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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 31 Nay: 8
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 391
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Federal and State Affairssponsor
Votes
YES: 75
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Huebert
- Humphries
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Storm
- Sutton
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 49
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Butler
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Collins
- Curtis
- Esau
- Featherston
- Haskins
- Helgerson
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- James
- Lewis
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pishny
- Poskin
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schreiber
- Simmons
- Stogsdill
- Sweely
- Vaughn
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
YES: 76
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Huebert
- Humphries
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Long
- McNorton
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 48
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Collins
- Curtis
- Esau
- Featherston
- Haskins
- Helgerson
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- James
- Lewis
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Poskin
- Roeser
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schreiber
- Stogsdill
- Vaughn
- Wasinger
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
- Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Wednesday, April 8, 2026
- Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 31 Nay: 8
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 11
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 76 Nay: 48
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as second conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Thompson , Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 75 Nay: 49
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 31 Nay: 9
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Wed, Mar 25, 2026PDF
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Representative Mosley, House Legislature (SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Chair Kessler, House Legislature (SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Revisor Kessler, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Brief on SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Mar 10, 2026: Testimony by Revisor Heim, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (Brief on SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Ed Jaskinia, The Associated Landlords of Kansas (Oral Proponent, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Mark Tomb, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Kansas REALTORS (Oral Proponent, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Dustin Hare, Econonmic Security Policy Advisor, Kansas Action for Children (Oral Proponent, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Kristy Baughman, United Community Services of Johnson County (Oral Opponent, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Cole Schnieders, Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita (Written Neutral, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Pancho Metz, Private Citizen (Oral Opponent, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Last names B - M, Private Citizens (Written proponents, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Last names M - Z, Private Citizens (Written proponents, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Last names A - W, Private Citizens (Written opponents, SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Mar 5, 2026: Testimony by Revisor Heim, Office of the Revisor of Statutes (SB391 brief)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Senator Marci Francisco, (SB451 Amendment 1)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Senator Marci Francisco, (SB451 Amendment 2)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Jason Long, Revisor of Statutes (SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Fiscal Note, Division of Budget (SB391)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Mark Tomb, KS Realtors (SB391, Prop, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Stanley Weber, CEO and President of Tower Properties (SB391, Prop, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ed Jaskinia, The Associated Landlords of KS (SB391, Prop, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ashlyn Lewis, Attorney (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Jason Grill, Apartment Association of KC (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Phil Sharples, Property Manager (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Dennis Watts, Property Manager (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Martha Smith, KS Manufactured Housing Assocation (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Nickole Nordstrom, President, Worchester Communities (SB391, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Tom Brueggman, Private Citizen (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Patrick DeLapp, Private Citizen (SB391, Prop, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Cole Schnieders, Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita (SB391, N, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Kristy Baughman, United Community Services of Johnson County (SB391, Opp, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Christy McMurphy, KS Statewide Homeless Coalition (SB391, Opp, Webex)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Spencer Duncan, League of Municipalities (SB391, Opp, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Lea Roselyn, City of Lawrence (SB391, Opp, In-P)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Robbi Moti Rieber, KS Interfaith (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Private Citizen (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Tom Nguyen, Mayor of Garden City (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Dustin Hare, KS Action for Children (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Katie Killen, Habitat for Humanity KS (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Micah Wallace, Private Citizen (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Adalia Carter, Private Citizen (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Alondra Larios, Private Citizen (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- House Committee on Federal and State Affairs, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Michael Mascorro, Private Citizen (SB391, Opp, W-O)
- Conference Committee Report
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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