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 16, 2025
The Honorable Ken Rahjes, Chairperson
House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 112-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Rahjes:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2268 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2268 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2268 would prohibit nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl except on
Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays during the established hunting seasons. This restriction would
apply to various Department lands and waters, as well as federal lands managed by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers at specific reservoirs, Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs, and
United States Fish and Wildlife Service refuges. The restriction would not apply to walk-in
hunting access areas, interactive walk-in hunting access areas, Kansas navigable rivers, or during
the conservation order for light geese season. Currently, a migratory waterfowl habitat stamp costs
a maximum of $8. The bill would set those stamps costs at a maximum of $20 for residents and a
maximum of $100 for nonresidents. The bill would also remove the mussel fishing licenses and
associated fees.
The Department of Wildlife and Parks states that enactment of the bill would increase
revenues into its fee funds because the agency no longer sells mussel fishing licenses, and the bill
would increase cost of the migratory waterfowl stamps. However, the agency cannot estimate a
fiscal effect because it would need to promulgate the regulation that sets the fee amount of the
stamps since the bill allows up to a maximum amount. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2268
is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Martin DeBoer, Wildlife & Parks