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 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
January 23, 2023
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 2031 by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile
Justice
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2031 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2031 would require a sentence for criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted
felon to be presumptive imprisonment to be served consecutively to any other term of
imprisonment if the weapon was a firearm and was used during the commission of a violent felony.
The sentence imposed would not be considered a departure from the sentencing grid and would
not be subject to appeal. No other sentence would be permitted.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023
SGF
FY 2023
All Funds
FY 2024
SGF
FY 2024
All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- --
Expenditure -- -- $100,769 $100,769
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
The Kansas Sentencing Commission estimates that enactment of HB 2031 would result in
an increase of 29 adult prison beds needed by the end of FY 2024. By the end of FY 2033, 232
additional beds would be needed. The current estimated available bed capacity is 9,428 for males
and 936 for females. Based upon the Commission’s most recent ten-year projection contained in
its FY 2023 Adult Inmate Prison Population Projections report, it is estimated that the year-end
population will total 7,933 male and 764 female inmates in FY 2023 and 8,043 male and 740 The Honorable Stephen Owens, Chairperson
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female inmates in FY 2024. The Department of Corrections indicates enactment of the bill would
increase marginal costs for the operation of the correctional facilities for food, clothing, and other
supplies. The annual cost would total $100,769 based on the FY 2022 marginal cost of $9.52 per
day per occupied bed ($9.52 x 365 days x 29 beds).
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates enactment of the bill would require
findings of certain facts to sentence an offender, which could result in extending the length of trials
in certain cases. However, a fiscal effect cannot be estimated. Any fiscal effect associated with
HB 2031 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
Randy Bowman, Department of Corrections
Scott Schultz, Sentencing Commission