# Kansas HB 2589: Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect.

Kansas HB 2589, Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2589
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on child welfare and foster care
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (232 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## 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: 116 Nay: 0 | pass | 116 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 116 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House)
- 2026-02-04: Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S (House)
- 2026-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (House)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2589/hb2589_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2589/hb2589_00_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 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 (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2589/hb2589_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2589/hb2589_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2589-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).