{"id":"KS-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kansas Secretary of State (Kansas Register) publishing Executive Orders 20-18, 20-19, 20-20, 20-21 and reissued 20-12","authority":"K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925","instrument":"39 Kan. Reg. No. 15A (Apr. 13, 2020), pp. 481-492: Executive Order 20-18 (Temporarily prohibiting mass gatherings of more than 10 people, including religious gatherings, and rescinding EO 20-14); EO 20-19 (licenses); EO 20-20 (remote notaries); EO 20-21 (turkey permits)","title":"EO 20-18: gatherings of more than 10 prohibited, religious services and funerals included","dateIssued":"2020-04-07","effective":"2020-04-08 12:01 p.m.","end":"Rescinded and replaced by EO 20-25 effective 12:01 p.m. Apr. 18, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-08","endDate":"2020-04-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["the public","churches and religious organizations","funeral homes"],"clause":"1. Effective at 12:01 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, [all public or private mass gatherings that bring together or are likely to bring together more than 10 people in a confined or enclosed space at the same time are prohibited]... c. With regard to churches or other religious services or activities, [gatherings] of more than ten congregants or parishioners in the same building or confined or enclosed space [are prohibited];... [those] conducting or performing a religious service may exceed ten as long as those [individuals maintain distancing]; d. With regard to funerals or memorial services, [the same ten-person limit applies].","enforcement":"K.S.A. 48-939. The Legislative Coordinating Council purported to revoke EO 20-18 on Apr. 8, 2020; the Kansas Supreme Court held on Apr. 11, 2020 (Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council) that the LCC lacked that authority (verified_secondary). A federal TRO of Apr. 18, 2020 barred enforcement against two churches (First Baptist Church v. Kelly, D. Kan.) (verified_secondary).","functions":["WS worship services","FH funerals","GATH events"],"notes":"Bracketed portions summarize lines cut by the two-column Register layout; the exhibit carries the full text.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sos.ks.gov/publications/register/2020/Vol_39_No_15A_April_13_2020_pages_481-492.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6768691,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KS","url":"/library/KS-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KS-012","citation":"Kansas Secretary of State (Kansas Register) publishing Executive Orders 20-18, 20-19, 20-20, 20-21 and reissued 20-12, 39 Kan. Reg. No. 15A (Apr. 13, 2020), pp. 481-492: Executive Order 20-18 (Temporarily prohibiting mass gatherings of more than 10 people, including religious gatherings, and rescinding EO 20-14); EO 20-19 (licenses); EO 20-20 (remote notaries); EO 20-21 (turkey permits) (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. KS-012)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["DUT-KS-018","SEC-16-GM-014"]}