Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2601: Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals, requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding a custody dispute concerning the child who is the subject of the report and directing the secretary to submit a report to the legislature on such information.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Reengrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2601 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 29, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals, requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding a custody dispute concerning the child who is the subject of the report and directing the secretary to submit a report to the legislature on such information. Primary sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Reengrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.