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SB367 • 2026

Providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks.

Providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Golf Carts on Sidewalks

This bill allows cities to create rules permitting golf carts to drive on sidewalks, provided the driver is at least 16 years old and has a valid class C driver's license.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows cities to make rules for driving golf carts on sidewalks.
  • Requires that anyone driving a golf cart on a sidewalk must be at least 16 years old.
  • Needs the driver of the golf cart to have a valid class C driver’s license.

Who It Names or Affects

  • City governments
  • People who drive golf carts

Terms To Know

Class C Driver's License
A type of driving permit that allows someone to operate a car or similar vehicle.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if cities do not make rules for golf carts on sidewalks.
  • It is unclear how this will affect pedestrian safety.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in House Committee

  2. 2026-03-03 House

    Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N event

  3. 2026-02-12 House

    Referred to House Committee on Transportation

  4. 2026-02-12 House

    Received and Introduced

  5. 2026-02-11 Senate

    Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0

  6. 2026-02-10 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  7. 2026-02-10 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report not adopted

  8. 2026-02-06 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation

  9. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S event

  10. 2026-01-23 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation

Official Summary Text

Providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 367
By Committee on Transportation
1-22
AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; providing cities the authority to allow
the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks; amending K.S.A. 8-1575 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-1575 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-
1575. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person shall
drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a
permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
(b) The governing body of any city is hereby authorized, by ordinance
duly passed, to allow for the driving of a golf cart upon a sidewalk, as
defined in K.S.A. 8-1495, and amendments thereto, if the driver of the golf
cart is a person 16 years of age or older and holds a valid class C driver's
license.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-1575 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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