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type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted."
description: "Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2524"
citation: "Kansas HB 2524 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Department for", "Children and Minors", "Health and Environment", "Department of", "Licenses and Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51e083f7-431a-4fa0-8917-e5d0fac0e935"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2524/"
source_hash: "b18a35a49b6714d4437b5b9a0a7e0ff2d8a72f04fd5a18176cf41e552ff141e2"
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 2524 (2025-2026) — Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2524/hb2524_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- **2026-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51e083f7-431a-4fa0-8917-e5d0fac0e935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).