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IntroducedJan 28, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2589
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Caresponsor
Votes
YES: 116
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 9
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Senate Committee
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S event
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Introduced
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (Tue, Feb 17, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care (Tue, Feb 17, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kristalle Hedrick, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Alliance of Kansas
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Brenna Visocsky, Just Campaign Director, Kansas Appleseed
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary, Department for Children and Families
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, Child Advocate, Office of the Child Advocate
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Gina Lueger, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by David Buehler, Representative, Kansas Legislature House District 40
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care, Feb 4, 2026: Testimony by Timothy Johnson, Representative, Kansas Legislature House District 38
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Representative David Buehler, House 40th District
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Representative Timitho Johnson, House 38th District
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kristalle Hedrick CEO, Children's Alliance of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary, DCF
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kerrie Lonard, Office of the Child Advocate
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Brenna Visocsky, Kansas Appleseed
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Gail Cozadd, KS Children's Service League
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Sara Hortenstine, Division Chief, Youth Services, Office of the Attorney General
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by William Hurst IV, Asst Dist Attorney, Johnson Co
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Michael Kagay, District Attorney, Shawnee County
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Ed Klumpp, KS Sheriffs Assoc; Ks Assoc of Chiefs of Polce; Ks Peace Officers Assoc
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisors Office, State of Kansas
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