# Kansas HB 2557: Enacting and joining with other states in the interstate compact for the placement of children and authorizing the administration and implementation of the compact. Kansas HB 2557, Enacting and joining with other states in the interstate compact for the placement of children and authorizing the administration and implementation of the compact., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2557-2025-2026 - 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 2557 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Enacting and joining with other states in the interstate compact for the placement of children and authorizing the administration and implementation of the compact. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-27 - Last action: 2026-03-20, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 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 (314 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Agencies must fund and supervise placements: benefit, low. For public-agency or court placements, the sending agency generally pays ongoing child support and maintenance unless provided in the receiving state. It also pays for extra services it determines are needed beyond those available to the child there. The receiving state pays for its assessment and… - Tribal families get placement law safeguards: benefit, low. Before covered placements, the sending state's public agency must oversee compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act. The interstate commission can also issue guidelines allowing tribes to use some or all compact processes. It must make reasonable efforts to consult tribes and account for their d… - States coordinate interstate child placement oversight: benefit, low. Each member state must maintain a central compact office and coordinate government participation through an advisory council or existing board. The compact creates a joint commission with one voting commissioner per member state, appointed by its responsible human-services leader. The commission ca… - Kansas pays child placement compact costs: cost, low. The commission can charge member states annual assessments to fund its approved budget, including staff. A binding rule sets each state's share; the law sets no dollar amount. Kansas's compact administrator can arrange payments for compact obligations and supplementary agreements, with approval fro… - Paid adoption professionals face criminal penalties: cost, low. People paid or compensated for adoption-placement services must follow the interstate child-placement compact. Failure to comply is a Class C misdemeanor. This provision does not state a fine amount or jail term. - Courts keep authority over placed children: mixed, low. The sending state generally keeps custody authority over covered children and can order their return. Courts can end that authority for adoption, adulthood, legal independence, qualifying reunification or guardianship, tribal jurisdiction, or receiving-agency agreement. Reunification involving abus… - Kansas sets interstate child placement coverage: mixed, low. Kansas adopts a new interstate child-placement compact for children under 18 and repeals its six prior compact statutes. It covers specified court-supervised abuse, neglect, deprivation, delinquency, and unmanageable-child cases, plus agency placements before possible adoption. Some parent- or rela… - Safety checks and limits for placements: mixed, low. Covered placements generally need the receiving state's written approval after a safety review; public agencies must first request an assessment. Private adoption requests require child, birth-parent, placement-parent, and supervising-agency details, consent records, legal certification, a home stu… - Placement commission staff get liability protections: mixed, low. Covered commission staff receive liability limits tied to the state where their official acts occur. Coverage also applies when staff reasonably believe their actions fall within their duties. The commission must defend covered staff and can defend state commissioners with required state legal appr… - States face binding child placement rules: mixed, low. The compact becomes binding on the later of July 1, 2007, or enactment by the 35th state. Within its first 12 months, the commission must adopt binding rules covering placement procedures, deadlines, supervision, confidentiality, financing, and appeals. Emergency rules require a majority finding of… ## 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: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 1 | pass | 118 | 1 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 118 | 1 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-03-20: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-16: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 16, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-10: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House) - 2026-02-12: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House) - 2026-02-03: Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S (House) - 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S — CANCELED (House) - 2026-01-27: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-27: Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2557/hb2557_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2557/hb2557_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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2557/hb2557_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2557/hb2557_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-HB2557-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).