The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925
- Issued
- 2020-03-28 Mar. 28, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-30)
- End
- Originally Apr. 19, 2020; extended by EO 20-24 to 11:59 p.m. May 3, 2020; declared 'no longer in effect' by EO 20-29 para. 1 (May 4, 2020) (read as 2020-04-19)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to Apr. 19, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- all individuals in Kansas
- all businesses and organizations
- local jurisdictions
- Functions reached
- CB customer base confined to home
- SF sales floors and premises closed to non-KEFF commerce
- OP offices (telework compelled 'to the extent possible')
- WF workforce (schools closed; care obligations)
- GATH events (10-person cap)
- MK marketing and shows
- TR travel
- Collection
- Kansas KS
Operative words
1. To preserve the public health and safety for all Kansans, and to ensure the healthcare system is capable of serving all citizens in need, especially those at high risk and vulnerable to COVID-19, all individuals within the state of Kansas are directed to stay in their homes or residences unless performing an essential activity. An activity is essential if the purpose of the activity is one of the following: a. Obtaining food, medicine, and other household necessities; b. Performing, or going to or from work at a business or organization to perform, an essential function as identified in the Kansas Essential Function Framework ('KEFF') as laid out in paragraph 9 below; c. Seeking medical care; d. Caring for children (including daycare or childcare centers), family members, or pets, or caring for a vulnerable person in another location; e. Engaging in an outdoor activity, provided individuals maintain a distance of six feet from one another and abide by the 10-person limitation on gathering size.... 3. Nothing in this order shall prohibit the conduct of business, government, or other operations or activities through telework, telecommunications, or other work-from-home capabilities that allow compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1.... 5. While this order is in effect it supersedes all local 'stay home' or similar orders prohibiting citizens from leaving their homes in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and no such order shall continue in force or effect.... While this order is in effect no local jurisdiction shall issue or enforce any more or less restrictive 'stay home' or similar orders. Local authorities retain any authority to issue or enforce isolation or quarantine orders.... 9.c. All individuals performing essential functions authorized by this order must--to the extent possible without significant disruption to essential functions--use telework capabilities to avoid meeting in person; and any essential functions being performed on-site or in-person must--to the extent possible without significant disruption to essential functions--follow appropriate safety protocols, including maintaining a six-foot distance between individuals
Enforcement
K.S.A. 48-939 (class A misdemeanor); para. 9.a: no individual required to carry proof; law enforcement to use discretion.
Notes
KEFF list in para. 9 is the closed-list of permitted commerce: it includes health care, banking, insurance, real estate services, hotels, construction and building maintenance, manufacturing of essential equipment, agriculture and food, IT, legal services, and 'Maintain Supply Chains for Essential Functions and Critical Infrastructure (as defined by DHS).' Salons, gyms, theaters, bars and non-essential retail were closed to in-person operation.
Retrieval noteScanned executed copy (8 pp.) read by rendering; quotations from the Register text (KS-010).