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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the international fire code, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income housing program and Kansas investor tax credit housing act projects."
description: "Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the international fire code, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income housing program and Kansas investor tax credit housing act projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2739"
citation: "Kansas HB 2739 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire and Fire Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6759727-1b10-4d50-b3a5-6778ef180c5e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2739/"
source_hash: "d57d8b407cf3f4e99beef9526d58155bc3913e05c44e3a59b3bf6e63f0b3fd3e"
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 2739 (2025-2026) — Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the international fire code, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income housing program and Kansas investor tax credit housing act projects.
## 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/hb_2739/hb2739_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/hb_2739/hb2739_01_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/hb_2739/hb2739_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)
## 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 Tuesday, March 31, 2026
- **2026-04-09** Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 97, Nay 24, Absent 4
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-25** Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
- **2026-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 97, Nay 19, Absent 9 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6759727-1b10-4d50-b3a5-6778ef180c5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).