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KansasHB 20752025–2026 Regular SessionHouse

Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody and requiring that the secretary provide support to such law enforcement officers, the court review involvement in permanency planning and a permanency hearing for a child in custody of the secretary be held within nine months from such child's removal from the and every subsequent hearing 6 months thereafter.

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Signed by Governor

public health and welfarechild welfare and foster care

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Quicker court reviews for kids in custody

A permanency hearing must be held within nine months after the court authorized removal from home. Later hearings must happen at least every six months. If the court finds required steps were not met, it must hold another hearing within 60 days. If the court decides reintegration is not viable outside a hearing, it must hold a hearing within 30 days. At each hearing, the court must decide if the reasonable and prudent parenting standard is met and if the child gets age-appropriate activities. If the child is 14 or older, the court must record steps to help the child prepare for adulthood. If the plan is another planned permanent living arrangement, the court must document intensive, ongoing, and unsuccessful efforts to return the child home or find family, including use of search technology and social media. The law replaces the prior custody and permanency hearing statutes.

Faster child protection by police and state

Officers must take a child into custody when a court orders it or they have probable cause an order exists. They must act if the child will be harmed without removal. They must act if the child is a runaway or listed as missing. They must act if the child is a victim of trafficking or sexual exploitation. They must act if the child is in a behavioral health crisis and likely to hurt self or others. Before removal, the officer must look for safer options to separate the child from danger. The Secretary for Children and Families must give officers an electronic way to refer suspected abuse or neglect. After a referral, the Secretary must contact the people involved within 24 hours and report the case status back to the referring agency within 24 hours after that contact.

New rules for sheltering runaway children

If you shelter a child and know the child is a runaway, you must quickly report the child’s location. You may report to police or to the child’s parent or custodian. An officer may let the child stay where they are if that is in the child’s best interest. When that happens, the law enforcement agency must promptly tell the Secretary for Children and Families the child’s location and what happened.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 320 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 123 Nay: 0

Yes: 123 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 38 Nay: 0

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 119 Nay: 0

Yes: 119 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Reengrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025

    4/10/2025House

  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025

    4/10/2025House

  3. Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025

    4/10/2025House

  4. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0

    3/26/2025House

  5. Conference committee report now available

    3/25/2025Senate

  6. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 0

    3/25/2025Senate

  7. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Howerton , Representative Johnson and Representative Ousley as conferees

    3/20/2025House

  8. Motion to accede adopted; Senator Gossage, Senator Clifford and Senator Holscher appointed as conferees

    3/20/2025Senate

  9. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

    3/18/2025Senate

  10. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    3/17/2025Senate

  11. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Faust Goudeau

    3/17/2025Senate

  12. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust Goudeau was adopted

    3/17/2025Senate

  13. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

    3/17/2025Senate

  14. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    3/10/2025Senate

  15. Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 142-S

    3/5/2025Senate

  16. Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    2/20/2025Senate

  17. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0

    2/19/2025House

  18. Received and Introduced

    2/19/2025Senate

  19. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    2/18/2025House

  20. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    2/18/2025House

  21. Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025

    2/18/2025House

  22. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care

    2/13/2025House

  23. Hearing continuation: Friday, February 7, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

    2/7/2025House

  24. Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

    1/29/2025House

  25. Introduced

    1/23/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Amended by House Committee

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  • As Amended by Senate Committee

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  • As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole

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  • As introduced

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  • Enrolled

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