SB412 Imposes Conservator Notification Duty for Court Orders on Estate Assets
Summary
Kansas Governor signed SB412 into law on April 9, 2026, imposing a new duty on conservators to notify certain entities and persons when court orders command performance or safekeeping of a conservatee's estate assets. The bill passed unanimously in both chambers after committee review by the Financial Institutions and Insurance and Financial Institutions and Pensions committees. This new notification requirement affects all conservators operating under Kansas probate jurisdiction.
What changed
Kansas SB412 adds a statutory duty requiring conservators to provide notification to specified entities and persons upon issuance of any court order commanding performance or safekeeping of a conservatee's estate assets. The bill was sponsored by the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and received unanimous passage through both chambers and conference committee review.\n\nConservators, including professional fiduciaries, banks, and trust companies serving in that capacity, must now affirmatively notify relevant parties when court orders affect conservatorship estate assets. Recipients of such notifications may include financial institutions, family members, attorneys, and other interested parties. Financial institutions holding conservatorship accounts should prepare to receive and process these notifications, and may need to update internal procedures to document compliance with the new statutory duty.
What to do next
- Review current conservatorship procedures to incorporate new notification requirements
- Identify entities and persons requiring notification under SB412
- Update internal compliance policies for Kansas conservatorship matters
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ChangeBridge / Kansas / SB412 Signed by Governor SB412 Senate Bill Signed by Governor 2026-04-09
Imposing a duty on a conservator to notify certain entities and persons of any court order commanding performance or safekeeping of a conservatee's estate assets.
Bill Details
State Kansas
Session 2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber Senate
Official Source kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb412/
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Sponsors
Financial Institutions and Insurance
Action History
2026-04-09 S Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 2026-04-09 S Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 2026-03-27 S Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 2026-03-25 H House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 2026-03-25 H House Conference committee report now available 2026-03-12 H House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Hoheisel, Representative Stiens and Representative Xu appointed as conferees 2026-03-11 S Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Dietrich , Senator Fagg and Senator Miller as conferees 2026-03-11 H House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 2026-03-10 H House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended 2026-03-10 H House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted 2026-03-05 H House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions 2026-03-02 H House Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N 2026-02-25 H House Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions 2026-02-25 H House Received and Introduced 2026-02-18 S Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-02-18 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended 2026-02-18 S Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted 2026-02-16 S Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance 2026-02-11 S Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 546-S 2026-01-29 S Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance 2026-01-28 S Senate Introduced
Votes
2026-02-18 Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 Yea: 40 Nay: 0 2026-03-11 House Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 122 Nay: 0 Yea: 122 Nay: 0 2026-03-25 House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 125 Nay: 0 Yea: 125 Nay: 0 2026-03-27 Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 Yea: 39 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-01-29 S Financial Institutions and Insurance 2026-02-25 H Financial Institutions and Pensions
Amendments
2026-02-16 Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance Report 2026-03-05 House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions Report 2026-03-25 Conference Committee Report
Bill Text Versions
2026-01-28 Introduced 0000-00-00 Amended 0000-00-00 Amended 2026-04-09 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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