2026-09-10 · Kansas · Legislation

Kansas legislators spend the months between sessions studying subjects they intend to legislate on. Community association law is not one of them this year. The Legislative Research Department's published roster of 2026 interim committees, which is the operative list of what is being examined before the 2027 session convenes, contains no committee, task force or study topic addressing homeowners associations, condominiums, common interest communities or restrictive covenants.¹

That is a forecast, not an editorial. In Kansas, the interim calendar is where next session's bills are drafted.

What is on the calendar

Eleven statutory joint committees are meeting: Administrative Rules and Regulations; Child Welfare System Oversight; Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight; Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight; Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight; Information Technology; Kansas Security; Legislative Budget; Pensions, Investments and Benefits; Special Claims Against the State; and State Building Construction.

Seven special or standing committees are meeting: Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications; the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services; Sexually Violent Predator Treatment Program Reform; the House Committee on Government Oversight; Statewide Trade Licensing; the Vehicle Services Modernization Task Force; and Application and Eligibility for Public Assistance Programs.

Four further bodies round out the list: the Capitol Preservation Committee, the Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight Committee, the Education Funding Task Force, and the Water Program Task Force.

The two that come closest, and why neither counts

Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications is the nearest thing to a solar committee. Its subject is utility regulation — interconnection, rates, generation — not private covenants, and the three Kansas bills that would have limited association solar restrictions all went to local government committees, not to energy ones.

Statewide Trade Licensing is the nearest thing to a manager-licensing committee. Its subject is the trades. Kansas does not license community association managers, and nothing on the published charge suggests that is being examined.

1. 2026 interim committees, task forces and commissions — Kansas Legislative Research Department ↩
2. Kansas 2026 End of Session report, Community Associations Institute ↩