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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                      Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                   larry.campbell@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                                Division of the Budget                           http://budget.kansas.gov
Larry L. Campbell, Director                                                                     Laura Kelly, Governor


                                                  February 12, 2019


         The Honorable John Barker, Chairperson
         House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
         Statehouse, Room 285-N
         Topeka, Kansas 66612
         Dear Representative Barker:
                   SUBJECT:       Fiscal Note for HB 2069 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
                 In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2069 is
         respectfully submitted to your committee.
                 HB 2069 would require all Legislative committees to keep minutes of all meetings. Within
         seven days of a meeting, the chairperson would be required to have the minutes available for
         inspection and provided when requested.

                                            Estimated State Fiscal Effect
                                       FY 2019         FY 2019            FY 2020         FY 2020
                                        SGF            All Funds           SGF            All Funds
            Revenue                             --                 --              --               --
            Expenditure                         --                 --       $274,128         $274,128
            FTE Pos.                            --                 --              --               --
                 According to Legislative Administrative Services (LAS), enactment of the bill would have
         a fiscal effect on the Legislature’s budget. Currently, Kansas House of Representatives rules do
         not specify a timeframe for committees to vote on meeting minutes and Kansas Senate rules state
         that “the chairperson of each committee shall cause minutes of each meeting of the committee to
         be prepared, subject to the approval of the committee, within 14 session days, or Sine Die
         adjournment, whichever is earlier.”
The Honorable John Barker, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2069

        Since many committee assistants double as the office assistant for the committee chair, the
enactment of the bill would require the Legislature to hire additional temporary Legislative session
staff. According to LAS, 29 additional temporary Legislative session staff would be required at a
cost of $274,128, including base hourly salary costs of $234,900 and fringe benefits costs totaling
$39,228. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2069 is not reflected in The FY 2020 Governor’s
Budget Report.


                                                     Sincerely,

                                                     Larry L. Campbell
                                                     Division of the Budget


cc: Karen Clowers, Legislative Services