Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2481 - Replacing the two-bedroom requirement with a one-bedroom requirement to qualify as hotel, motel or tourist court requiring collection of tax from all such qualifying rentals, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties during the period of May 15, 2026, through July 25, 2026, and modifying the definition of transient guest for such period.
AN ACT concerning tourism; relating to the FIFA 2026 world cup; prohibiting limitations by municipalities on the regulation of short-term rentals or vacation properties during the period of May 15, 2026, through July 25, 2026, and requiring municipalities to process applications for such permits within 15 calendar days; modifying the definition of transient guest for purposes of a transient guest tax for the period of May 15, 2026, through July 25, 2026; authorizing any city or county to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages 23 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the FIFA 2026 world cup; amending K.S.A. 12-1692 and repealing the existing section.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-27 | Status | unknown |
| 2026-03-27 | Latest Action | Reengrossed on Friday, March 27, 2026 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2099 | HB2099 - Senate Substitute for HB 2099 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county. | unknown |
| HB 2357 | HB2357 - Substitute for HB 2357 by Committee on Judiciary - Providing for expungement of certain court records and consideration of mediation in eviction actions in which the underlying rental agreement is governed by the residential landlord and tenant act. | in_committee |
| SB 391 | SB391 - Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant. | in_committee |
| SB 418 | SB418 - Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use. | in_committee |
| HB 2114 | HB2114 - Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring preconstruction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer. | in_committee |
| HB 2396 | HB2396 - Senate Substitute for HB 2396 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues exceeding a certain amount, providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers and modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice. | in_committee |
| HB 2440 | HB2440 - Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions. | enrolled |
| HB 2464 | HB2464 - Extending the number of years that new credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs and employers of program graduates and extending the tax credits for contributions to the Eisenhower foundation and friends of cedar crest association for three years. | unknown |