Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2524 - 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.
AN ACT concerning child care facilities; relating to licensure of family foster homes; requiring the secretary for children and families to allow maintenance of licensure of family foster homes when certain persons with convictions or adjudicatoins reside in such homes; permitting the secretary, when not required, to license or allow maintenance of licensure when certain persons reside in such homes; creating an appeal process for family foster homes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-516 and repealing the existing section.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2539 | HB2539 - Requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions. | passed_lower |
| HB 2639 | HB2639 - Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria and treatment provided at such centers and transferring moneys from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund for use at such centers. | passed_lower |
| HB 2719 | HB2719 - Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive priority status in the adoption process, removing references to revival of rules and regulations, clarifying that the department of the budget is not required to approve proposed rules and regulations mandated by the federal government, adding references to department of corrections rules and regulations that are not subject to the act and requiring an agency submit a proposed rule and regulation to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations prior to presentation of a bill to the legislature for ratification. | passed_lower |
| HB 2739 | HB2739 - Providing that fire sprinkler systems shall not be required in this state for multi-family dwellings of four attached units or fewer, prohibiting municipal fire sprinkler requirements for multi-family dwellings of four or fewer attached living units and defining apartment buildings for purposes of the fire code. | passed_lower |
| SB 513 | SB513 - Directing the Kansas department for children and families to develop, procure and implement software to provide direct child care subsidy payments to child care providers. | in_committee |
| SB 521 | SB521 - Providing for credits for payment of employee's child care and contributions to a third party for increased child care options. | passed_lower |
| HB 2568 | HB2568 - Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks. | unknown |
| SB 502 | SB502 - Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission. | in_committee |