Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB 2378
Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 11, 2025): Introduced
Text versions
- As Introduced
- As Amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
- Enrolled
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 11, 2025 · House
Introduced - Feb 11, 2025 · House
Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Feb 27, 2025 · House
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Will Carpenter - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Will Carpenter was adopted - Mar 5, 2025 · House
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended - Mar 6, 2025 · House
Engrossed on Thursday, March 6, 2025 - Mar 6, 2025 · House
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 8, Absent 3 - Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
Received and Introduced - Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary - Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary - Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Be passed - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 - Mar 26, 2026 · House
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 - Apr 9, 2026 · House
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026