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
January 27, 2025
The Honorable Brenda Dietrich, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Dietrich:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 28 by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and
Insurance
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 28 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 28 would amend the Uniform Insurance Agents Licensing Act and the Public Adjusters
Licensing Act. The bill would allow the status of an insurance agent’s license or securities
registration to be considered by the Commissioner when reviewing a public adjuster’s license and
would also allow the status of a public adjuster’s license or securities registration to be considered
by the Commissioner when reviewing an insurance agent’s license.
Under the bill, the Insurance Commissioner would be able to suspend, revoke, or refuse to
issue or renew a public adjuster’s license for failing to respond to an inquiry from the
Commissioner within 15 days. The bill also details items the Commissioner would be required to
consider when deciding to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a public adjuster’s license
application of an individual who has convicted of a misdemeanor or felony. The bill lists items
the Commissioner would be required to consider when deciding whether to reinstate or grant a
public adjuster’s license that was revoked. Actions taken by the Commissioner that would affect
any license or imposes an administrative penalty would be taken only after an opportunity for a
hearing to be conducted in accordance with the Kansas Administrative Procedures Act. Any cost
incurred to conduct an administrative hearing would be assessed against the individual or entity
who is the subject of the hearing.
A public adjuster whose license has been suspended or revoked would not be allowed to
be employed by any insurance company that does business in Kansas during the period of
suspension or revocation. An applicant whose public adjuster license has been denied after a
hearing would not be able to apply again until after one year from the date of the Commissioner's
order. If a public adjuster license has been revoked, the licensee would not be able to apply again
for a license until two years after the date of the Commissioner’s order.
The Honorable Brenda Dietrich, Chairperson
Page 2—SB 28
The Kansas Department of Insurance states that the bill would increase agency operating
expenditures by an unknown amount; however, any increase would be absorbed within existing
resources.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Kyle Strathman, Insurance Department