Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas 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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- TJ Rose
- Ty Masterson (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Jan 28, 2026): Introduced
Text versions
- As Introduced
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce
- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
- Enrolled
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
Introduced - Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce - Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 35, Nay 5 - Feb 24, 2026 · House
Received and Introduced - Feb 24, 2026 · House
Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Mar 11, 2026 · House
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nick Hoheisel - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nick Hoheisel was adopted - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted - Mar 18, 2026 · House
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 97, Nay 27, Absent 1 - Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau - Mar 23, 2026 · House
Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees - Mar 26, 2026 · House
Conference committee report now available - Mar 26, 2026 · House
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3 - Mar 27, 2026 · Senate
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 35, Nay 4, Absent 1 - Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026