SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 125
As Recommended by Senate Committee on
Ways and Means
Brief*
SB 125 would authorize expenditures totaling $6,430.04,
all from existing State General Fund (SGF) resources, in FY
2025 to pay the following claims against the State:
●$50.00 from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility
for various items, such as a fan and a lamp, that
were missing from an inmate’s cell that was not
securely locked;
●$30.04 from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility
for missing items, including a fan and clothing
items, that were being stored by the facility for an
inmate;
●$50.00 from the Larned State Correctional Facility
for an inmate’s tennis shoes that were mailed to
the wrong address;
●$100.00 from the Lansing Correctional Facility for
property, including a fan and clothing items,
extorted from an inmate by another resident
inmate; and
●$3,100.00 from the Kansas Department for Aging
and Disability Services, and $3,100.00 from the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment, for
Home and Community-Based Services that had
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ been previously denied by the agencies due to a
coding error.
The bill would require a claimant to sign a release
attesting satisfaction of the claim against the State prior to
issuance of payment.
The bill would be in effect upon publication in the
Kansas Register.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Joint Committee on
Special Claims Against the State (Joint Committee).
During the 2024 Interim, the Joint Committee met four
times. Although 63 claims were received that met the
statutory guidelines to be heard by the Joint Committee, nine
of the claims were withdrawn due to settlements and one was
withdrawn due to improper venue. Of the 63 claims received,
57 were filed against the Department of Corrections or
correctional facilities. The Joint Committee ultimately
recommended payment for five claims against the State
totaling $6,430.04 SGF in FY 2025.
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
In the Senate Committee hearing on February 6, 2024,
an overview of the bill was provided by a fiscal analyst with
the Kansas Legislative Research Department which facilitates
the Joint Committee. No other testimony was provided.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, enactment of the bill would authorize
expenditures totaling $6,430.04, all from existing SGF
resources, in FY 2025.
Any fiscal effect associated with enactment of the bill is
not reflected in The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report.
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