---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the SOUL family legal permanency option for children 16 years of age or older."
description: "Establishing the SOUL family legal permanency option for children 16 years of age or older."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Kansas HB 2536 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f32a1c4-05c0-469c-8523-12cb56db1473"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2536/"
source_hash: "651264cf7901bf16dc5fa6b55a3adf9551bcaa0de7a874c4de99d4988a24178e"
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 2536 (2023-2024) — Establishing the SOUL family legal permanency option for children 16 years of age or older.

## 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/hb2536_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2536_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2536_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Hearing: Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 112 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Hearing: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `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/4f32a1c4-05c0-469c-8523-12cb56db1473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).