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
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


January 20, 2021


The Honorable John Barker, Chairperson
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Statehouse, Room 285A-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Barker:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2065 by Representative Woodard
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2065 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2065 would amend the Kansas Act Against Discrimination by making it unlawful to
commit acts of housing discrimination based on a person’s source of income. “Source of income”
is defined in the bill as any lawful source of money paid directly or indirectly to a renter or buyer
of housing, including from any lawful profession or occupation; government or private assistance,
grant or loan program; gift, inheritance, pension, annuity, alimony, child support or other
consideration benefit; and sale or pledge of property or interest in property.
Nothing in the bill would prohibit a person from refusing to consider income derived from
any criminal activity or determining the ability of a potential buyer or renter to pay a purchase
price by verifying, in a commercially reasonable manner, the source and amount of income of the
potential buyer or evaluating, in a commercially reasonable manner, the credit worthiness of the
potential buyer or renter.

Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2021 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2022
SGF All Funds SGF All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- --
Expenditure -- -- $12,980 $12,980
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
The Honorable John Barker, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2065

The Kansas Human Rights Commission estimates HB 2065 would require additional
expenditures of $12,980 from the State General Fund in FY 2022. This amount includes $11,480
for professional fees to update the agency’s complaint database to include source of income as a
basis for housing complaints. The amount also includes $1,500 for printing costs to print new law
books and posters to reflect the change in law. The Kansas Human Rights Commission notes that
from July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 no individuals contacted the agency to inquire about filing
a housing discrimination complaint based on the individual’s source of income. The agency
indicates it received a total of five housing discrimination complaints during the same period. Any
fiscal effect associated with HB 2022 is not reflected in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Ruth Glover, Human Rights Commission


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 44-1015, 44-1016, 44-1017, 44-1018, 44-1027