Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2454: 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
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, January 15, 2026:
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 …