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 11, 2025
The Honorable Bob Lewis, Chairperson
House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Lewis:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2228 by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile
Justice
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2228 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2228 would require the Secretary of Corrections to assist inmates with obtaining
identification and employment related documents prior to release from custody. Within nine
months prior to the release of an inmate from custody, the Secretary would be required to make a
reasonable effort to provide the inmate with a certified copy of a birth certificate and a Social
Security card. The Secretary would also be required to issue the inmate a state ID; records of
work, vocational training, or educational certification, if applicable; and a resume that includes
any trades or skills learned by the inmate. The provisions of the bill would not apply to inmates
who are being released into the custody of another jurisdiction or inmates who are unable to return
to the workforce as determined by the Secretary.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Expenditures
State General Fund -- $282,675 $282,675
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Expenditures -- $282,675 $282,675
Revenues
State General Fund -- -- --
Fee Fund(s) -- -- --
Federal Fund -- -- --
Total Revenues -- -- --
FTE Positions -- 4.00 4.00
The Honorable Bob Lewis, Chairperson
Page 2—HB 2228
The Department of Corrections indicates that enactment of the bill would increase State
General Fund expenditures by $282,675 in both FY 2026 and FY 2027. The agency reports that
its current state ID issuance program is operated by 1.00 FTE position and assisted 29.0 percent
of the 3,808 inmates who returned to the community in FY 2024. The Department estimates that
to make a reasonable effort to provide multiple forms of documentation to 100.0 percent of the
pre-release population, it would require the addition of 3.00 FTE regional release coordinators who
would be stationed at correctional facilities in eastern, central, and western Kansas, and 1.00 FTE
statewide release coordinator to oversee the program and manage its operations. The Department
of Revenue indicates that enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect on its operations. Any
fiscal effect associated with HB 2228 is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Jennifer King, Department of Corrections
Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue