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IntroducedFeb 09, 2023
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Requiring the court to appoint an attorney to represent a child who is the subject of child in need of care proceedings and allowing for the optional appointment of a guardian ad litem.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 30, 2024: Died in Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 2381
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Lobbyists
Natalie Scott | Client: Revisor of Statutes | Bill Brief | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Darcy Olsen | Client: Center for the Rights of Abused Children | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Mike Fonkert | Client: Kansas Appleseed | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
John Pollock | Client: National Coalition for Civil Rights to Counsel | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Kerrie Lonard | Client: KS Division of the Child Advocate | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Natalie Washington | Client: National Assoc. of Counsel for Children | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Heather Alwin | Client: Alwin Legal Services, LLC | Opponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Joseph Favre | Client: 18th Judicial District | Opponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Judge Regina Thompson | Client: KS District Magistrate Judges' Association | Opponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Chief Judge Nick St Peter | Client: KS District Judges Assoc. | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Grant Brazil | Client: KS Supreme Court Task Force for Permanency Planning | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Joseph Molina | Client: KS Bar Assoc. | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Natalie Julien, MSW, MPA | Client: CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Jay Hall | Client: KS Assoc. of Counties | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Ray Baty | Client: Sedwick Co. Board of Co. Comm. | Neutral | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Stormy Lukasavage | Client: Private Citizen | Proponent | Start date: 03/07/2024 | End date: 03/07/2024 |
Rachel Marsh | Client: Children's Alliance of Kansas | Proponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Natalece Washington | Client: National Association of Counsel for Children | Proponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Michael Lazzo | Client: Court Appointed GAL- Sedgwick County | Opponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Mark Jordan | Client: Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office | Opponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Judge Kellie Hogan | Client: Supreme Task Force on Permanency Planning | Neutral | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Judge Nick St. Peter | Client: Kansas District Judges Association | Neutral | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Jay Hall | Client: Kansas Association of Counties | Neutral | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Darcy Olson | Client: Center for Rights of Abused Children | Proponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Caitlyn Eaken | Client: Kansas CASA Association | Opponent | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Jessie Pringle | Client: Revisor's Office | Bill Brief | Start date: 02/16/2023 | End date: 02/16/2023 |
Votes
Actions
- Apr 30, 2024 | House
- Died in Committee
- Mar 07, 2024 | House
- Hearing continuation: Thursday, March 7, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 14, 2024 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 13, 2024 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Feb 16, 2023 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 09, 2023 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Darcy Olsen, Center for the Rights of Abused Children (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Mike Fonkert, Kansas Appleseed (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by John Pollock, National Coalition for Civil Rights to Counsel (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, KS Division of the Child Advocate (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Natalie Washington, National Assoc. of Counsel for Children (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Heather Alwin, Alwin Legal Services, LLC (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Joseph Favre, 18th Judicial District (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Judge Regina Thompson, KS District Magistrate Judges' Association (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Chief Judge Nick St Peter, KS District Judges Assoc. (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Grant Brazil, KS Supreme Court Task Force for Permanency Planning (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Joseph Molina, KS Bar Assoc. (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Natalie Julien, MSW, MPA, CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Jay Hall, KS Assoc. of Counties (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Ray Baty, Sedwick Co. Board of Co. Comm. (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Mar 7, 2024: Testimony by Stormy Lukasavage, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Rachel Marsh, Children's Alliance of Kansas (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Natalece Washington, National Association of Counsel for Children (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Michael Lazzo, Court Appointed GAL- Sedgwick County (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Mark Jordan, Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Judge Kellie Hogan, Supreme Task Force on Permanency Planning (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Judge Nick St. Peter, Kansas District Judges Association (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Jay Hall, Kansas Association of Counties (Neutral)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Darcy Olson, Center for Rights of Abused Children (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Caitlyn Eaken, Kansas CASA Association (Opponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 16, 2023: Testimony by Jessie Pringle, Revisor's Office (Bill Brief)