Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2378: Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2378 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs.