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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Summary AI-generated
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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Sponsors
- Ty Masterson Republican lead
Roll-call votes on this bill
| Motion / question | Chamber | Stage | Roll | Outcome | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 35 Nay: 4 | upper | — | 1671727 | pass | 34 | 4 | 1 | Mar 27, 2026 | LegiScan API legiscan-1671727 LegiScan-ToS |
| House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 117 Nay: 5 | lower | — | 1671439 | pass | 116 | 5 | 3 | Mar 26, 2026 | LegiScan API legiscan-1671439 LegiScan-ToS |
| House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 97 Nay: 27 | lower | — | 1665547 | pass | 97 | 26 | 1 | Mar 18, 2026 | LegiScan API legiscan-1665547 LegiScan-ToS |
| Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 35 Nay: 5 | upper | — | 1637124 | pass | 34 | 5 | 0 | Feb 18, 2026 | LegiScan API legiscan-1637124 LegiScan-ToS |