Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.
SB 37 repeals Kansas cities' authority to apply their zoning and planning regulations to land located more than three miles outside city boundaries. This change directly affects cities that currently extend their zoning rules to adjacent rural areas and landowners/developers in those three-mile zones who previously had to comply with city regulations. The bill removes the specific provision (K.S.A. 12-749) allowing cities to regulate land within three miles of their limits, provided it's in the same county and doesn't overlap with another city's zone. It also repeals related sections (K.S.A. 12-715b, 12-715c, 12-715d) that supported this authority.
Bill status
died
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Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Last action Apr 10, 2026
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Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
upper
Jan 16, 2025
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Introduced
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