Kansas · 2025-2026
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.
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Summary AI-generated
Kansas SB 408 excludes children engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care. The bill requires the secretary for children and families to establish a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and a referral process for cases involving military children. Additionally, it authorizes challenges to voluntary paternity acknowledgments upon discovery of fraud, duress, or mistake of fact, specifying that certain genetic testing results constitute a material mistake of fact.
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Roll-call votes on this bill
| Question | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Concurred with amendments in conference - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | upper | pass | 38 | 0 | 1 | Mar 26, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 124 Nay: 0 | lower | pass | 123 | 0 | 1 | Mar 18, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | upper | pass | 39 | 0 | 0 | Feb 18, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |