# Kansas HB 2524: Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted. Kansas HB 2524, Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2524-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2524 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on public health and welfare, house committee on child welfare and foster care - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (324 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More licensing options for Kansas foster homes: benefit, high. Otherwise qualified Kansas foster homes can keep their licenses despite a resident’s listed criminal conviction or juvenile court finding. The resident must be under 26 and have been placed there as a child by the Secretary for Children and Families. The resident must still live there or have been… - Daycare operators no longer need diplomas: benefit, low. People running Kansas day care facilities no longer need a high school diploma or equivalent under this rule. The law also removes the secretary’s power to grant special exceptions to that education requirement. The repealed requirement was scheduled to expire June 30, 2026. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 122 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-26: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House) - 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S (House) - 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S — CANCELED (House) - 2026-01-22: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_enrolled.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_enrolled.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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [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-HB2524-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).