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
February 7, 2023
The Honorable Rick Billinger, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 548-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Billinger:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 152 by Senate Committee on Ways and Means
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 152 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 152 would tie salary amounts for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges,
and members of the Governor’s cabinet to the annual salary of a federal congressional member not
in a leadership role. On July 1, 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Governor and Attorney
General would receive an annual salary equal to that of a federal congressional member not in a
leadership role plus 10.0 percent. The Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Commissioner of
Insurance, Supreme Court Justices, and Court of Appeals Judges would receive an annual salary
equal to that of a federal congressional member not in a leadership role. The Chief Justice and
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals would receive an annual salary equal to that of a federal
congressional member not in a leadership role plus 2.5 percent.
If congressional salaries were decreased, the salaries established in the bill would remain
the same for the next fiscal year unless diminished by general law applicable to all salaried state
officers. On July 1, 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, members of the Governor’s cabinet would
have a minimum annual salary equal to that of a federal congressional member not in a leadership
role less 10.0 percent. The bill would remove the amount of the Insurance Commissioner’s salary
from statute and change the amount of the Lieutenant Governor’s annual salary to an amount equal
to 50.0 percent of a federal congressional member not in a leadership role. The bill would also
remove references to increases in the annual salaries of Supreme Court Justices and Court of
Appeals Judges. The bill would be effective upon publication in the Kansas Register.
The Honorable Rick Billinger, Chairperson
Page 2—SB 152
The Governor’s Office, the Secretary of State’s Office, the Kansas Insurance Department,
the Office of Judicial Administration, the Attorney General’s Office, and the State Treasurer’s
Office provided estimates of the increase in salary expenses beginning in FY 2024. The table
below shows the estimated increases, not including fringe benefit increases.
FY 2024 FY 2024
SGF AFS
Judiciary $190,099 $190,099
Attorney General 9,250 92,499
State Treasurer -- 87,997
Insurance Commissioner -- 87,997
Secretary of State -- 87,997
Governor 71,693 71,693
Lieutenant Governor 55,687 55,687
Total w/o Fringe $326,729 $673,969
Fringe benefit increases would range between 20.0 percent and 30.0 percent of the total
salary changes. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 152 is not reflected in The FY 2024
Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: John Milburn, Office of the Attorney General
Bobbi Mariani, Insurance Department
Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
John Hedges, Office of the State Treasurer
Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State
Josh McGinn, Office of the Governor