---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages."
description: "Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2378"
citation: "Kansas HB 2378 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Named Acts", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edf00c26-706b-45bc-91d3-8eeea75567a9"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2378/"
source_hash: "ca3055dec7741942ff0d84452d96a3b3da45f3134440fadf65da3ff75e8a139f"
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 HB 2378 (2025-2026) — Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.

## 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/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2378/hb2378_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2378/hb2378_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2378/hb2378_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2378/hb2378_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 114, Nay 8, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Engrossed on Thursday, March 6, 2025
- **2025-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Will Carpenter was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Will Carpenter
- **2025-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edf00c26-706b-45bc-91d3-8eeea75567a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).