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No-impact home-based-business bill amended to exclude breeders and short-term rentals; final passage fails in committee
Summary
House Bill 2343, creating a "no-impact" home-based-business classification that limits municipal regulation of certain small home businesses, was amended to remove a conflict with state fire-code language and to exclude animal breeding and short-term rentals; the committee later failed to pass the bill as amended.
The Kansas Senate Commerce Committee considered House Bill 2343, the No-Impact Home-Based Business Fairness Act, and adopted multiple amendments before ultimately failing to pass the bill out of committee.
House Bill 2343, as presented to the committee, would create two categories — "no-impact home-based business" and "rural no-impact home-based business" — and would require municipalities to treat such businesses as a permitted use. The bill would prohibit cities, counties or consolidated city-counties from prohibiting those businesses or from requiring registration, permits, licenses, variances or other prior approvals solely to operate such a business.
During committee discussion, Senator…
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