COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:4330S.01I Bill No.:SB 780 Subject:County Officials; Elections; Secretary of State Type:Original Date:March 23, 2022Bill Summary:This proposal modifies provisions relating to voter identification.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on General
Revenue $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on Other State
Funds $0$0$0
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 4330S.01I
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on All Federal
Funds $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on FTE 000
☐ Estimated Net Effect (expenditures or reduced revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any
of the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
☐ Estimated Net Effect (savings or increased revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any of
the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Local Government(Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown) L.R. No. 4330S.01I
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) assume many bills considered by the
General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and
regulations to implement the act. The SOS is provided with core funding to handle a certain
amount of normal activity resulting from each year’s legislative session. The fiscal impact for
this fiscal note to the SOS for Administrative Rules is less than $5,000. The SOS recognizes that
this is a small amount and does not expect that additional funding would be required to meet
these costs. However, the SOS also recognizes that many such bills may be passed by the
General Assembly in a given year and that collectively the costs may be in excess of what the
office can sustain with the core budget. Therefore, the SOS reserves the right to request funding
for the cost of supporting administrative rules requirements should the need arise based on a
review of the finally approved bills signed by the governor.
Oversight assumes the SOS could absorb the costs of printing and distributing regulations
related to this proposal. If multiple bills pass which require the printing and distribution of
regulations at substantial costs, the SOS could require additional resources.
Officials from the Department of Revenue, Missouri Office of Prosecution Services, Office
of the State Courts AdministratorAttorney General’s Office each assume the proposal
will have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any
information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note.
Officials from the Kansas City Board of Elections assume if this bill becomes law, judges
would need to be retrained at a cost of $35,000 (1,000 judges times $35.00). Public notices will
be put in all K.C. area papers twice for $60,000 ($30,000 times 2) and literature would need to be
updated for $15,000.
Officials from the Jackson County Board of Elections, Platte County Board of Elections, St.
Charles County Board of Elections, and St. Louis County Board of Elections
the proposal will have no fiscal impact on their organizations. Oversight does not have any
information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note.
Oversight notes that this proposal repeals the provision allowing persons to vote through
execution of the statement under penalty of perjury. The act furthermore provides that
individuals who do not have a form of photo identification may vote a provisional ballot,
provided that such ballot shall not be counted unless the person provides a form of photo
identification prior to the close of polls. Oversight notes there would be a potential increase in
cost to local election authorities to implement these provisions as stated above by the Kansas
City Board of Elections. Therefore, Oversight will reflect an unknown cost to local elections
authorities on the fiscal note. L.R. No. 4330S.01I
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Oversight only reflects the responses that we have received from state agencies and political
subdivisions; however, other local election authorities and county clerks were requested to
respond to this proposed legislation but did not. A general listing of political subdivisions
included in our database is available upon request.
FISCAL IMPACT – State GovernmentFY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025$0$0$0FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025LOCAL POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS
Costs – LEAs
Retrain judges, public notices, and
updated literature(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON
LOCAL POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
This act modifies provisions relating to identification required to vote. Under current law, any
person seeking to vote in a public election must provide a certain form of identification, provided
that any person lacking such identification can vote without such a form of identification through
the execution of a statement under the penalty of perjury averring, among other things, that the
person is who they say they are. This act repeals the provision allowing persons to vote through
execution of the statement under penalty of perjury. The act furthermore provides that
individuals who do not have a form of photo identification may vote a provisional ballot,
provided that such ballot shall not be counted unless the person provides a form of photo
identification prior to the close of polls. L.R. No. 4330S.01I
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This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not
require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Office of the Secretary of State
Department of Revenue
Attorney General’s Office
Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
Office of the State Courts Administrator
Jackson County Board of Elections
Platte County Board of Elections
St. Charles County Board of Elections
St. Louis County Board of Elections
Kansas City Board of Elections
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorMarch 23, 2022March 23, 2022