# Kansas HB 2062: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations. Kansas HB 2062, Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status became law, last action 2025-04-11 (Law effective July 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2062-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2062 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-04-11, Law effective July 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (702 yes, 274 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Parents get birth and stillbirth tax exemptions: benefit, medium. For tax years 2025 and later, Kansas provides an additional $2,320 personal exemption for each qualifying child born alive. The child must qualify as the taxpayer's dependent, and the exemption applies in the birth year. A parent can also claim it for a stillborn child in the year a stillbirth cert… - Parents' retirement savings can pay child support: mixed, high. Covered retirement funds, including 401(k)s and IRAs, lose their protection from claims under Kansas child-support orders. Courts must count and order use of their full value when parents lose income or employment through voluntary underemployment or misconduct-related professional-license loss, re… - Parents owe pregnancy support from conception: mixed, medium. Kansas allows child-support orders for unborn children, defined as living humans in the womb from fertilization to birth. Courts calculate this support from conception and include the mother's direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses. Support cannot exceed those non-elective costs, and electiv… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 85 Nay: 34 | pass | 85 | 34 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 30 Nay: 9 | pass | 30 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 87 Nay: 38 | pass | 87 | 38 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 87 Nay: 38 | pass | 87 | 38 | | | 2025-04-10 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 87 | 38 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2025-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 87 | 38 | | | 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2025-03-12 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 30 | 9 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 85 | 34 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-04-11: Law effective July 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 87, Nay 38 (House) - 2025-04-10: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 31, Nay 9 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 87, Nay 38 (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as second conferees (House) - 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 31, Nay 9 (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 30, Nay 9, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Sen. Virgil Peck raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane. (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. David Haley (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. David Haley was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 34, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Dan Osman (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Dan Osman was rejected (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-18: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-01-29: Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2025-01-22: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_enrolled.pdf) - {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_01_0000.pdf) - {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_02_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_enrolled.pdf) - [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_01_0000.pdf) - [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2062/hb2062_02_0000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2062-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).