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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Requires Landlords to Accept Partial Payments and Count All Legal Income Sources
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in CommitteeSponsors: Cyndi Howerton and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Landlords in Kansas would be required to accept full or partial rent payments and count all lawful sources of income when qualifying tenants under a proposed bill. Violating these rules would constitute a deceptive or unconscionable practice under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.
Residential tenants would gain the legal right to compel landlords to accept partial payments and consider non-traditional income sources, with violations enforceable through state consumer protection laws.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Tenants and prospective tenants
Tenants gain the right to have partial payments credited and all lawful non-section 8 income considered during housing qualification.
Landlords
Landlords are required to accept partial payment tenders and evaluate all lawful income sources, facing consumer protection penalties for non-compliance.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Jan 15, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Version history
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Expansion of Consumer Protection Act to Tenancies
The bill ties residential landlord-tenant compliance directly to the enforcement remedies of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy70Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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