---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the lists of persons who are required to be given notice of the hearing on a petition for an independent or stepparent, private agency or public agency adoption and limiting a petition to terminate parental rights to adoption proceedings and setting requirements for such petitions filed separately from petitions for adoption."
description: "Changing the lists of persons who are required to be given notice of the hearing on a petition for an independent or stepparent, private agency or public agency adoption and limiting a petition to terminate parental rights to adoption proceedings and setting requirements for such petitions filed separately from petitions for adoption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2549"
citation: "Kansas HB 2549 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e49d20-eefd-48e5-b29c-728bb79616c6"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2549/"
source_hash: "dbd32ab47e995db828c3ce0212a04c47ea8ea9a23063b7f82e9400f06ee310dc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2549 (2023-2024) — Changing the lists of persons who are required to be given notice of the hearing on a petition for an independent or stepparent, private agency or public agency adoption and limiting a petition to terminate parental rights to adoption proceedings and setting requirements for such petitions filed separately from petitions for adoption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2549_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2549_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2549_01_0000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Hearing: Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Concannon `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Concannon was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 5, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 15, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76e49d20-eefd-48e5-b29c-728bb79616c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).