Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB370

Introduced
1/22/26  

Caption

Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement.

Impact

One significant change brought about by SB370 is that it allows tenants to terminate their rental agreements if noncompliance persists, providing enhanced protections for tenant rights. Notably, if a landlord does not make a good faith effort to remedy the noncompliance within a specified timeframe, the tenant is able to terminate the agreement without any further notice. This amendment is crucial as it empowers tenants and establishes clearer expectations regarding landlord responsibilities, potentially leading to stricter compliance with housing standards.

Summary

Senate Bill 370 focuses on modifications to the landlord-tenant relationship under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Specifically, it addresses the conditions under which a rental agreement can be terminated due to the landlord's material noncompliance with the terms of the rental agreement. The bill lays out a clear procedure for tenants to follow if they encounter a situation where the landlord fails to comply with health and safety requirements as stipulated in the agreement, requiring the landlord to be notified in writing of the breach before any termination of the rental agreement can take effect.

Contention

The discussions around SB370 may involve contention, particularly regarding how it balances the rights of tenants against those of landlords. Proponents of the bill argue that it is necessary for protecting tenants, ensuring that they have a remedy when faced with unsafe living conditions. Conversely, opponents might highlight that the bill could place undue pressure on landlords, potentially leading to negative consequences in the rental market, such as increased costs or reduced availability of rental units, especially for small-scale landlords who may struggle to meet stringent compliance demands.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 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 SB8

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

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB6

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

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 SB4

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

KS SB3

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

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