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 13, 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 2342 by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2342 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2342 would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to request the Kansas Bureau of
Investigation to conduct a state and national criminal history background check on any final applicant
for or employee in a sensitive position with the Department of Commerce. The Secretary would use
the information to determine the qualifications and fitness of the final applicant or employee. The
bill would list the minimum standards the Secretary would use in the determination for offering
employment. The authority of the Secretary to request a background check would be superseded by
KSA 75-7241, which requires an executive branch agency head to require an employee to be
fingerprinted and submit to a background check at least every five years. The bill would also add the
Secretary to the list of officials who could access criminal history records when reviewing
employment applications for a sensitive position.
The Department of Commerce states the agency would be able to implement HB 2342 within
its existing resources. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation indicates that revenue received from
criminal background check requests would be used to offset any expenditures related to staffing and
maintenance of the required systems used to transmit background check information. Any fiscal
effect associated with HB 2342 is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Sherry Rentfro, Department of Commerce
Paul Weisgerber, Kansas Bureau of Investigation