
fewer beds would be needed. The current estimated available bed capacity is 9,428 for males and
936 for females. Based upon the Commission’s most recent ten-year projection contained in its
FY 2023 Adult Inmate Prison Population Projections report, it is estimated that the year-end
population will total 7,933 male and 764 female inmates in FY 2023 and 8,043 male and 740
female inmates in FY 2024. The Department of Corrections indicates enactment of the bill would
have a negligible fiscal effect.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates enactment of the bill would increase the
number of misdemeanor convictions which would require additional cases to be supervised by
court services officers. However, the Office indicates it would not have to hire additional court
services officers. Enactment of the bill would also result in decreased revenues to the Correctional
Supervision Fund and the State General Fund. Currently, the assessed probation and correctional
supervision fee is $60 for misdemeanors and $120 for felonies of which 41.67 percent is credited
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to the State General Fund and 58.33 percent is credited to the Correctional Supervision Fund.
Enactment of HB 2067 would shift cases currently classified as felonies to misdemeanors and
would reduce the fees assessed for those cases from $120 to $60. However, a fiscal effect cannot
be determined because the number and type of cases cannot be estimated. Any fiscal effect
associated with HB 2067 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Scott Schultz, Sentencing Commission
Randy Bowman, Department of Corrections
Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 21-5802, 21-5813, 21-5821, 21-5825, 21-5828, 21-5830, 21-5927, 21-6002, 45-221, 21-6004, 21-6005, 21-6205