SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2112
As Recommended by House Committee on
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Brief*
HB 2112 would revise the Self-service Storage Act (Act)
as it pertains to liability claims and the contents of storage
agreements.
The bill would modify the Act as follows:
● Limit claims of damage or loss of personal property
to the maximum value of personal property as
specified in the rental agreement;
● Require self-service storage rental agreements to
ask the occupant if such occupant wishes to
designate an alternative contact and permit them to
do so. Alternative contacts would not be given
rights to the rental space or its contents merely by
virtue of being designated as such;
● Permit the online sale of stored personal property
in the event of default by the occupant, as currently
defined by the Act; and
● Grant discretion to the operator to give seven days
notice of the sale by any commercially reasonable
manner. Currently, the Act requires such notice to
be made by newspaper only.
○ The manner of advertising a sale would be
deemed not commercially reasonable and a
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
 sale would be canceled and subsequently
rescheduled and re-advertised if fewer than
three independent bidders were present in
person or online.
○ A rescheduled sale would not be required to
have three bidders in attendance.
Background
The bill was introduced by Representative Tarwater.
[Note: The bill is a modified version of 2020 HB 2454, which
passed the House during the 2020 Session but died in
Senate Committee. The bill differs from HB 2454 only by the
addition of the provision for occupants to designate an
alternative contact.]

House Committee on Commerce, Labor, and Economic
Development
During the House Committee hearing, proponent
testimony was presented by a representative of the Self-
Storage Association.
No neutral or opponent testimony was presented in the
House Committee hearing.
Written-only opponent testimony was provided by a
representative of the Kansas Press Association.

Fiscal Information
According to a fiscal note prepared by the Division of the
Budget on the bill, the Office of Judicial Administration
estimates a negligible fiscal effect on the Judicial Branch if
the bill were enacted.
Rental agreements; self-storage rental units

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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 58-816, 58-817
Enrolled: 58-816, 58-817