Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building
Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504
Topeka, KS 66612
http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director
Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 19, 2025
The Honorable Susan Humphries, Chairperson
House Committee on Judiciary
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 582-N
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Humphries:
SUBJECT:
Fiscal Note for HB 2352 by House Committee on Judiciary
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2352 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2352 would require a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and
neglect, except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege, and would
require training for persons obligated to report abuse and neglect. Any person required to report
abuse would be required to participate in training regarding the reporting requirements, prior to
July 1, 2026, or, if the person became subject to the reporting requirements after July 1, 2025,
within six months. Training would be provided by the Department for Children and Families
(DCF) or a partner approved by the agency.
According to DCF, enactment of HB 2352 would increase the volume of reports to the
Kansas Protection Report Center by 1.0 percent annually. DCF estimates that expenditures would
increase by approximately $89,000 in salary and benefits for an additional Protection Specialist
position for the increase in reporting volume beginning in FY 2026.
The Office of Judicial Administration indicates that enactment of HB 2352 could increase
the number of cases filed in district courts because the bill would expand the list of mandatory
reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect. This, in turn, would increase the time spent by
district court judicial and nonjudicial personnel in processing, researching, and hearing cases. In
addition, the bill would require training for all mandatory reporters, which includes all Court
Services Officers in the Judicial Branch. However, the fiscal effect on expenditures by the Judicial
Branch cannot be estimated. The bill would not have a fiscal effect on revenues to the Judicial
The Honorable Susan Humphries, Chairperson
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Branch. However, the bill could result in the collection of docket fees in possible additional cases
filed under the provisions of the bill, which would be deposited in the State General Fund. Any
fiscal effect associated with HB 2352 is not reflected in
The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget Report
.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families
Trisha Morrow, Judiciary