---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the secretary for children and families to release certain information related to a child fatality when criminal charges are filed alleging that a person caused such fatality."
description: "Requiring the secretary for children and families to release certain information related to a child fatality when criminal charges are filed alleging that a person caused such fatality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2628"
citation: "Kansas HB 2628 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f158dc-d3e2-4164-84de-4a19b7c5658d"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2628/"
source_hash: "09766c094884a2e46d7d76ab1248fd87890afc2b8420f3dbecc27256ec5ee266"
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 2628 (2023-2024) — Requiring the secretary for children and families to release certain information related to a child fatality when criminal charges are filed alleging that a person caused such fatality.

## 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/hb2628_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2628_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing: Monday, February 12, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2024-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: Monday, March 11, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-03-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f158dc-d3e2-4164-84de-4a19b7c5658d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).