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Session of 2026
SENATE BILL No. 370
By Senator Sykes
1-22
AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to
termination of a rental agreement; modifying how a rental agreement
terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with a
rental agreement; amending K.S.A. 58-2559 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 58-2559 is hereby amended to read as follows: 58-
2559. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, if there is a material
noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a
noncompliance with K.S.A. 58-2553 , and amendments thereto, materially
affecting health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the
landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that
the rental agreement will terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not
less than thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice. The rental agreement
shall terminate as provided in the notice, regardless of the periodic rent-
paying date, subject to the following:
(1) If the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages
or otherwise, and the landlord adequately initiates a good faith effort to
remedy the breach within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the notice, the
rental agreement shall not terminate. However, in the event that the same
or a similar breach occurs after the fourteen-day 14-day period provided
herein in this paragraph , the tenant may deliver a written notice to the
landlord specifically describing the breach and stating that the rental
agreement shall terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than
thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice by the landlord without
providing the opportunity to remedy the breach. The rental agreement then
shall terminate as provided in such notice regardless of the periodic rent-
paying date.
(2) The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by an act or
omission of, or which that is or can be properly attributable or applicable
to, the tenant or any person or animal or pet on the premises at any time
with the tenant's express or implied permission or consent.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the tenant may recover
damages and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the
landlord with the rental agreement or K.S.A. 58-2553 , and amendments
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thereto. The remedy provided in this subsection shall be in addition to any
right of the tenant arising under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return that
portion of the security deposit recoverable by the tenant under K.S.A. 58-
2550, and amendments thereto.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not limit a landlord's or
tenant's right to terminate the rental agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 58-
2570, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 58-2559 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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