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


March 18, 2019


The Honorable Troy Waymaster, Chairperson
House Committee on Appropriations
Statehouse, Room 111-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Waymaster:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2391 by House Committee on Appropriations
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2391 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2391 would create the Professional Negotiations Act. The bill would prohibit a
professional employees’ organization from continuing to represent professional employees
employed by a board of education without a majority of votes by the employees in the represented
unit. Beginning July 1, 2019, the Kansas Department of Labor would be required to hold elections
for professional employees’ organizations between January 1 and April 1 every three years. All
boards of education would be organized into three groups and assigned the year 2019, 2020 or
2021 to stagger the elections. If a professional employees’ organization fails to receive a majority
of the votes from the employees, the professional employees’ organization would no longer be
recognized and the employees would be unrepresented. If a ballot contains three or more choices
of professional employees’ organizations and none of them receive a majority of the votes, the
Kansas Department of Labor would be required to hold a run-off election.

Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020
SGF All Funds SGF All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- --
$150,000 to $150,000 to
Expenditure -- --
$250,000 $250,000
FTE Pos. -- -- -- 2.00
The Honorable Troy Waymaster, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2391

The Kansas Department of Labor estimates $150,000 to $250,000 would be needed from
the State General Fund in FY 2020 for the salaries and wages of 2.00 new FTE positions ($75,000
to $150,000 for each position). The Kansas Department of Labor estimates the bill would require
the Department to oversee approximately 100 elections each year plus an unknown number of run-
off elections. The Department of Education indicates enactment of the bill would not require
additional appropriations to the agency. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2391 is not reflected
in The FY 2020 Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget


cc: Dawn Palmberg, Department of Labor
Dale Dennis, Education


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 72-2221, 72-2222, 72-2223, 72-2237