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


February 2, 2023


The Honorable Kellie Warren, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Judiciary
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Warren:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 72 by Senate Committee on Judiciary
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 72 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 72 would add a language conduit rule exception regarding hearsay in civil proceedings.
The new exception would apply to a party’s statement to a translator without the translator’s
testimony, unless the judge found the translator had a motive to mislead or distort the statement or
that the translation was substantially inaccurate.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates enactment of the bill would have a
negligible fiscal effect on the operations of the Judicial Branch.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 60-460