Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact.

Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 39 Nay: 0

Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed

Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman appointed as conferees

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary

Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 582-N

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Received and Introduced

Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

Committee of the Whole - Be passed

Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary

Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Introduced