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Ex. MET-KC-080 Order Primary source read

Senate Bill No. 40 (2021) (enrolled)

An Act concerning governmental response to certain emergencies;... 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 actions taken by a local unit of government during a state of local disaster emergency;... limiting powers granted to local health officers related to certain orders and establishing judicial review thereof

Kansas Legislature (2021 Senate Bill No. 40); approved by Governor Kelly Mar. 24, 2021 · Kansas (governing county, local health officer and school-district orders) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kansas (governing county, local health officer and school-district orders) · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
State
Authority
2021 Senate Bill 40, amending K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925, 65-201, 65-202 and enacting judicial review of local and school orders
Issued
2021-03-24 Mar. 24, 2021
Effective
2021-03-25 (publication in the Kansas Register) (read as 2021-03-25)
End
Review provisions held unconstitutional by the Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber, July 2021); stayed by the Kansas Supreme Court Aug. 24, 2021 pending appeal; the Act's emergency provisions expired with the state of disaster emergency June 15, 2021 (review provisions continued) (read as 2021-08-24)
In force
Mar. 25, 2021 to Aug. 24, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • Governor
  • boards of county commissioners
  • local health officers
  • boards of education
Functions reached
  • framework for the Johnson County LHO order of Mar. 25, 2021 (board approval), the Board of Health school order of Aug. 5, 2021 and the UG order of Aug. 5, 2021
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

revoking all executive orders related to such emergency on March 31, 2021;... limiting powers granted to local health officers related to certain orders and establishing judicial review thereof (title)

Enforcement

Expedited district-court review of local orders on petition of aggrieved persons

Notes

Kansas EO 20-52/20-68 masks ended Mar. 31, 2021 by this Act (recited in the Johnson County LHO order); the Johnson County school order was challenged under it in Sept. 2021 (M.M.C. v. Johnson County, Judge Hauber)

Retrieval note

Enrolled bill read; approval date Mar. 24, 2021 per the bundled Kansas row (SB 40 'Mar. 24, 2021'); statewide instrument saved here because it governs the metro's local orders.

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