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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


February 14, 2024


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 2655 by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile
Justice
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2655 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2655 would establish automatic expungement of records under certain circumstances
after July 1, 2025. The bill would require criminal charges against a person to be automatically
expunged if the person is acquitted of criminal charges or an order is entered that dismisses the
criminal charge. The bill lists timeframes for processing the automatic expungements and outlines
legal actions a defendant may take to petition for automatic expungement. Automatic
expungements would not apply to diversion agreements for the crime of driving under the
influence. The bill would require the clerk of the court to send a certified copy of the order of
expungement to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). The KBI would be required to send a
copy of such order to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Corrections, the
appellate courts, and any other criminal justice agency that may have a record of the arrest, charge,
conviction, acquittal, dismissal, or diversion. After the order of expungement is entered, the
petitioner would be treated as not having been arrested, charged, acquitted, dismissed, or diverted
of the crime except under certain circumstances. The bill would require that a person whose
previous arrests, convictions, or diversions have prevented them from owning, transporting, or
possessing a firearm under federal and state laws would have those rights fully restored after
expungement. The bill lists certain cases in which the custodian of expunged records could
disclose the existence of the records.
The Honorable Stephen Owens, Chairperson
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Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Expenditures
State General Fund -- $314,140 $314,140
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Expenditures -- $314,140 $314,140
Revenues
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Revenues -- -- --
FTE Positions -- 4.50 4.50
The KBI indicates that enactment of the bill would significantly increase the volume of
expungements it processes, and it would need $314,140 from the State General Fund beginning in
FY 2025 for an additional 4.50 FTE positions. Of this amount, the KBI indicates $204,681 is for
3.00 Administrative Officer FTE positions ($68,227 for each position), $75,345 is for 1.00 Public
Service Administrator FTE position, and $34,114 is for a 0.50 Administrative Assistant FTE
position. The KBI notes that it currently has one expungement clerk and averages 3,200
expungements per year. In calendar year 2023, the KBI reports there were a total of 18,152 court
events in the computerized criminal history repository that were acquittals or dismissals, which is
over five times more than is currently being processed annually. The additional positions would
ensure the KBI can could handle the increased workload in a timely manner.
The Sentencing Commission indicates that enactment of the bill could result in a reduction
of future arrests or convictions and could decrease the number of beds needed, but a precise effect
cannot be determined. The current estimated available bed capacity is 9,668 for males and 932 for
females. Based upon the Commission’s most recent ten-year projection contained in its FY 2024
Adult Inmate Prison Population Projections report, it is estimated that the year-end population
will total 8,556 male and 828 female inmates in FY 2024 and 8,847 male and 870 female inmates
in FY 2025.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) is responsible for entering admission and discharge
data into its data management system. The agency indicates enactment of the bill could require
some additional data entry when an individual under supervision of DOC is granted an
expungement to remove their information from DOC systems. However, any fiscal effect would
be negligible and could be absorbed within existing resources.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates the bill’s provisions allow petitions to be
filed with the district courts and requires court hearings for these cases. This could increase the
The Honorable Stephen Owens, Chairperson
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time spent by district court judicial and nonjudicial personnel in processing, researching, and
hearing cases. The Office states that most of the district court clerk’s duties that would be required
in the bill’s provisions are already being performed under existing law. However, the bill would
require the district court clerk to expunge criminal records within 30 days of the court order. To
accomplish this duty, district court clerks would have to enter an event in the case management
system as a reminder. A report would need to be run daily to find cases that are to be expunged,
which would increase the workload for district court clerks. Enactment of the bill could increase
the collection of docket fees in cases filed under the provisions of the bill, which would be
deposited into the State General Fund. However, a precise fiscal effect on the Judicial Branch
cannot be determined. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2655 is not reflected in The FY 2025
Governor’s Budget Report.

Sincerely,

Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget


cc: Trisha Morrow, Judiciary
Paul Weisgerber, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Jennifer King, Department of Corrections
Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Keith Kocher, Kansas Lottery
Brandi White, Kansas Racing & Gaming Commission
Leigh Keck, Department for Aging & Disability Services
Scott Schultz, Kansas Sentencing Commission
Doug Schroeder, Peace Officers Standards & Training
William Hendrix, Office of the Attorney General


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 21-6614