Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB145

Introduced
2/3/25  

Caption

Requiring immediate notification of a report of abuse or neglect to a law enforcement agency and providing for law enforcement agencies to request resources from the secretary for children and families.

Impact

The introduction of SB145 is expected to bring significant changes to the existing protocols surrounding abuse and neglect reporting. By requiring immediate notifications, the bill seeks to streamline the processes that currently may cause delays in law enforcement's involvement in urgent cases. This change could lead to more timely interventions, potentially reducing the duration of time that vulnerable children remain in unsafe situations. Furthermore, SB145 may necessitate training for personnel involved in reporting to ensure compliance with the new requirements.

Summary

SB145 aims to enhance the reporting mechanisms for incidents of abuse and neglect by mandating immediate notification of any such reports to law enforcement agencies. This bill represents a proactive approach to child protection, ensuring that law enforcement is promptly alerted to potential cases of abuse, thereby facilitating quicker interventions. The framework laid out in the bill emphasizes the sharing of information between child welfare entities and law enforcement to improve response times and coordination.

Conclusion

Overall, SB145 reflects a significant legislative effort to enhance child welfare protections and improve the responsiveness of law enforcement in cases of abuse and neglect. As the bill progresses, discussions among lawmakers, child welfare advocates, and law enforcement agencies will be crucial to address concerns related to the practicality and efficacy of its provisions.

Contention

While the intent behind SB145 is to strengthen reporting processes, there are potential concerns regarding the implementation of these requirements. Some advocates worry that the immediate reporting mandate may overwhelm law enforcement agencies and create a backlog of cases, particularly if there are numerous reports made without sufficient evidence. Additionally, the bill could raise questions about the balance between child confidentiality and the need to disclose sensitive information to law enforcement.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SB4

Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

Similar Bills

KS HB2175

Requiring the secretary for children and families to notify the parent of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect of such parent's rights during such investigation and to complete a written report upon closing such an investigation, providing for an agreement between the parent of a child and the secretary if such child is removed from the home during an investigation of abuse or neglect and a parent to withhold certain information except when otherwise ordered by a court.

WV SB489

Relating to election law violation complaints and procedures

WV SB483

Increasing civil penalties for failure to file required campaign finance reports

WV HB3017

Compliance Audits of Tabulating Equipment

TX SB618

Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.

CA AB1664

Elections: law enforcement investigations of election records or voting systems.

NJ S2532

Directs Secretary of Higher Education to appoint special auditor to investigate claims of abuse of public funds at public institutions of higher education.

TN HB2442

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 9, Chapter 4, relative to district attorneys general.