Policy-focused browsing for Kansas legislation.
| Bill | Title | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
|
passed_lower | Committee on Judiciary |
| HB 2481 |
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. 2025-2026 | House
|
passed_lower | Reavis |
| HB 2596 |
HB2596 - Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility under the prison-made goods act. 2025-2026 | House
|
passed_lower | Sweely |
| HB 2739 |
HB2739 - Providing that fire sprinkler systems shall not be required in this state for multi-family dwellings of four attached units or fewer, prohibiting municipal fire sprinkler requirements for multi-family dwellings of four or fewer attached living units and defining apartment buildings for purposes of the fire code. 2025-2026 | House
|
passed_lower | Committee on Commerce |
| SB 415 |
SB415 - Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
in_committee | Shane |
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
|
unknown | Committee on Local Government |
| 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. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
passed_lower | Committee on Federal |
| 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. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
passed_lower | Rose |
| HB 2678 |
HB2678 - Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Carr |
| HB 2679 |
HB2679 - Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Carr |
| SB 526 |
SB526 - Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
in_committee | Committee on Assessment |
| HB 2504 |
HB2504 - Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal history, and permitting cities and counties to prohibit discrimination by landlords on the basis of receipt of veterans benefits. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | Committee on Commerce |
| HB 2274 |
HB2274 - Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards. 2025-2026 | House
|
enrolled | Committee on Veterans |
| HB 2328 |
HB2328 - Providing an exception to restrictions on prison-made housing units to allow the secretary of corrections to establish a program for delivering such units into designated areas. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Corrections |
| HB 2768 |
HB2768 - Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to accept multiple payment amounts as long as rent is paid on time and in full and to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Federal |
| SB 37 |
SB37 - Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
in_committee | Committee on Federal |
| HB 2619 |
HB2619 - Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of manufactured homes mobile homes and modular homes and materials and services used by a contractor when constructing or remodeling affordable housing for certain organizations. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Taxation |
| HB 2621 |
HB2621 - Providing a property tax exemption for real property owned by a not-for-profit organization and used to provide affordable housing. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Taxation |
| HB 2780 |
HB2780 - Authorizing the terramation of dead human bodies in the state of Kansas and requiring all terramations to be performed by licensed terramatory operators. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Federal |
| HB 2691 |
HB2691 - Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Xu |
| HB 2701 |
HB2701 - Permitting nonuniform zoning regulations within a zoning district. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Committee on Commerce |
| SB 482 |
SB482 - Requiring landlords to return the security deposit and certain portions of rent payments that would be due when a dwelling unit is condemned due to action or inaction of the landlord. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
in_committee | Committee on Judiciary |
| SB 485 |
SB485 - Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing, providing for the sealing and expungement of court records in eviction actions related to such rental agreements and requiring mediation in such eviction cases unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially. 2025-2026 | Senate
|
in_committee | Holscher |
| HB 2665 |
HB2665 - Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Xu |
| HB 2666 |
HB2666 - Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act. 2025-2026 | House
|
in_committee | Xu |