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SB 541 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Requiring compensation for the use, restriction on use, damage, loss or destruction of property as a result of certain governmental actions; providing that orders and similar actions by public officials relating to face mask mandates, gathering limitations, business restrictions and religious gathering limitations shall not exceed 30 days in duration at a time before being renewed or allowed to expire; prohibiting school officials from issuing or requiring use of a COVID-19 vaccination passport or discriminating against a student based upon COVID-19 vaccination status; requiring schools to recognize exemptions from vaccination requirements and face mask mandates; prescribing powers, duties and functions of the board of education of each school district, the governing body of each community college and the governing body of each technical college related to contagious or infectious disease and modifying judicial review provisions related thereto; removing the sunset provision in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy act; and authorizing reimbursement of property taxes levied upon businesses shut down or restricted as a result of certain governmental actions related to contagious or infectious disease.
Senate Committee on Judiciary
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Mar 9, 2022 | View | Download | Senator Mike Thompson, District 10 | Kansas State Legislature | Proposed Amendment: Face masks |
| Wed, Mar 9, 2022 | View | Download | Senator Beverly Gossage, District 9 | Kansas State Legislature | Proposed Amendment: |
| Wed, Mar 9, 2022 | View | Download | Senator Kellie Warren, District 11 | Kansas State Legislature | Proposed Amendment: Business |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Jason Thompson, Senior Assistant Revisor | Office of the Revisor of Statutes | Bill Brief |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Eric Stafford, Vice President of Government Affairs | Kansas Chamber | Proponent Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Ryan Krieshauser, Partner | Kriegshauser Ney Law Group | Proponent Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Carrie Barth | Proponent Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Representative Trevor Jacobs, District 4 | Kansas State Legislature | Neutral Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Megan Harper | Proponent Written Only Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Sara McMillen, PsyD | Proponent Written Only Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Nick Reinecker | Opponent Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | John Goodyear, General Counsel | League of Kansas Municipalities | Opponent Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Jay Hall, Deputy Director & General Counsel | Kansas Association of Counties | Opponent Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Stuart J. Little, Ph.D., Little Government Relations | On behalf of Cities of Praire Village, Mission, Meriam, and Westwood Hills | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Ali Hilton, Director | Nurture KC | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Deena Horst and Ben Jones, Legislative Liasions | On behalf of Kansas State Board of Education | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Jennifer B. McKenney, MD, FAAFP | Kansas Academy of Family Physicians | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Mark Tallman, Associate Executive Director | Kansas Association of School Boards | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations & Coalitions | Kansas National Education Association | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Gavin Wedel | Proponent Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Chris Roesel, MPH, MS | Opponent Written Only Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Michael R. Miller, MD | Opponent Written Only Testimony | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Kari Sue Vosburgh | Proponent Written Only | |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Karla Nichols, Director of Public Health | Reno County Health Department | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Dennis Kriesel, Executive Director | Kansas Association of Local Health Departments | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Lynette Redington, Director | Harvey County Health Department | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Sarah Irsik-Good, Board Member | Immunize Kansas Coalition | Opponent Written Only Testimony |
| Mon, Mar 7, 2022 | View | Download | Susan Wood | Opponent Testimony |
