{"id":"DUT-KS-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 2021 Supp. statute page, Kansas Legislature archive li_2022)","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)","instrument":"K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-5504, Immunity for persons conducting business in this state; COVID-19 claims; expiration","title":"60-5504. Immunity for persons or agents thereof conducting business in this state; COVID-19 claims; expiration of section","dateIssued":"2020-06-09","effective":"June 9, 2020, applying retroactively to causes of action accruing on or after March 12, 2020 (HB 2016 § 15(a))","end":"March 31, 2022 (expired)","startDate":"2020-06-09","endDate":"2022-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND","EMP"],"addressees":["persons conducting business in Kansas and their agents"],"clause":"(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.","enforcement":"loss of immunity; exposure to civil liability for COVID-19 claims","functions":[],"notes":"Conditioned every Kansas business\u0027s immunity from COVID-19 exposure claims, for every day from March 12, 2020, on \u0027substantial compliance with public health directives applicable to the activity\u0027 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.","sourceUrl":"https://www.kslegislature.gov/li_2022/b2021_22/statute/060_000_0000_chapter/060_055_0000_article/060_055_0004_section/060_055_0004_k/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":113772,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-KS","url":"/library/DUT-KS-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-KS-015","citation":"Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 2021 Supp. statute page, Kansas Legislature archive li_2022), K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-5504, Immunity for persons conducting business in this state; COVID-19 claims; expiration (June 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-KS-015)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["KS-027","DUT-KS-014"]}