---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that covenants, conditions or restrictions established between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1958, that restrict the use of real property owned by state educational institutions for only single-family residence purposes and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are against public policy and therefore void."
description: "Providing that covenants, conditions or restrictions established between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1958, that restrict the use of real property owned by state educational institutions for only single-family residence purposes and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are against public policy and therefore void."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Kansas SB 194 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f15f14-0819-4e93-9cdb-9ee4902533e1"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB194/"
source_hash: "b9c238b5ca2bacebbe44cc83db7333c561fa8fb4ee9bd4b9d48f29ea9079b59c"
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 194 (2025-2026) — Providing that covenants, conditions or restrictions established between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1958, that restrict the use of real property owned by state educational institutions for only single-family residence purposes and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are against public policy and therefore void.

## 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/sb_194/sb194_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_194/sb194_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_194/sb194_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025
- **2025-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to House Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f15f14-0819-4e93-9cdb-9ee4902533e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).