COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:0996H.03C Bill No.:HCS for HB 507 Subject:Elections; County Officials Type:Original Date:March 6, 2025Bill Summary:This proposal modifies provisions relating to elections.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
General Revenue
($8,737)($21,389)($32,276)($56,746)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
General
Revenue($8,737)($21,389)($32,276)($56,746)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
Other State
Funds $0$0$0$0
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
All Federal
Funds $0$0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
FTE 000$0
☐ 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
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
Local
Government$0$0$0$0 L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Sections 115.125, 115.127, 115.277, 115.284, 115.430, 115.453 and 115.635-
Modifies provisions relating to elections
Officials from the Department of Corrections (DOC) state this bill adds 3 class three election
offenses in section 115.635. These offenses are equivalent to misdemeanors. As misdemeanors
fall outside the purview of the Department of Corrections, the legislation in this section will have
no impact on the department.
The bill also specifies that if a violation of the three more offenses in section 115.635 results in
death or bodily injury to an election official or a member of the official's family, the offense shall
be a class B felony.
Given the seriousness of class B felony offenses and the introduction of a completely new class
B felony offense is a rare event, the department assumes the admission of one person per year to
prison following the passage of the legislative proposal.
Offenders committed to prison with a class B felony as their most serious sentence, have an
average sentence length of 9.0 years and serve on average, 3.4 years in prison prior to first
release. The department assumes one third of the remaining sentence length could be served in
prison as a parole return, and the rest of the sentence could be served on supervision in the
community.
The cumulative impact on the department is estimated to be 5 additional offenders in prison and
4 additional offenders on field supervision by FY 2034. L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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C
hange in prison admissions and probation openings with legislation-Class B Felony
F
Y2026
F
Y2027
F
Y2028
F
Y2029
F
Y2030
F
Y2031
F
Y2032
F
Y2033
F
Y2034
F
Y2035
N
ew Admissions
C
urrent Law
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
fter Legislation
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
P
robation
C
urrent Law
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
fter Legislation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C
hange (After Legislation - Current Law)
A
dmissions
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
P
robations
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C
umulative Populations
P
rison
1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
P
arole
0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4
P
robation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
I
mpact
P
rison Population
1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
F
ield Population
0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4
P
opulation Change
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9
* If this impact statement has changed from statements submitted in previous years, it could be
due to an increase/decrease in the number of offenders, a change in the cost per day for
institutional offenders, and/or an increase in staff salaries.
If the projected impact of legislation is less than 1,500 offenders added to or subtracted from the
department’s institutional caseload, the marginal cost of incarceration will be utilized. This cost
of incarceration is $28.73 per day or an annual cost of $10,485 per offender and includes such
costs as medical, food, and operational E&E. However, if the projected impact of legislation is
1,500 or more offenders added or removed to the department’s institutional caseload, the full
cost of incarceration will be used, which includes fixed costs. This cost is $100.25 per day or an
annual cost of $36,591 per offender and includes personal services, all institutional E&E,
medical and mental health, fringe, and miscellaneous expenses. None of these costs include
construction to increase institutional capacity.
DOC’s cost of probation or parole is determined by the number of P&P Officer II positions that
are needed to cover its caseload. The DOC average district caseload across the state is 51
offender cases per officer. An increase/decrease of 51 cases would result in a cost/cost avoidance
equal to the salary, fringe, and equipment and expenses of one P&P Officer II.
Increases/decreases smaller than 51 offender cases are assumed to be absorbable.
In instances where the proposed legislation would only affect a specific caseload, such as sex
offenders, the DOC will use the average caseload figure for that specific type of offender to
calculate cost increases/decreases. L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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# to
prison
Cost per
year
Total Costs
for prison
Change in
probation
& parole
officers
Total cost
for
probation
and
parole
# to
probation
& parole
Grand Total -
Prison and
Probation
(includes 2%
inflation)
Year 11($10,485)($8,737)0$00($8,737)Year 22($10,485)($21,389)0$00($21,389)Year 32($10,485)($32,726)0$00($32,726)Year 42($10,485)($44,507)0$00($44,507)Year 52($10,485)($56,746)0$00($56,746)Year 62($10,485)($57,881)0$01($57,881)Year 72($10,485)($59,039)0$02($59,039)Year 82($10,485)($60,220)0$03($60,220)Year 92($10,485)($61,424)0$04($61,424)Year 102($10,485)($62,653)0$04($62,653)
Officials from the Office of Attorney General (AGO)
arising from this proposal can be absorbed with existing resources. The AGO may seek
additional appropriations if the proposal results in a significant increase in litigation or
investigation costs.
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight assumes the
AGO will be able to perform any additional duties required by this proposal with current staff
and resources and will reflect no fiscal impact to the AGO for fiscal note purposes.
Officials from the Office of the State Courts Administrator and the Office of the State Public
Defender 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 for these agencies.
Officials from the Kansas City Election Board state if this legislation passes there could be a
cost savings in security that they are required to have during every election.
Oversight will not reflect the savings in the fiscal note because we do not know how many
Election Authorities have security.
Officials from the Jackson County Election Board, the Platte County Board of Elections and
the St. Louis County Board of Elections each assume no fiscal impact from this legislation.
Rule Promulgation
Officials from the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) note many bills considered by the
General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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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 its 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.
FISCAL IMPACT
– State
Government
FY 2026
(10 Mo.)
FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
GENERAL
REVENUE
Cost – DOC
(§115.635)
Increased
Incarceration
Costs($8,737)($21,389)($32,276)($56,746)
ESTIMATED
TOTAL NET
EFFECT TO
GENERAL
REVENUE($8,737)($21,389)($32,276)($56,746)
FISCAL IMPACT
– Local
Government
FY 2026
(10 Mo.)
FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2030)
$0$0$0$0
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal. L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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FISCAL DESCRIPTION
This bill allows a notice of election to be sent by email.
The bill moves the filing dates for a declaration of candidacy in certain political subdivisions and
special districts back by one week, from the 17th Tuesday prior to the election until the 14
th
Tuesday prior to the election, to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election until the 13th Tuesday
prior to the election.
Currently, covered voters eligible to register to vote may vote in certain elections by submitting a
federal postcard application to apply to vote at their polling place. This bill changes this
requirement from the polling place to the office of the election authority on election day.
Currently, interstate former residents and new residents may vote absentee for presidential and
vice-presidential electors. This bill allows them to vote for those electors at the office of the
election authority on election day.
This bill provides that all lists of absentee ballot applications for people with permanent
disabilities will be kept confidential and must not be posted or displayed in an area open to the
general public nor shown to any unauthorized person.
Currently, a provisional ballot can be cast only in a state or federal election. This bill allows a
provisional ballot to be cast in any public election.
The bill provides that votes for write-in candidates must only be counted for candidates who
have filed a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, even if no candidate has filed for that
office.
This adds the following activities to class III election offenses:
(1) Threatening to harm or engaging in conduct reasonably
calculated to harass an election official or a member of their family;
(2) Attempting to pressure an election official or member of their family to violate a provision of
election law;
(3) Disseminating through any means the personal information of an election official or member
of their family for the purpose of threatening to harm or attempting to pressure the official or
member of their family to violate a provision of election law.
If a violation results in death or bodily injury to an election official or a member of their family,
the offense is a class B felony.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not
require additional capital improvements or rental space. L.R. No. 0996H.03C
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary of State
Office of the State Courts Administrator
Office of the State Public Defender
Jackson County Election Board
Platte County Board of Elections
Kansas City Election Board
St. Louis County Board of Elections
Julie MorffJessica HarrisDirectorAssistant DirectorMarch 6, 2025March 6, 2025