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Substitute for Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody.

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Substitute for Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody.

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Substitute for HB2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Modifying the definition of neglect in the revised Kansas code for care of children, prohibiting the removal of a child from such child's home due solely to a lack of financial resources, requiring that facts of serious harm demonstrate more than one fact of certain listed facts, determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody and requiring the secretary for children and families to provide means for a law enforcement officer to refer potential cases of abuse or neglect and provide a response to such referrals.

As Introduced

Modifying the definition of neglect in the revised Kansas code for care of children, prohibiting the removal of a child from such child's home due solely to a lack of financial resources and requiring facts of imminent harm due to a lack of financial resources demonstrate more than one fact of such lack of financial resources.

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House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care Fri, Mar 7, 2025 Substitute bill be passed
House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care Wed, Feb 4, 2026 Substitute bill be passed

Legislative History

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Testimony & Minutes

House · Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care 34
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Mar 5, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes HB2132_proposed_balloon_amendment1
Mar 5, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes HB2132_proposed_balloon_amendment2
Mar 5, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes HB2132_proposed_balloon3_draft
Mar 5, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes HB2132_co-occurrence
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Susan Humphries Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed1_likelihood
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Susan Humphries Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed2_failure
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Susan Humphries Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed3_imminent
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Susan Humphries Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed4_attachments
Mar 3, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes state_definitions_child_neglect
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Cyndi Howerton Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed5_unreasonable_failure
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Cyndi Howerton Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed6_reasonable_suspicion
Mar 3, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes HB2132_effective_date
Mar 3, 2025 View Representative Cyndi Howerton Child Welfare Committee HB2132_proposed7_pattern_of_behavior
Mar 3, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of the Revisor of Statutes code definitions
Feb 5, 2025 View Gail Cozadd, Chief Executive Officer Kansas Children's Service League HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Brenna Visocsky, Just Campaign Director Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Patricia DeDamos Private citizen HB2132 Proponent written only
Feb 5, 2025 View Tammy Minihan, Committeewoman Republican Precinct, Sedgwick County HB2132 Proponent written only
Feb 5, 2025 View Dustin Hare, Economic Security Policy Advisor Kansas Action for Children HB2132 Proponent written only
Feb 5, 2025 View Ed Klumpp, Legislative Liason Kansas Sheriffs Association, Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Kansas Peace Officers Association HB2132 Opponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Tabitha Owen, Smith County Attorney Kansas County and District Attorneys Association HB2132 Opponent oral via Webex
Feb 5, 2025 View Mark Jordan, Chief Attorney 18th Judicial District HB2132 Opponent oral via Webex
Feb 5, 2025 View Kristalle Hedrick, Chief Executive Officer Children's Alliance of Kansas HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Laura Howard, Secretary Kansas Department for Children and Families HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Morgan L. Hall, Senior Deputy District Attorney Shawnee County, Kansas HB2132 Opponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Mike Kagay, District Attorney Shawnee County, Kansas HB2132 Opponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Kristy and Travis Webb Private citizens HB2132 Proponent written only
Feb 5, 2025 View Natalie Nelson, Legislative Research Analyst Legislative Research Department State Definitions of Child Neglect
Feb 5, 2025 View Natalie Nelson, Legislative Research Analyst Legislative Research Department Survey of State Definitions of Child Neglect
Feb 5, 2025 View Jessie Pringle, Assistant Revisor Office of Revisor of Statutes Bill Brief HB2132
Feb 5, 2025 View Kerrie Lonard, Kansas Child Advocate Office of the Child Advocate HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Stephen M. Howe, District Attorney Johnson County, Kansas HB2132 Opponent written only
Feb 5, 2025 View Nick Reinecker Private citizen HB2132 Proponent oral
Feb 5, 2025 View Richard A. Macias, District Court Judge, Juvenile Division 18th Judical District HB2132 Opponent written only
Senate · Committee on Public Health and Welfare 8
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Mar 5, 2026 View Morgan Hall, Senior Deputy District Attorney Shawnee County District Attorney Office Written Opponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Brenna Visocsky, Campaign Director Kansas Appleseed Written Proponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Representativew Cyndi Howerton Representative 96th District Oral Proponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary Kansas Department for Children & Families Written Proponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Nick Reinecker Private Citizen Oral Opponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Morgan Hall, Senior Deputy District Attorney Shawnee County Kansas District Attorney's Office Written Opponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Donald W. Hymer, Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney Johnson County District Attorney Oral Opponent
Mar 5, 2026 View Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes Bill Brief

Identification

Bill No. HB 2132
Chamber House
Requested By Requested by Laura Howard, Secretary for Children and Families

Original Sponsor

Current Sponsor

Sections Affected

Amended

K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2202, 38-2234 and 38-2243

Effective Date

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
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