---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use."
description: "Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 418"
citation: "Kansas SB 418 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Counties", "Named Acts", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TJ Rose", "Ty Masterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220ed33b-fbfc-4465-a4f0-023544cd3c8e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB418/"
source_hash: "5af086599fad71ba12b09c07a3d3ddf3d0fc3300859e91a021e5c13676c309c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 418 (2025-2026) — Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_418/sb418_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_418/sb418_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_418/sb418_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_418/sb418_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_418/sb418_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- TJ Rose — primary (person)
- Ty Masterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 35, Nay 4, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
- **2026-03-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 97, Nay 27, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nick Hoheisel was adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nick Hoheisel
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 35, Nay 5 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/220ed33b-fbfc-4465-a4f0-023544cd3c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).