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 4, 2025
The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Transportation
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Petersen:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 113 by Senate Committee on Transportation
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 113 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 113 would allow a driver convicted of operating a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per
hour or more or 35 miles per hour or more over the maximum posted speed limit to be charged
with reckless driving. Upon the first conviction, a person would be sentenced to not less than five
days and no more than 90 days imprisonment or fined not less than $25 or more than $500, or both
a fine and imprisonment. A second or subsequent conviction would result in not less than ten days
or more than six months imprisonment or fined not less than $50 or more than $500, or both a fine
and imprisonment.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates enactment of SB 113 would have a fiscal
effect on Judicial Branch operations as the bill would expand the crime of reckless driving. This
expansion would increase the number of cases filed in district court and result in more time spent
by court employees and judges processing and deciding cases. Since this crime would carry a
misdemeanor penalty, there could also be more supervision of offenders required to be performed
by court services officers. The Office indicates enactment of the bill would result in the collection
of fees and fines assessed in those cases filed under the bill’s provisions, which would be credited
to the State General Fund. However, a fiscal effect cannot be estimated.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) indicates the agency’s Traffic Records
Enhancement Fund currently receives 2.23 percent of all district court fines, penalties, and
forfeitures, while the agency’s Seat Belt Safety Fund receives 2.20 percent. KDOT estimates
enactment of the bill would increase the number of fines collected because of the bill’s new The Honorable Mike Petersen, Chairperson
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provision concerning reckless driving, which would increase revenues to both funds; however,
KDOT is unable to estimate a fiscal effect because the agency does not have enough information
to estimate how many individuals would be convicted of reckless driving.
The Kanas Sentencing Commission states the bill’s enactment would address only
misdemeanor penalties and would have no effect on felony sentencing or prison admissions. The
Department of Revenue indicates enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal effect on agency
operations. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 113 is not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s
Budget Report.
The Kansas Association of Counties states enactment of the bill could have a fiscal effect
on counties; however, the Association does not have enough information to estimate a fiscal effect.
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
Scott Schultz, Kansas Sentencing Commission
Trisha Morrow, Judiciary