Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

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.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

Plain-language summary

SB 418 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: TJ Rose, Ty Masterson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsors: TJ Rose; Ty Masterson (Republican).