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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Legislature considers requiring specific cause for residential evictions and removing trial continuance bond rules
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in CommitteeSponsor: Dinah Sykes
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas bill SB 443 restricts residential evictions to specific legal grounds, mandates that landlords attach rental agreements and notices to eviction petitions, and removes the requirement for tenants to post a bond before obtaining a trial .
- Senator Sykes introduced Senate Bill 443 during the 2025-2026 legislative session in the Kansas upper house. context
- The bill ultimately died in committee after receiving three recorded actions during the legislative process. context
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.
Residential tenants
Tenants receive explicit statutory protections requiring cause for eviction, mandatory petition documentation, and removal of the bond requirement for trial continuances.
Landlords
Landlords must establish one of six statutory grounds to evict residential tenants and must attach rental agreements and notices to petitions under penalty of dismissal.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the allowed legal reasons for a landlord to file a residential eviction lawsuit under this bill?
What happens if a landlord fails to attach the rental agreement to the eviction petition?
Do tenants still need to pay a bond to delay or continue their eviction trial?
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Feb 3, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 2, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Introduction of Cause Requirements for Residential Evictions
The bill shifts Kansas residential leasing law from allowing broad termination flexibility to requiring one of six specific statutory grounds for eviction lawsuits.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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