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 10, 2023
The Honorable Kellie Warren, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Judiciary
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Warren:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 217 by Senate Committee on Judiciary
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 217 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 217 would include utilizing any electronic tracking systems or acquiring tracking
information to determine the targeted person’s location, movement, or travel patterns as an act that
may be considered as a part of a course of conduct necessary to establish the crime of stalking.
The bill would also prohibit such conduct under the Kansas Family Law Code, the Kansas Code
for Care of Children, the Protection from Abuse Act, and the Protection from Stalking, Sexual
Assault, or Human Trafficking Act.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates enactment of SB 217 could increase the
number of cases filed in district courts related to stalking crimes, which would increase the time
spent by judges and court employees in processing and deciding these cases. The Office states
enactment of the bill would also affect what courts may order in cases involving electronic tracking
systems or tracking information. Also, the Office indicates the bill’s enactment could result in the
collection of docket fees in cases filed under the bill’s provisions, which would be deposited into
the State General Fund. The Office indicates a fiscal effect cannot be estimated until the Judicial
Branch has had an opportunity to operate under the bill’s provisions. Any fiscal effect associated
with SB 217 is not reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Vicki Jacobsen, Judiciary
Wendi Stark, League of Kansas Municipalities
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties