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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


                                                    March 1, 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 270 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 270 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                  Under current law, robbery is knowingly taking property from the person or presence of
          another by force or by threat of bodily harm to any person. SB 270 would add that robbery is
          knowingly taking property from the person or presence of another by force or by threat of bodily
          harm to any person in the course of taking. The bill would state that an act occurs in the course of
          taking if the act occurs in the commission of, attempt to commit, or flight from the taking.
                  The Kansas Sentencing Commission estimates that enactment of SB 270 could increase
          prison admissions and bed space, but that this effect cannot be determined at this time. 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 Office of Judicial Administration and the Department of Corrections indicate
          enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal effect. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 270 is
          not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.


                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Adam Proffitt
                                                               Director of the Budget
          cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
              Scott Schultz, Sentencing Commission
              Randy Bowman, Department of Corrections
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 21-5420