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 20, 2025
The Honorable Tom Kessler, Chairperson
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 346-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Kessler:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2147 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2147 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2147 would reinstate the authority of the Department of Wildlife and Parks to issue
resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to those older than 65 years of age or older.
This authority expired on June 30, 2020, and allowed the amount of each pass to not exceed one-
eighth of the fee for a general combination lifetime hunting and fishing license. Under the bill, a
pass would not exceed the amount necessary to qualify as a paid hunting or fishing license under
federal law.
Currently, a Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license costs up to $300
for those five years of age or younger and up to $500 for those that are six or seven years of age.
The bill would no longer set an age requirement and would change the license amount to not
exceed the amount necessary to qualify as a paid hunting or fishing license under federal law. The
bill would also remove the expiration for issuing kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing
license.
The Department of Wildlife and Parks states that enactment of HB 2147 could decrease
fee fund revenues. Currently, seniors pay a higher price for their hunting and fishing licenses than
what is proposed in the bill. Reintroducing the senior combination hunting and fishing license at
a potentially lower price would result in a decrease in revenues of an unknown amount. The
Department also states that the removal of the expiration date for the kids lifetime combination
hunting and fishing licenses would not have a fiscal effect. However, the change in the cost of the
kids lifetime combination license could also reduce fee fund revenues by an unknown amount. In The Honorable Tom Kessler, Chairperson
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addition, the sale of these licenses is used to calculate the amount of federal funds the agency
receives. However, the agency cannot estimate the potential increase or decrease in federal funds,
if any. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2147 is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s
Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Martin DeBoer, Department of Wildlife & Parks