SENATE - BILL

SB 408

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.

Signed by Governor

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Committee Report
Floor Action
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Enrolled
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Versions

Bill Supp. Note Fiscal Note
Enrolled

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.

As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary

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.

As Introduced

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.

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Amendments, Committee Reports, & Conference Committee Reports

Committee Reports 2
Committee Report
Senate Committee on Judiciary Thu, Feb 12, 2026 Be passed.
House Committee on Judiciary Tue, Mar 17, 2026 And the bill be passed as amended.

Legislative History

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Testimony & Minutes

House · Committee on Judiciary 10
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Mar 2, 2026 View Tanya Keys Dept for Children and Families Proponent
Mar 2, 2026 View Diane Redleaf Let Grow Proponent
Mar 2, 2026 View Lenore Skenazy Let Grow Proponent
Mar 2, 2026 View Chance Berndt BIDS Legislative Committee Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Peter Gray Boston College Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Jon Haidt New York University Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Kristalle Hedrick Children's Alliance of KS Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Karrie Lonard KS Office of the Child Advocate Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Michael Ramey Parental Rights Foundation Proponent Written Only
Mar 2, 2026 View Jason Thompson Revisors Office House Bill Brief
Senate · Committee on Judiciary 10
Hearing Date Minutes Presenter Organization Topic PDF
Feb 11, 2026 View Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary Dept Children Families SB408 Pro
Feb 11, 2026 View Kristalle Hedrick, CEO Children's Alliance of Kansas SB408 Pro
Feb 11, 2026 View Diane Redleaf Let Grow SB408 Pro
Feb 11, 2026 View Lenore Skenazy, President Let Grow SB408 Pro
Feb 11, 2026 View Peter Gray, Professor Boston College SB408 Pro WO
Feb 11, 2026 View Michael Ramey< President Parental Rights Foundation SB408 Pro WO
Feb 11, 2026 View Johnathan Haidt, Professor, Author New York University SB408 Pro WO
Feb 11, 2026 View Kerrie Lonard Office of he Child Advocate SB408 Pro WO
Feb 11, 2026 View Chance Berndt, Assistant Public Defender BIDS Legislative Committee SB408 Pro WO
Feb 11, 2026 View Natalie Scott, Revisors Office State of Kansas SB408 Bill Brief

Identification

Bill No. SB 408
Chamber Senate
Requested By Requested by Senator Shane

Sections Affected

Amended

K.S.A. 23-2215, 23-3207, 38-2232, 38-2242, 38-2260 and 38-2271 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601, 38-2202 and 38-2243

Effective Date

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.
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