HB2734

Requiring expedited procedures for children who are under two years of age at the time that a petition is filed requesting such child be adjudicated to be a child in need of care, requiring permanency for such a child within 12 months and directing the secretary to report on such expedited procedures.

Introduced·2/5/26

Kansas HB2734 mandates expedited procedures for children under two years old in child in need of care cases, requiring permanency within 12 months.

Kansas HB2734 establishes expedited procedures for children under two years old when a petition is filed to adjudicate them as children in need of care. It mandates that such children be placed in a permanent home within 12 months of the case filing or pending status. The bill requires concurrent adjudication and dispositional hearings for these children, with a presumption against transferring the case unless good cause is shown. It also mandates that a permanency hearing be held within three months of the child's removal from home.

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Calendar

Feb 11

1:30 PM

House Child Welfare and Foster Care Hearing

History

Feb 19

House

House Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

Feb 18

House

House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care

Feb 16

House

House Hearing continuation: Monday, February 16, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S