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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 26, 2026: Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2524
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Caresponsor
- John Monroe on behalf of KVC KansasRequester
Votes
YES: 122
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S - CANCELED
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief HB2524)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Rebecca Gerhardt, Director of Permanency and Licensing, Department for Children and Families (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Stahl, Private Citizen (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, VP of Operations, KVC Kansas (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Angela Hedrick, VP of Operations, KVC Kansas (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, Child Advocate, Office of the Child Advocate (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Kristalle Hedrick, CEO, Children's Alliance of Kansas (HB2524 Proponent)
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Matt Stephens, VP of Advocacy, Saint Francis Ministries (HB2524 Proponent - written only)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
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