Kansas Legislature

HB 2001

AN ACT concerning employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements; requiring exemptions; providing for waiver requests; authorizing a complaint and investigation process with the secretary of labor for violations related to exemptions and civil penalties by the attorney general for such violations; relating to employment security law; providing exceptions to benefit eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions based on refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements; retroactive provision of benefits when denied on the basis of discharge or suspension for misconduct as the result of refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

House - Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; - 11/22/2021

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (78):

Anderson, Arnberger, Awerkamp, Barker, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Borjon, Burris, Carlson, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Dodson, Ellis, Eplee, Esau, Estes, Fairchild, Finch, Francis, French, Garber, Hawkins, Helmer, Highland, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Howe, Howerton, Huebert, Jacobs, S. Johnson, T. Johnson, Kelly, Kessler, Landwehr, Lee, Long, Mason, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Newland, Orr, Owens, Patton, Penn, Poetter, Probst, Proctor, Proehl, Rahjes, Ralph, Rhiley, Ryckman, Samsel, Sanders, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Toplikar, Turner, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Williams,

Nay - (40):

Alcala, Amyx, Baker, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Curtis, Donohoe, Featherston, Finney, Gartner, Haswood, Helgerson, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Poskin, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Schmidt, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Thompson, Vaughn, Victors, Wheeler, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard, Xu,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (7):

Ballard, Coleman, Humphries, Lynn, Ousley, Resman, Weigel,