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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 391: Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 391 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant. Primary sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 85, Nay 38, Absent 2.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Federal and State AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 85, Nay 38, Absent 2
  2. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
  3. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Wednesday, April 8, 2026
  4. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 31, Nay 8, Absent 1
  5. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 11
  6. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees
  7. Conference committee report now available
  8. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 76, Nay 48, Absent 1
  9. Conference committee report now available
  10. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as second conferees
  11. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
  12. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer appointed as conferees

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source