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 3, 2025
The Honorable Sean Tarwater, Chairperson
House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Tarwater:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2117 by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2117 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2117 would change filing requirements and fees for business trusts, foreign
corporations, business entities, and partnerships filed with the Secretary of State. The bill would
allow business trusts transacting business in Kansas to surrender its authority to transact business
by filing, with the Secretary of State, a certificate of dissolution or withdrawal executed by an
authorized person and pay an associated fee of up to $150. The bill would require a foreign
corporation doing business in Kansas to file amendments to its articles of incorporation on a form
prescribed by the Secretary. The bill would also allow professional corporations and limited
liability companies to participate in transactions under the Business Entity Transactions Act. The
bill would also make a resident agent’s certificate of resignation filed with the Secretary a public
record. The bill would also revise the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act to no longer
require a certificate of limited partnership to contain the latest date upon which the limited
partnership is to dissolve. The filing fee for the certificate would not exceed $150.
The Secretary of State indicates that HB 2117 would not have a fiscal effect on agency
operations.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Sandy Tompkins, Office of the Secretary of State