Prescribing powers, duties and functions of the board of education of each school district, the governing body of each community college and the governing body of each technical college related to the COVID-19 health emergency, adding the vice president of the senate to the legislative coordinating council, modifying the procedure for the declaration and extension of a state of disaster emergency under the Kansas emergency management act, prohibiting certain actions by the governor related to the COVID-19 health emergency and revoking all executive orders related to such emergency on March 31, 2021, establishing judicial review for certain executive orders issued during a state of disaster emergency and certain actions taken by a local unit of government during a state of local disaster emergency, authorizing the legislature or the legislative coordinating council to revoke certain orders issued by the secretary of health and environment and limiting powers granted to local health officers related to certain orders.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 21, 2021
Signed Mar 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2021 · House Feb 25, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Feb 4, 2021
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
21
Committee
13
Amendments
4
Mar 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 24, 2021
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 31 Nay: 8
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 5
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report now available
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senator Wilborn is appointed to replace Senator Thompson on the Conference Committee
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senator Thompson is appointed to replace Senator Wilborn on the Conference Committee
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Representative Patton, Representative Ralph, and Representative Carmichael are appointed to replace Representative Rahjes, Representative Smith, E., and Representative Carlin on the Conference Committee
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn, and Senator Corson are appointed to replace Senator Kerschen, Senator Straub, and Senator Ware on the Conference Committee
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Representative Rahjes, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Carlin appointed as conferees
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 1
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Haswood was adopted
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Haswood
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 0
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Kerschen was adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Kerschen
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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