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Kansas 2025-2026

SB 418

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.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 11:11:02 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kansas
Session
2025-2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Cities, Counties, Named Acts, Real Estate
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 00:00:00

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

    executive-receipt

  2. Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    executive-signature

  3. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 35, Nay 4, Absent 1

  4. Conference committee report now available

  5. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3

  6. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau

  7. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees

  8. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  9. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nick Hoheisel

  10. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nick Hoheisel was adopted

    passage

  11. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  12. Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  13. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 97, Nay 27, Absent 1

    passage

  14. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. Received and Introduced

    introduction

  16. Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    referral-committee

  17. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 35, Nay 5

    passage

  18. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  19. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  20. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

    referral-committee

  22. Introduced

    introduction

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