Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to accept partial payments and to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing.

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2454
By Representatives Howerton, Howell and Tarwater
1-15
AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring
landlords to accept full or partial payment amounts and to consider
certain income of a tenant or prospective tenant when demonstrating
income as a condition of qualifying for housing; providing that
violations of such requirements shall be deemed to be a deceptive or
unconscionable act or practice under the provisions of the Kansas
consumer protection act and subject to the remedies and enforcement
provisions of such act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) If the tenant or a party on behalf of the tenant tenders
payment of an amount, full or partial, to the landlord or the landlord's
designee and the tender is refused, there is discharge, to the amount of the
tender, of the obligation of the tenant. Nothing in this section shall limit a
landlord's other rights under this act.
(b) Any violation of this section, including, but not limited to,
refusing tender of a full or partial payment amount or failure to discharge
the obligation of the tenant as described in subsection (a), shall be deemed
to be a deceptive or unconscionable act or practice under the provisions of
the Kansas consumer protection act and subject to the remedies and
enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. The
requirements and remedies of this subsection are in addition to any other
requirements and remedies provided by law.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the residential
landlord and tenant act.
Sec. 2. (a) If a landlord requires a tenant or prospective tenant to
demonstrate income as a condition of qualifying for housing, all income
shall be considered.
(b) Except as provided further, as used in this section, "income"
means any lawful source of money paid directly or indirectly to a renter or
buyer of housing, including, but not limited to, any: (1) Lawful profession
or occupation; (2) government or private income, assistance, grant, or loan
program; (3) gift, inheritance, pension, annuity, alimony, child support or
other consideration or benefit; and (4) sale or pledge of property or interest
in property. "Income" does not include any federal housing assistance
issued under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937, 42 U.S.C.
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§ 1437f.
(c) Any violation of this section shall be deemed to be a deceptive or
unconscionable act or practice under the provisions of the Kansas
consumer protection act and subject to the remedies and enforcement
provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. The requirements and
remedies of this subsection are in addition to any other requirements and
remedies provided by law.
(d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the residential
landlord and tenant act.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
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