Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2691

Introduced
2/4/26  

Caption

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.

Impact

The enactment of HB 2691 is expected to have considerable implications for state housing laws, potentially improving tenant protections against unjust evictions. Supporters argue that this legislation is essential in promoting fairness within the rental market by ensuring that tenants are not removed from their homes without just cause. The bill's modifications to the eviction process may also encourage more equitable treatment of tenants, fostering a sense of security among renters in the state. As a result, advocates for housing justice are likely to embrace these changes as a significant victory for tenant rights.

Summary

House Bill 2691 aims to revise the framework surrounding evictions from residential properties. The bill proposes to require a cause for evictions, ensuring that landlords must provide a valid reason before initiating eviction proceedings. Furthermore, the bill modifies existing petition and notice requirements associated with eviction cases, streamlining the process and enhancing the rights of tenants. A significant change introduced by the bill is the removal of the requirement for tenants to post a bond before a court may grant a continuance in their eviction proceedings.

Contention

Despite its intended positive impact, HB 2691 may face opposition from landlords and property management associations who argue that the requirements to establish cause for eviction and the changes to the notice and petition process could hinder their ability to manage rental properties effectively. Critics might contend that these regulations could lead to prolonged legal disputes, resulting in financial losses for landlords and reduced availability of rental housing. The discussions surrounding this legislation will likely highlight the delicate balance between protecting tenant rights and maintaining the economic viability of rental properties.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS SB4

Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.