Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB100

Introduced
1/29/25  

Caption

Enacting the fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act to limit the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.

Impact

This legislation aims to provide a fairer housing landscape for individuals who have experienced financial difficulties, particularly in light of global economic fluctuations that might have led to temporary rental hardships. Supporters of the bill argue that such protections are essential for reducing homelessness, improving housing accessibility, and allowing individuals with prior eviction marks to reintegrate into stable housing. By limiting the timeframe in which landlords can use adverse rental histories, SB100 seeks to alleviate long-term repercussions from past housing issues.

Summary

Senate Bill 100, known as the Kansas Fair Chance Housing and Homelessness Reduction Act, is designed to protect tenants and prospective tenants from housing discrimination based on past evictions or rental arrears. The bill prohibits landlords from denying rental applications or taking adverse actions against tenants solely based on eviction histories or rental arrears that occurred more than three years prior. Additionally, it restricts consumer reporting agencies from reporting evictions or rental arrears beyond this three-year window, mandating that they allow individuals the opportunity to explain such records before they are considered in rental agreements.

Contention

The main points of contention surrounding SB100 revolve around the balance of tenant protections versus landlords' rights to choose who rents their properties. Critics may argue that imposing restrictions on landlords could lead to potential negative consequences, such as increased rental prices or fewer housing options as landlords might shy away from at-risk tenants. Proponents emphasize the need for understanding and compassion in housing issues, as past evictions often stem from extenuating circumstances that should not permanently preclude individuals from accessing housing opportunities.

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Furthermore, the bill includes a requirement for consumer reporting agencies to communicate with consumers about adverse tenant histories before such information is compiled into reports. This could represent a significant shift in how rental histories are handled, fostering a more transparent and equitable process for those seeking housing. In summary, SB100 is positioned as a necessary reform for improving housing opportunities while navigating potential challenges posed by its implementation.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB533

Limiting the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.

KS HB2823

Creating an expedited process for the eviction of unauthorized persons occupying a rental dwelling unit and amending the residential landlord tenant act to require rental agreements to include a list of all persons who will occupy the rental dwelling unit.

KS HB2105

Prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from taking certain actions regarding admission applicants, applicants for employment and faculty concerning diversity, equity or inclusion, exceptions, providing for civil remedies and penalties, submitting a report to the legislature and posting information on the board of regents website.

KS SB85

Enacting the Kansas travel insurance act.

KS SB406

Enacting the Kansas money transmission act.

KS HB2303

Enacting the community defense and human trafficking reduction act to regulate sexually oriented businesses and human trafficking and to impose criminal penalties.

KS SB158

Enacting the community defense and human trafficking reduction act to regulate sexually oriented businesses and human trafficking and to impose criminal penalties.

KS HB2453

Enacting the dentist and dental hygienist compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dentists and dental hygienists.

KS HB2560

Enacting the Kansas money transmission act and the Kansas earned wage access services act, providing when applications under the state banking code are considered abandoned or expired, allowing an originating trustee to have such trustee's principal place of business outside of Kansas, authorizing any person to become a depositor or lessor of a safe deposit box, providing methods in which bank deposits may be withdrawn by a depositor and prohibiting banks from requiring a cosigner for an account of a child in the custody of the secretary for children and families, secretary of corrections or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

KS SB8

Reducing penalties for the late filing of and the failure to file personal property renditions and the discovery of escaped personal property, requiring filing only an initial statement with county appraiser for personal property, decreasing the penalties for failing to timely remit withholding income taxes of employees by employers, extending reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks for calendar year 2024, modifying and prescribing the contents of the revenue neutral rate public hearing notice, providing two prior years' values on the annual valuation notice, allowing for filing of an appraisal by a certified residential real property appraiser for appeal purposes, discontinuing the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal, accounting for adverse influences in the valuation of agricultural land, including properties used for registered agritourism activities as land devoted to agricultural use for purposes of classification, providing a property tax exemption for certain business property operated in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, providing income tax subtraction modifications to permit the carryforward of certain net operating losses for individuals and for the federal work opportunity tax credit and the employee retention credit disallowances, increasing the tax credit amount for adoption expenses and making the credit refundable, increasing the amount of income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 and defining qualifying vendors and eligible employees, establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities, clarifying the determination of taxable income of an electing pass-through entity and providing for the passing through of tax credits to electing pass-through entity owners for purposes of the salt parity act, excluding social security payments from household income and expanding eligibility for seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services and excluding manufacturers' coupons from the sales or selling price.

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