# Kansas HB 2739: 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.

Kansas HB 2739, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2739
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- 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.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-06
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (540 yes, 92 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Fewer accessibility rules for some housing: cost, low. Projects receiving Kansas Housing Investor Tax Credits are exempt from the state accessibility standards for publicly assisted dwellings. The exemption also covers qualifying moderate-income housing grants from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation. Those grants must use state housing trust fund…
- Kansas fire-code update skips economic review: mixed, low. State Fire Marshal rules adopting the 2024 International Fire Code, with amendments, are exempt from economic impact statement requirements. The exemption removes both submission and review requirements for those statements. The Kansas Attorney General must review the proposed rules within 120 days…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 97 Nay: 19 | pass | 97 | 19 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 97 Nay: 24 | pass | 97 | 24 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 1 | pass | 38 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 97 | 24 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 38 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 97 | 19 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-07: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 97, Nay 24, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 97, Nay 19, Absent 9 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-02-09: Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-02-06: Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_01_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_03_0000.pdf)

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- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2739/hb2739_03_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2739-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).