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Bill Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact. Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact. us/states/ks Kansas Legislature 2025-2026 SB 408 Kansas SB 408 (2025-2026)
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Kansas SB 408 (2025-2026) — Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact.

Version chain

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

  1. As Introduced (filed) — source
  2. As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 executive-signature
  • 2026-04-09 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
  • 2026-03-26 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
  • 2026-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
  • 2026-03-23 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
  • 2026-03-18 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 passage
  • 2026-03-18 Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
  • 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
  • 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
  • 2026-03-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2026-02-18 Received and Introduced introduction
  • 2026-02-18 Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 passage
  • 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
  • 2026-02-12 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-29 Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2026-01-28 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f72e742-5b3b-46dc-8c23-44d44821c250. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).