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HB 2227 Kansas House · 2021-2022 Regular Session

Allowing the chief justice to suspend certain time limitations during a state of local disaster emergency, suspend certain verification requirements and authorize use of electronic audio-visual communication to expeditiously resolve cases, and extending the chief justice's authority to suspend time limitations during a disaster emergency until June 30, 2022.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Feb 3, 2021 Signed Mar 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2021 · House Mar 4, 2021

How they voted

32–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Mar 17, 2021
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
21 Yea 5 Nay 1
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Mar 29, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Mar 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 113 Nay: 10
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.