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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2689: Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state, establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program to be administered by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood and creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund.

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 2689 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state, establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program to be administered by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood and creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund. Primary sponsor: Dan Osman (Democratic), Angela Martinez (Democratic), Lynn Melton (Democratic), Heather Meyer (Democratic), Melissa Oropeza (Democratic), Lindsay Vaughn (Democratic), Suzanne Wikle (Democratic), Rui Xu (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in 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

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan OsmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Angela MartinezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Lynn MeltonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Heather MeyerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Melissa OropezaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse37
Lindsay VaughnPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Suzanne WiklePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Rui XuPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse25

“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 Committee
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Sources

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