The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-5504 (L. 2020, ch. 1, § 11 (Special Session); L. 2021, ch. 1, § 10; L. 2021, ch. 14, § 5)
- Issued
- 2020-06-09 June 9, 2020
- Effective
- June 9, 2020, applying retroactively to causes of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020 (HB 2016 § 15(a)) (read as 2020-06-09)
- End
- March 31, 2022 (expired) (read as 2022-03-31)
- In force
- June 9, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2022
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- persons conducting business in Kansas and their agents
- Character
- liability shield condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Kansas DUT-KS
Operative words
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person, or an agent of such person, conducting business in this state shall be immune from liability in a civil action for a COVID-19 claim if such person was acting pursuant to and in substantial compliance with public health directives applicable to the activity giving rise to the cause of action when the cause of action accrued.
Penalty
loss of immunity; exposure to civil liability for COVID-19 claims
What it required
Conditioned every Kansas business's immunity from COVID-19 exposure claims, for every day from March 12, 2020, on 'substantial compliance with public health directives applicable to the activity' as defined in 60-5502(j); a business that did not follow the State orders, the CDC and OSHA directives and the county health orders stood without the shield.
Retrieval noteThe Revisor's current page for 60-5504 shows only the history line and 'Expired, March 31, 2022'; the archived 2021-2022 Legislature page carries the full text. The enacted June 9, 2020 text is HB 2016 § 11 (KS-027 at 6-7).