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Volume 44 - Issue 14 - April 3, 2025

State of Kansas

Secretary of State

Certification of New State Laws

I, Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the following bill is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office.

Scott Schwab
Secretary of State



(Published in the Kansas Register April 3, 2025.)

Senate Bill No. 194

An Act concerning real property; relating to covenants, conditions or restrictions; providing that certain covenants, conditions or restrictions on property owned by a state educational institution that restrict the use of real property to be only for single-family residence purposes or from being used for any purpose other than a single-family residence, and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are void.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. (a) Any provision of a covenant, condition or restriction that restricts any real property owned by a state educational institution, as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto: (1) To be used only for single-family residence purposes; or (2) from being used for any purpose other than a single-family residence, and contains discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race is hereby declared to be against public policy, and such provisions, and any additional amendments, covenants or conditions related thereto, shall be void and unenforceable.

(b) The provisions of this section shall only apply to any covenant, condition or restriction, including any amendments or supplements thereto, established between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1958.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

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