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 C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 13, 2024
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 2519 by House Committee on Elections
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2519 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2519 would expand the crime of corrupt political advertising to include advertising
that would be intended to influence the vote of any person for or against any constitutional
amendment propositions, bond issues, and any other question submitted at an election. Currently,
excluded from the crime are advertisements made on website, by email or other type of internet
communications and includes the name of the individual responsible for the advertisement who is
a candidate, candidate’s candidate committee, a political committee or party committee. The bill
would remove the requirement that the advertisement must be made by a candidate, candidate’s
candidate committee, a political committee or party committee. Corrupt political advertising
would be a class C nonperson misdemeanor.
The Governmental Ethics Commission indicates HB 2519 could have a fiscal effect of less
than $100 a year from the Commission’s fee fund, if any costs occur at all. Local bond issues and
constitutional amendment propositions communications are not within the Commission’s
jurisdiction. The Commission indicates there are few communications in these areas each year.
The Secretary of State indicates HB 2519 would not have a fiscal effect on agency operations.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates HB 2519 could increase the number of
cases filed in the district courts because the bill would expand the crime of corrupt political
advertising. These provisions of the bill would increase time spent by district court judicial and
nonjudicial personnel in processing, researching, and hearing cases. Since this crime would carry
a misdemeanor penalty, there could also be additional supervision of offenders by court services The Honorable Pat Proctor, Chairperson
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officers. The enactment of the bill could increase the collection of docket fees, fines, and
supervision fees that would be deposited into the State General Fund. The agency indicates that it
is unable to estimate a fiscal effect. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2519 is not reflected in
The FY 2025 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Mark Skoglund, Governmental Ethics Commission
Trisha Morrow, Judiciary
Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State