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


February 1, 2023


The Honorable Pat Proctor, Chairperson
House Committee on Elections
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 218-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Proctor:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2206 by House Committee on Elections
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2206 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2206 would amend the Campaign Finance Act’s definition of expressly advocating for
a candidate by adding a reasonable person standard to the definition in which a communication
could only be interpreted by a reasonable person to be advocating for the election of or defeat of a
candidate.
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission indicates the bill’s enactment would have
negligible fiscal effect on the operations of the Commission.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Mark Skoglund, Governmental Ethics Commission
Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 25-4143