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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2589: Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2589 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect. Primary sponsor: Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Senate Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Child Welfare and Foster CarePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Senate Committee
  2. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
  3. Engrossed on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
  4. Received and Introduced
  5. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  6. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  7. Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
  8. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 0, Absent 9
  9. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
  10. Referred to House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
  11. Introduced

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source