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KansasHB 25572025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Enacting and joining with other states in the interstate compact for the placement of children and authorizing the administration and implementation of the compact.

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Signed by Governor

public health and welfarechild welfare and foster care

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.

Criminal penalties for paid adoption professionals

If you are paid to provide adoption placement services, you must follow the compact. Failure to comply is a class C misdemeanor. This creates legal risk and possible penalties for paid professionals.

Placement paperwork, reviews, and who pays

Before a move, the sending agency must send a written assessment request to the receiving state. Private agency cases must include consents, a home study, key identities, and a legal certification. The receiving state can ask for more information but cannot delay travel once both public agencies have reviewed the required items. For public‑agency or court placements, the sending public agency pays for support and extra services. For private‑agency placements, the private agency is legally and financially responsible unless a contract says otherwise.

Interstate commission rules and oversight

The law creates an interstate commission with one voting member from each state. The commission makes bylaws, hires staff, and runs the compact. Its rules, once published, are binding on member states. People can ask a federal court to review a new rule within 60 days. A majority of member state legislatures can reject a rule for their states.

Standard rules for out-of-state child placements

Kansas joins the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. It sets shared rules for out-of-state placements. It covers children under court cases for abuse, neglect, or delinquency and agency placements before adoption. Many parent and close‑relative placements and international transfers are not covered. A child cannot be placed until the receiving state's public agency approves. The sending state keeps legal authority and can order the child returned. Kansas repeals older compact statutes and uses this new law.

Kansas funds compact work and fees

Kansas can make or arrange payments needed to meet compact duties, with approval by the State Director of Accounts and Reports. The interstate commission funds its work with annual assessments on member states, using a formula it sets. The commission must have money before it spends and cannot pledge a state’s credit without permission.

Enforcing and exiting the multi-state compact

If a state fails to meet compact duties, the commission can give training, require fixes in writing, and, by majority vote, sue in federal court. Lawsuits can seek court orders, damages, costs, and attorney fees. A state can leave the compact by passing a repeal law, but it still owes assessments and liabilities through the withdrawal date. If only one state remains, the compact dissolves and any surplus funds are handled under commission bylaws.

Kansas office, leader, and enforcement

Kansas must run a central office to carry out the compact and follow commission rules. The Governor designates a state official to lead this work and to coordinate with other states. Extra agreements that use Kansas facilities or services need approval from the responsible agency head. Kansas courts and agencies must enforce the compact. This creates ongoing state duties and small administrative costs.

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: 157 • No: 2

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 39 Nay: 1

Yes: 39 • No: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 118 Nay: 1

Yes: 118 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026

    3/23/2026House

  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026

    3/16/2026House

  3. Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 1

    3/10/2026Senate

  4. Committee of the Whole - Be passed

    3/9/2026Senate

  5. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    3/3/2026Senate

  6. Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S

    2/26/2026Senate

  7. Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare

    2/13/2026Senate

  8. Final Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 1

    2/12/2026House

  9. Received and Introduced

    2/12/2026Senate

  10. Committee of the Whole - Be passed

    2/11/2026House

  11. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care

    2/5/2026House

  12. Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

    2/3/2026House

  13. Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S - CANCELED

    2/2/2026House

  14. Introduced

    1/27/2026House

  15. Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care

    1/27/2026House

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