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 12, 2025
The Honorable Shannon Francis, Chairperson
House Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Francis:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2289 by House Committee on Transportation
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2289 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2289 would reduce the number of personalized license plates issued from two license
plates to one license plate. The bill would remove the option for displaying a second plate on the
front of a vehicle. The bill would eliminate the requirement that applications for personalized
license plates be made within 60 days prior to the applicant’s renewal of registration date. Under
current law, decals affixed to the license plate contain two letters that identify the county in which
the vehicle was registered and the date the registration expires. The bill would remove the
requirement that the decal contain the letters designating the county where the vehicle is registered
and would replace the date the registration expires with expiration information consistent with
KSA 8-134.
In addition, the bill would remove provisions in current law concerning the computing of
the quantity of license plates and registration decals to be furnished to each county. The bill would
also add the requirement that any contract for the manufacture of license plates and decals for a
digitally fulfilled license plate order would be shipped directly to the customer for whom the
license plate is issued.
The Department of Revenue and the Kansas Corporation Commission state the enactment
of HB 2289 would not have a fiscal effect on agency operations.
The Honorable Shannon Francis, Chairperson
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The Kansas Association of Counties states HB 2289 could have a fiscal effect on counties
since counties handle vehicle registration; however, the Association is unable to estimate the fiscal
effect the bill would have on counties if enacted.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Lynn Robinson, Department of Revenue
Brendan Yorkey, Department of Transportation
Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties
Lynn Retz, Kansas Corporation Commission