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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Kansas SB 418, the By-Right Housing Development Act, proposes a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments and allows third-party review of construction documents and inspections. The bill requires political subdivisions to permit specific building provisions for certain single-family residences, excludes owner-initiated single-family rezoning from protest petition provisions, and designates all residentially zoned land within city limits as zoned for single-family use.

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Roll-call votes on this bill

QuestionChamberResultYeaNayOtherDateSource
Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 35 Nay: 4 upper pass 34 4 1 Mar 27, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 117 Nay: 5 lower pass 116 5 3 Mar 26, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 97 Nay: 27 lower pass 97 26 1 Mar 18, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 35 Nay: 5 upper pass 34 5 0 Feb 18, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS