Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB169

Introduced
2/3/25  

Caption

Prohibiting mobile home park landlords from limiting a tenant's access to communications and video services.

Impact

The introduction of SB169 could lead to significant changes in how mobile home parks operate in Kansas. By safeguarding tenants' rights to access communication services, the bill supports the broader goal of ensuring residents can stay connected and informed. This could have positive implications for tenant satisfaction and community engagement within mobile home parks. Furthermore, the bill aligns with ongoing efforts to modernize housing regulations and ensure that residents have the same access to services that are commonly available to those in traditional housing.

Summary

Senate Bill 169 aims to enhance tenant rights within mobile home parks by explicitly prohibiting landlords from restricting tenants' access to various communication services, including cable television and broadband. This legislation amends the mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act, providing a legal basis for residents to access essential services without undue restrictions imposed by landlords. The bill mandates that landlords must comply with this provision, thereby opening up more options for tenants and potentially improving their living conditions.

Contention

While the bill is expected to have positive ramifications for tenants, there may be concerns among landlords regarding the potential financial implications. The stipulation that they cannot impose additional charges for communication services, unless justified, could limit their ability to monetize these offerings. It is possible that landlords may argue this erodes their control over property management and could lead to disputes over what constitutes reasonable restrictions and violations of tenant rights. Overall, the balance between tenant protection and landlord management rights will be a point of discussion as this bill progresses.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB8

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

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.

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 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 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 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 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 SB6

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

KS SCR1601

Informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are organized and ready to receive communications.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

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