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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill requires the Department for Children and Families to coordinate child welfare cases with military family advocacy programs
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
The Kansas Department for Children and Families would be required to establish referral processes and sign memorandums of understanding with specific military installations when investigating child-in-need-of-care cases involving military personnel.
Military families in Kansas facing child welfare investigations would have their military status identified and be connected to Department of Defense support services under formal agency agreements.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
military personnel
Secretary for Children and Families
The secretary is required to establish formal memorandums of understanding with specified military organizations and make mandatory referrals.
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Who must the Secretary for Children and Families establish agreements with?
What triggers a referral to a military family advocacy program?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 11, 2026HouseEngrossed on Tuesday, February 10, 2026
- Feb 11, 2026HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Feb 11, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Feb 10, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Feb 10, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 4, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Jan 21, 2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N
- Feb 4, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
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Formalizing Military and State Child Welfare Coordination
The legislation bridges state-level child-in-need-of-care proceedings with federal military family advocacy programs by mandating formal agreements.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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